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Article: Is LeBron James being exploited?

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January 19, 2003
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Mike Waldner | PRO

SIGN OF THE TIMES:

The saga of this year's phenom is the latest example of a hype system spinning out of control.

Exploitation is in the eyes of the beholder.

Or in the driver of a fresh-off-the-lot Hummer H2.

News the mother of 6-foot-8, 240-pound LeBron James, the high school basketball hotshot from Akron, Ohio, secured a loan so her baby boy could buy a nice, new, expensive Hummer, complete with all the electronic extras the teen of today dreams of playing with, makes it difficult to accept the proposition that the young man is being exploited.

Materialistic aspects of this saga to the contrary, James, who is projected as the No. 1 pick in the NBA draft, is being ...

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