The Los Angeles Times today wrote a nice article on O.J. Mayo and Bill Walker. Both have been playing together since they were young.

For so long, it seemed as if Bill Walker and O.J. Mayo would be together from diapers to dentures.

“Me and O.J. have been friends since Pampers,” said Walker, who grew up in Huntington, W.Va., a few blocks from Mayo, his best basketball buddy.

As boys, they played against each other from the time they could dribble until joining forces at age 9. They played on the same traveling team and even attended the same out-of-state high school, Cincinnati’s North College Hill, where they combined to win two state titles.

“We’re basically the same person,” Mayo said.

The entire article can be read here.