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His dream is to reach the NBA. That leaves little time to be a kid.

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“I have an end goal of trying to make it to the NBA,” Baba Oladotun said, “so I don’t want anything to get me off track.” (Sarah Voisin/The Washington Post)

For Baba Oladotun, who skipped ahead a year of high school to accelerate his basketball career, life revolves around a focused, “psycho” daily routine.

“Time to go, Dad,” Oladotun said, slipping on his hoodie and scooping up his phone and basketball after his third workout on this October afternoon. Before getting in his fourth, Oladotun has to squeeze in a driving lesson and complete his homework.