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...players to give up three summers to prepare for this year's World's, next year's Olympic qualifiers, if needed, and the 2008 Games in Beijing. This group balances perhaps the three best players on the globe--the Miami Heat's Dwyane Wade, the Cleveland Cavaliers' LeBron James and the L.A. Lakers' Kobe Bryant, who's sidelined for Japan by knee surgery-- with non-ball-hogging role players like Bruce Bowen and Shane Battier...
...asked a pool of 24 NBA players to give up three summers to prepare for this year's Worlds, next year's Olympic qualifiers, if needed, and the 2008 Games in Beijing. This group includes, arguably, the three best players on the globe: Miami's Dwyane Wade, Cleveland's LeBron James, and L.A.'s Kobe Bryant (though knee surgery will keep Bryant on the sidelines for Japan), plus respected role players, like defensive stoppers Bruce Bowen and Shane Battier...
...applying unusual materials such as carbon fiber to sneakers, an idea he got after he saw the flexible composite on the hood of a car. Hui, who goes by the name C2, is something of a celebrity at his school for customizing shoes for people like NBA star LeBron James. Despite his fame, Hui, 16, admits that at heart, he is just another sneakerhead. "Once I get the money," he says, "I always put it back into the shoes...
...board that he could outrace adults while riding backwards, White, 19, finished first in all five Olympic qualifiers. "The only person who can beat Shaun is Shaun," says Rene Hansen, team director for Burton Snowboards, a top U.S. manufacturer. Like the wunderkinds to which he is compared- Tiger Woods, LeBron James- White views life as a constant competition, whether it's one-upping a fellow boarder?s tricks, or matching his coach's guitar skills note for note. "Shaun, above all, is a perfectionist, to the most unbelievable degree I've ever seen," says Keene. "So add that...
...slur, but the inaction was unbearable. "[Sitting out] tested my faith a little bit," says Parker, a devout Christian (she keeps copies of 25 Basic Bible Studies and God's Game Plan on the nightstand of her dorm bedroom, which measures 149 sq. ft., not much bigger than LeBron James' Hummer). She poured her emotions into journals: "The taste remains, distinct and bitter," she wrote, "guilt, because I was unable ... to put my team on my back." But she took care of business, hitting the books (she made dean's list) and doing physical therapy, which added...