A locally known basketball prodigy since elementary school, James was named Ohio's Mr. Basketball (high-school player of the year) three times while leading Akron's St . Vincent St
For LeBron James, the high school prodigy and top pick last night, dressing was a matter of honoring his status as someone with a $90 million Nike deal.
Brandon Jennings, a high school prodigy who played in Rome last season and was selected 10th in this year's N.B.A. draft, played sporadically in Italy last season.
As expected, James, the high school prodigy from Akron, Ohio, was the first player selected in the N.B.A. draft, going to the Cleveland Cavaliers, essentially his hometown team.
A three-sport prodigy in high school when the Twins picked him No. 1, Joe was assigned to Elizabethton, Tenn., for rookie ball.
Cleveland, where Brown and Paul Silas are also being considered, has LeBron James, the high school prodigy who many believe will become a superstar, and several other talented young players.
When Walsh was the president of the Indiana Pacers, O'Neal blossomed into a premier post presence, transforming from a high school prodigy who had limited playing time in four years with Portland despite being the 17th overall pick.
Mr. Liman, who directed "The Bourne Identity," and "Mr. and Mrs. Smith," said he had been a "physics prodigy" in high school, which had gotten him into Brown University despite a checkered adolescence.
Part of Joffe's role is to help make his wife intelligible whether or not she is present, and an unease sometimes creeps into his tone: the anxiety of a parent who resents the injustice yet accepts the inevitability of having to subject an antisocial prodigy to a school interview.
For now, possibly forever, the highlight of his professional career remains the bold announcement by the former New York-area high school prodigy and Brooklyn native at Junior's Restaurant on Flatbush Avenue that he intended to bypass college and go for the gold.
