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Beasley teetering on the precipice of adulthood

By Dana O'Neil
ESPN.com

Thursday, February 28, 2008

MANHATTAN, Kan. -- Sitting in the K-State Student Union building, Michael Beasley's attempts to inconspicuously fold himself into a coffee shop armchair have failed miserably. Barely 19, the basketball prodigy is analyzing the concept of fame. As he grapples with why his ability to "put a ball in a basket or snatch the ball off the rim" warrants celebrity status, other students and Kansas State people spy the guy who is impossible to miss, the self-described giant lounging by the ...

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