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MANN OF THE HOUR

LET’S GET the obvious comparison out of the way: At 6-4 and 180 pounds, quick, slender and elusive, with that no-joke, as-soon-as-hesteps-over-halfcourt range, Tre Mann will inevitably remind you of a pretty well-known NBA player. It doesn’t hurt the analogy that Mann’s dad was a serious hooper in his day, and that his mom was a pretty good volleyball player. How could he not be compared to Chef Curry? In fact, he’s been inspiring that comparison for years.

“They used to call me Little Steph Curry, and I ain’t gonna lie—in seventh grade, that was my favorite player,” Mann says now. “I used to wear his shirts

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