Taken from a chat on espn.com. Lebron or Yao? http://proxy.espn.go.com/chat/chatESPN?event_id=3296 Ravi (Los Angeles): Ken, GREAT QUESTION here...if Yao hadnt declared for the draft til this year, any chance he would go above Lebron this year? or is LBJ that cant-miss? Ken Bikoff: (5:06 PM ET ) You're right, it's a great question. I still think Yao would go No. 1 because he brings just as much of a marketing oomph to the table as LeBron, and he is a commodity that few teams can match (a talented big man). James is a superstar in the making, but he will be the Kobe-McGrady-Pierce-Carter kind of mold. Other teams will be able to at least matchup with him. Only one team can really match up with Yao right now, and that's the Lakers. And even Shaq has trouble with Yao.
