Now I've seen it all

Who is the best 8-year-old basketball player in the country? Go on Youtube and you will see plenty of hype for that claim going to Marquise Walker. His father has worked with a few cunning marketing gurus to market his son so that he will get to play college basketball.

He even has a who's who of NBA and college players saying how great they think he is.

The problem with hyping him up as much as his father did is that there is a lot of pressure for him to be a great NBA player. Anything less than being LeBron James, even if he makes the NBA, will probably make him a failure.

The thing is that even if this kid plays Division II basketball, he is a success story already. Anything more is icing on the cake. Walker's dad is probably living off Marquise's fame already, but hopefully this kid doesn't lose his innocence and become a bust.

He is certainly very good for his age and has a very bright future ahead of him but a lot can change. How much is he going to grow and can his skills live up to his potential?

ESPN did a terrific piece on him that I hope you all check out. What do you think of his dad? Smart entrepreneur or is this exploitation?

Unfortunately youtube decided not to work when I felt like posting a clip of him so here's a link to one of about 55 of his clips.