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LOS ANGELES — One day, people will look back at the surprise emergence of TJ Leaf and realize he was in the picture all along.
Maybe he wasn't in the front row when they were shooting the team photo at the McDonald's All-American game last year. Hard to get anyone's attention with Josh Jackson, De'Aaron Fox, Jayson Tatum and Malik Monk around. But look carefully: He's there in the background.
And maybe his picture wasn't in the California papers when Mr. Basketball was announced last year. Lonzo Ball's was. Of course. The Lonzo Ball.