When he's not going by King, LeBron James has been dubbed The Chosen One—or at least, he has since Sports Illustrated pegged him with that title when the King-in-waiting was only a high school junior in 2002. Duke head coach Mike Krzyzewski coached James this summer as he guided Team USA to a gold medal in the Beijing Olympics.
One day, he told students at "Have a Coke with Coach Cut" Wednesday in the Great Hall, Krzyzewski was talking with James and the superstar had his shirt off, showing off the tattoo on his back that reads "The Chosen One." Krzyzewski noticed the body ink and asked if he could get a tattoo of the same ilk.
"Coach, I really like you a lot, but no one would choose you," Krzyzewski recalled James saying to the delight of the approximately 200 students in attendance.
—by Ben Cohen
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