When Rocky wood was at primary school, a local newspaper called him 'the best primary school player in the city'. Now, at the age of 15 he plays in one of the best high school teams in Chicago . In their last game Rocky scored 39 points!
he lives in a small apartment in a Chicago suburb with mother, father, younger brother and two sisters. His family is not rich but Rocky hopes that, one day, he will change that. If he becomes a basketball star, they'll move to a bigger and better apartment. 'And my mom and dad won't need to work so hard,' he says. Basketball is Rocky's life. He practised every day. At the weekends he runs to the top of his apartment building-and there are fourteen floors. Even more incredible, he does it three times! Rocky told us,' when I was in junior high school, I played other sports and went to the movies. But now basketball is like a full-time job.'