Comparisons like those could cloud the head of an 18-year-old kid like Efe. That he’s already been trained by NBA-approved coaches at NBA-caliber facilities through the NBA’s own grassroots program would suggest that he’d have his sights set on, well, the NBA. But Efe knows how quickly hype can fade, how one leap can just as easily send a career soaring above the rim or crashing to the court. “I don’t want to think too big right now,” he says. “I just got to be focused on what I have right now and be the best at what I can be right now before thinking about the next step.”