At 6-foot-8 and 240 pounds, Ohio high school sensation LeBron James is built like an NBA small forward. But he has point-forward skills, which is what Cleveland has in mind for James after taking him No. 1 overall in Thursday's draft. The draft's hottest pure point guard: Texas' T.J. Ford. He is small at 5-10, but talk has New York trying to move up to land him. Collegians Kirk Hinrich of Kansas and Luke Ridnour of Oregon also will go high.
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