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Shoe companies set their sights on players as young as 12

'He’s one of our golden-child kids. He should definitely be a Division 1 basketball player, and he has his head screwed on correctly.' --Joe Keller, on Joe Sharkey (left), who was 13 when selected to attend Keller’s Adidas Jr. Phenom Camp for middle schoolers.
"He’s one of our golden-child kids. He should definitely be a Division 1 basketball player, and he has his head screwed on correctly." --Joe Keller, on Joe Sharkey (left), who was 13 when selected to attend Keller’s Adidas Jr. Phenom Camp for middle schoolers. (For The Globe Photo / Nancy Palmieri) For The Globe Photo / Nancy Palmieri
By Bob Hohler
Globe Staff / July 25, 2006

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Third in a three-part series on the sneaker industry's influence on amateur basketball in New England. (Full article: 2765 words)

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