Omar Cooper Jr: How a 17-Year-Old’s Hops Became the World’s Most-Traded Futures Contract
**The Global Aftershocks of a Local Shooting Star** *How one teenager’s hoop dreams became a Rorschach test for the world’s favorite addictions: talent, hype, and premature nostalgia* Omar Cooper Jr. is 17, has a 43-inch vertical, and—if you believe the breathless trans-Atlantic highlight reels—already owes the world economy roughly the GDP of Malta in future…