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| November 11, 2002 | Deveney, Sean | COPYRIGHT 2002 Sporting News Publishing Co. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

It has been 3 1/2 years since the Wizards made Richard Hamilton the seventh overall pick in the NBA draft, and Hamilton still remembers his first conversations with Wizards officials, still remembers his introduction to the franchise.

"It seemed like every person in the organization was telling me I was going to be the future of the team," Hamilton says. "I believed it."

He was wrong to believe it. Hamilton is not in Washington anymore, thanks to a summer trade that sent him to Detroit and snapped him out of his youthful naivete. Now, he can't help but wonder what happened to the Wizards' promise of a youth movement. Last season, Michael Jordan returned ...

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