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Originally posted by ChuckElias
In case you haven't heard, ESPN2 is showing a regular season high school basketball game tonight. It's being billed as the national "coming out party" for LeBron James. He's the most highly balley-hooed high schooler since Kobe.
Whether you're planning to watch or not, here's an interesting preview of what you can expect to see 
http://espn.go.com/page2/s/neel/021212.html
Chuck
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Remember Dave & Dan, part of a Nike (I think) marketing campaign centered on the Atlanta summer olympics (I think)all those years ago?
Remember Brian Bosworth?
Plenty more to add I guess, but here's a good article:
http://www.sportingnews.com/voices/m.../20020719.html
It was the first thing listed when I googled "overhyped athletes"
BTW, I might try & catch the game mself.