CHARLOTTE, N.C. _ One of the most talked about players heading into NBA All-Star weekend isn't even in the NBA.
Zion Williamson, who is currently playing basketball at Duke some 140 miles north of the Spectrum Center, doesn't yet qualify to be in the league's Rising Star Challenge. Still, that doesn't keep NBA fans _ especially Knicks fans _ from fantasizing about what it would be like to have Williamson represent their team in that game next year.
With his strength and mature body, the 18-year-old Williamson is drawing comparisons to LeBron James when he came out of high school. James was intrigued enough by what he has heard to fly down to Charlottesville, Va., last Saturday to catch Duke's game against Virginia. He told ESPN on Friday that he was impressed.
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