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Cavaliers forward LeBron James has spent much of his adult life playing on a big stage in front of a huge audience.

That's why his appearance as one of the co-hosts of the 2007 ESPYs probably won't faze him.

"The thought of stepping out on stage and telling jokes in front of all these sports legends (at 22) is unfathomable to me," ESPYs co-host Jimmy Kimmel said during a teleconference Monday. "I can only imagine myself at 22. I'm sure he can do about anything."

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Cavaliers forward LeBron James has spent much of his adult life playing on a big stage in front of a huge audience.

Thats why his appearance as one of the co-hosts of the 2007 ESPYs probably wont faze him.

The thought of stepping out on stage and telling jokes in front of all these sports legends (at 22 years old) is unfathomable to me, ESPYs co-host Jimmy Kimmel said during a teleconference on Monday. I can only imagine myself at 22. Im sure he can do about anything.

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Contrary to their lowly, laughable place in the NBA standings, the players

on the Orlando Magic's first team really were big winners.

It just took nearly two decades for folks to recognize it.

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A young Corey Brewer would feel a tug on his arm, waking him from a dream at 2 a.m.It was the signal that older brother Jason couldn't sleep.

Corey knew this routine. He would roll out of his bunk bed, fetch his sneakers and grudgingly stumble outside the house.A light shined on a half-dirt, half-paved court, where those warm, silent Portland nights came to life with the sounds of basketball.Then Jason, five years older than Corey, would school his little brother."I used to get my butt kicked," Corey said. "I used to have to clean the room a whole lot. That's what we would play for."The baby of the Brewer family is all done cleaning r...

Rise to stardom

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Because this draft is deep in big men, there's only one player at this position -- Nick Young of USC -- projected to be selected by a team that was in the lottery.

But that doesn't mean there's a lack of quality shooting guards in this draft.

In fact, one of the reasons the draft is so deep is the number of quality guards who will be available well into the second round.

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