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CHICAGO (AP) — Jabari Parker is the best high school basketball player in the country and the recruit every college coach wants to sign.That means in this social media-driven world that the soft-spoken, devout Mormon has to deal with scrutiny beyond anything his star predecessors endured.The 17-year-old Chicagoan last week won the Gatorade Basketball Player of the Year award and attends Simeon Career Academy, the alma mater of Chicago Bulls star Derrick Rose.Even Rose — who graduated just five years ago — says the pressure is greater these days on people like Parker than it used to be.
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