Complex sentence: Passing up a chance to play for the Phoenix Suns, who drafted him early in 1970, Patterson re-entered the draft and was the second rookie, after Austin Carr, selected by the expansion Cleveland Cavaliers.
Split into simpler sentences: Passing up a chance to play for the Phoenix Suns, who drafted him early in 1970, Patterson re-entered the draft. Patterson was the second rookie, after Austin Carr, selected by the expansion Cleveland Cavaliers.