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LeBron James
Age/birthdate: 18; Dec. 30, 1984. Shares same birthday with golfer Tiger Woods.
Position: guard/forward.
Height/weight: 6-foot-8, 240 pounds.
Education: 2003 Graduate of Akron's St. Vincent-St. Mary High School.
High school career: Two-time consensus national player of the year by USA Today and Gatorade; PARADE player of the year as junior and senior, first repeat winner in award's 47-year history; named three-time Mr. Basketball in Ohio by The Associated Press; scored 2,657 points in high school; led SVSM to three state titles in four years and national championship as selected by USA Today in '03; named MVP of McDonald's All-American Game and two other postseason games in '03.
Other accomplishments: No. 1 overall selection by the Cleveland Cavaliers in 2003 NBA draft; first high school basketball player to be featured on cover of Sports Illustrated -- "The Chosen One" -- in February 2002; first-team All-Ohio wide receiver in football as sophomore.
Business profile: Received $90 million endorsement contract from Nike on eve of draft; signed six-year multimillion marketing deal to endorse Sprite and Powerade and $6 million contract with Upper Deck trading cards; given four-year $13 million contract by Cavaliers.
Family: Single; mother, Gloria.
Agent: Aaron Goodwin.
Sports hero: NBA great Michael Jordan, the player to whom James is most often compared and the reason he wears uniform No. 23.
Quote: "When I look at myself, I'm not just representing LeBron now. I'm representing the NBA, the Cavaliers, the city of Akron, the city of Cleveland. ... I'm not going to disappoint anybody."
-- Associated Press