Beckham Wyrick wanted to send a message. His delivery system was a forearm shiver on the first trip down the floor. His target audience was LeBron James.

"I wanted him to know it was going to be a game, that you might score a lot of points, but you're going to get bruised," Wyrick recalled yesterday. "I wanted to step up to the challenge."

Seven years since he drew the most daunting assignment in high school basketball, Wyrick does not want to be defined by a ...

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