RE: The pipe dream of landing LeBron

[Michael Ryan]

Shawn and Jon, 

If LeBron plays for Cincinnati, I'll let you two split my paycheck. 


Mike Ryan



-----Original Message-----
From: jon breiner [mailto:address@hidden 
Sent: Wednesday, April 09, 2003 10:19 AM
To: address@hidden
Subject: Re: [UC Basketball] The pipe dream of landing LeBron


I just read that article and thought the same thing!  :)

jon b

----- Original Message -----
From: "Shawn Hunter" <address@hidden>
To: "Bearcat BB Forum" <address@hidden>; "Steve Gerstein"
<address@hidden>; "Jason Shearn" <address@hidden>
Sent: Wednesday, April 09, 2003 10:15 AM
Subject: [UC Basketball] The pipe dream of landing LeBron


> You know, we do have one more scholarship available ;)
>
>
> Wednesday, April 9
> Gatorade winner has fun with college vs. draft queries
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> Associated Press
>
> AKRON, Ohio -- Taking exaggerated sips and filling his cheeks with
Gatorade,
> LeBron James mugged for his teammates, clearly having fun during 
> another player of the year award presentation.
>
> Alternately smiling and playing the ramrod-straight schoolboy, fun was

> on James' mind Tuesday as he pondered his future.
>
> James, having watched good friend Carmelo Anthony lead Syracuse to the

> national championship the night before, suggested that he hasn't
eliminated
> the possibility of going to college instead of jumping directly to the
NBA.
> "If he stays in Syracuse and I go to college, I'll make sure we get
Syracuse
> on our schedule," James said Tuesday.
>
> James, a 6-foot-8 senior at Akron St. Vincent-St. Mary High School, is

> widely acknowledged as the likely No. 1 pick in this summer's NBA 
> draft.
He
> has not announced that he will turn pro.
>
> James met with reporters Tuesday after receiving the Gatorade Award, 
> presented annually to the nation's top high school player.
>
> Asked where he might play if he went to college, James said, "Somebody
might
> give me a scholarship, I hope."
>
> There's little doubt many colleges would love to have the quick, 
> muscular swingman. Most recruiters dropped off his trail a year ago 
> when it
appeared
> obvious that James would make himself eligible for the NBA draft.
>
> James said he hasn't decided when he'll announce whether he will enter

> the draft.
>
> Regardless of where he plays next season, James said he intends to 
> have
fun,
> just as a smiling Anthony did in Syracuse's 81-78 victory in New 
> Orleans
on
> Monday night.
>
> "You know it's going to be real fun, especially when you're out there 
> playing against people that you know," he said. "You know their game, 
> but when you're going out there playing basketball, you never know 
> what's
going
> to happen."
>
> Anthony had 20 points, 10 rebounds and seven assists and was chosen as

> the outstanding player of the national championship game.
>
> "If you had seen how hyped I was last night," James said. "I'm very, 
> very proud of Carmelo."
>
> James said he and Anthony had talked about what they would do in the
future.
> Anthony also is considered a potential top draft pick, should he elect

> to leave Syracuse.
>
> "It's going to be great when I decide, whatever me and Carmelo are 
> going
to
> do, if he's going to stay in college or if I'm going to go to 
> college," James said. "Whatever decision we're going to make, it will 
> be pretty
good."
> Asked if the championship game might influence him to play in college,
James
> said, "Any kind of basketball inspires me. It doesn't matter if you're
being
> competitive."
>
> He said he was proud of the Gatorade award because its criteria 
> include a player's character and off-court volunteer work. Organizers 
> specifically cited James' work at a center for the homeless and his 
> willingness to accommodate autograph requests from youngsters.
>
> James led St. Vincent-St. Mary to its third state championship in four

> seasons last month. The Fighting Irish also were ranked No. 1 in the
nation
> by USA Today.
>
> The Ohio High School Athletic Association investigated James twice 
> during his senior season, once for accepting a Humvee H2 for an 18th 
> birthday present from his mother and another for receiving two jerseys

> from a Cleveland clothing store.
>
> The state's sanctioning body for high school athletics cleared James 
> and his
> family after looking into the purchase of the truck. But it suspended
James
> for one game and forced St. Vincent-St. Mary to forfeit a game after 
> he admitted accepting the jerseys. He later returned them.
>
> James went on to become Ohio's only three-time Mr. Basketball.