Heir Ball: How the Cost of Youth Sports Is Changing the N.B.A.

By Jay Caspian Kang · The New Yorker · June 2025

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"Jay Caspian Kang talks to Jermaine O’Neal, Luka Dončić, Steve Nash, and others around the N.B.A. about how the professionalization of youth sports is changing the landscape of pro basketball."

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