The Crossover

Five Reasons I Have Locks

5. Some of my favorite rappers have them:

Lil Wayne, 2 Chainz, and Wale.

4. They make me feel

like a king.

3. No one else

on the team has them, and

2. it helps people know

that I am me and not JB.

But

mostly because

1. ever since I watched

the clip of Dad

posterizing

that seven-foot Croatian center

on ESPN’s Best Dunks Ever;

soaring through the air—his

long twisted hair like wings

carrying him

high above

the rim—I knew

one day

I’d need

my own wings

to fly.