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Former first-rounder keeps shooting for NBA dream

John Jenkins, 26, was at a Raptors' free-agent camp Thursday looking for another chance at a basketball job.

A former first-round pick who has been with three NBA teams, John Jenkins, left, spent part of last season with the D-League's Westchester Knicks.

You chase your dreams no matter where it takes you and with no regard for the circumstances that exist, so John Jenkins found himself in another gym in another city in front of another group of men who could hold his fate in their hands.

There’s a two-week-old daughter back in Atlanta he misses dearly, a patient wife handling all the familial responsibilities, all because there’s an NBA dream for him to pursue.