Credit: The best 13-year-old basketball player in America wears braces and is already tall enough to play shooting guard in the NBA. The family of Emoni Bates provided a rare, behind-the-scenes look at the life of one of the most coveted basketball prospects in the country for at least the next five years. See photos.

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