“People get fed up dealing with parents and that is what happened with my dad.”
Ten years ago, Marquise Walker was a “YouTube Wonder.” He made
videos with LeBron James and Derrick Rose, to name a few. Marquise was
extremely talented, articulate and adorable. And…Marquise was only eight-years
old.
His father paraded, positioned and pushed Marquise like a hot commodity to be sold. The dad carefully groomed him through relentless workouts and travel to tournaments and PR appearances. Marquise said he “wanted to be in the NBA to be on a team and for the money”...