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...here's a really horrendous idea for a novel! Two boys growing up together on a bad block in Brooklyn, N.Y., in the 1970s--one's white and introverted, and one's black and cool. The white kid's name is Dylan, and the black kid is called Mingus. And they can fly. Want me to go on? Not really? But listen: if you skip out now, you'll miss one of the richest, messiest, most ambitious, most interesting novels of the year...
...vast potential--the explosive slam dunks, the boyish good looks, even the mystery surrounding his age (anywhere from 15 to 18, depending on whom you believe)--that has catapulted Yi beyond where Yao stood at this point in his career. The attention is a bit overwhelming for a shy kid who started playing ball only four years ago. "I do feel a lot of pressure," says Yi (pronounced Ee). "But what I need most is to learn and to practice--not to get distracted by being famous...
...bench to score 13 points in five minutes to seal the victory--and secure Guangdong's place atop the standings. Two weeks later, when Guangdong played the army team for the CBA championship, the stands were crawling with sports agents and shoe-company representatives, all fixated on the big kid on the bench. "It's partly the Yao Ming effect," said a shoe-company executive. "But Yi Jianlian is so promising we would have pursued him anyway." Yi played sparingly in the game, but he offered a fitting capstone to the season, stealing an inbounds pass in the final seconds...
...competition and signed Yi to a six-figure, multiyear deal worth far more than his actual salary--and indeed more than Yao Ming's original Nike contract. Forget about that other guy for a minute. The klieg lights of stardom are already starting to shine on the kid from Shenzhen...
...unequivocal, bold yes. The teachers told me that they almost always saw a decline in behavior and schoolwork when a child's parents were going through a divorce. Sometimes, when divorce happens, it's hard not to clue your kids in on your problems and burdens. But a kid of 12 has enough burdens to carry. No one needs their parents' too. You're not doing them any favors by sharing...