The Dang Apostrophe

The Dang Apostrophe

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The Dang Apostrophe
The Dang Apostrophe
A most unlikely journey

A most unlikely journey

Yakima's MarJon Beauchamp played for four high schools and went through a year in basketball purgatory before becoming a first-round pick at the age of 21.

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MarJon Beauchamp’s path to professional basketball traces both the difficulties and the opportunities that are emerging for players in that year they are required to wait after graduating from high school and before beginning an NBA career.

In 2020, his path to the draft collapsed under the pandemic restrictions that submarined his ability to work on his…

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