PALM HARBOR, Fla. — The picture is haphazardly staged, and a bit out of focus. Which is to say, it could have been taken by any parent in any rec sports league in any gym in America.
Two cousins, side by side, wearing basketball T-shirts and little kid grins. They grew up a few miles apart with only a county line and their choice of dreams separating them.
Dean, the one on the left, is a year younger and, from the look of the picture, already a head taller. He has visions of basketball glory. Nick, the one on the right, is mostly on the court to pass the time. His world, instead, revolves around golf.
