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Far From The Tree

By Elena Bergeron

Wednesday, October 15, 2008

They come here to be watched. That's the whole point. The teenagers invited to Richmond each June for the NBA's Top 100 prep camp are all hoping to get noticed. Split among four courts at the Siegel Center on the Virginia Commonwealth campus, they peek at the bleachers after every dunk, watching the watchers, trying to see if the 50 or so Internet scouts and TV and newspaper reporters are impressed. A mention could set up the preps for a rankings boost just in time for the sneaker camp circuit a ...

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