Page 46 - Sports Illustrated KIDS Magazine (January - February 2020)
P. 46

He’s a typical high school

                                                                                              sophomore and a once-in-a-


                                                                                            generation talent. He’s goofy

                                                                                                with his friends and a 6' 9"


                                                                                               assassin with a basketball


                                                                                             in his hands. He’s the pride of

                                                                                      Ypsilanti, Michigan, and the future


                                                                                         of the NBA. Not even old enough

                                                                                                 to drive and likely to be a


                                                                                          straight-to-the-NBA No. 1 pick,

                                                                                            EMONI BATES is both a


                                                                                               product of his era and way


                                                                                                            ahead of his time





                                                                                                                               BY
                                                                                                                MICHAEL
                                                                                                           ROSENBERG



                                                                                                                    PHOTOGRAPHS BY
                                                                                                   JEFFERY A. SALTER
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