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Trendon Watford and Tyrese Maxey have intertwined roots dating back to their high school days, when the Texas natives first met at a basketball camp. In a role reversal, Watford says, it was Maxey who, at that point, was a relatively unheralded player. The current All-Star claims that Watford and his friends initially iced him out because Maxey wasn't on the recruiting radar.
But that meeting around a decade ago planted the seeds for a long-term relationship. They shared rooms at the McDonald's All-American Game. They immersed themselves in each other's families, building relationships with siblings, parents, uncles, the works. They talked trash after they would play (and beat) one another ...
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