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JamesA new documentary shedslight on the building of LeBron.ByJonathan Messinger

LeBron James isnt the mostimportant person in the room.

The NBAs reigning MVPoverflows the pale yellow couch in aChicago hotel room; its the kind of sofathat seems designed to host a tea party, notthe six-foot, eight-inch frame of a five-time

All-Star. When he laughs, the taperecorders volume gauge teeters wildly tothe right. He has the most presence and themost game, and if you want to get rightdown to it, hes the only one in the roomwhos earned the right to wear a T-shirtwith his own name emblazoned across thefront. But still, on the other side of theroom, in a slim wooden desk chair, sits theman who couldmore than Kobe orDwight or any of LeBrons other on-courtnemesessteal the spotlight from theKing. His name is Dru Joyce and,importantly, his T-shirt reads LEBRONJAMES, too.

Joyce picks Jamess pocket inMore Thana Game, the documentary commonlyreferred to as the LeBron James movie inall of the anticipatory blog buzz. The filmtells the story of five best friends in Akron,Ohio, who after playing together sincemiddle school, form one of the mostsuccessful high-school basketball teams inrecent history. One of those five friends wasLeBron James, but the movie isntinterested in the LeBron phenomenon, at

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