Straight shooter

Sports | NBA lottery pick packs big game, big money, and old-time religion | Mark Bergin

Marvin Williams sank into an arm chair at Microsoft's Xbox headquarters and stretched his million-dollar legs. The 6-foot-8 basketball prodigy, selected No. 2 overall in last month's NBA draft, filled the role of resident superstar a bit sheepishly as he competed online with video-game junkies for the software company's Game with Fame promotional program.

Several newspaper photographers and one local TV station shoved cameras in Mr. Williams' face. A handful of youth-league basketball players loitered nearby, hiding grins beneath an affected cool and stealing glances at the purported savior for the struggling Atlanta Hawks.

Dressed modestly in blue jeans and a cotton shirt, Mr. Williams seemed oblivious to the attention as his fingers shuffled furiously to control the digital athletes in ESPN's latest NBA simulation. In reality, however, he was well aware of the media presence—and the world's ever-widening window into his life.

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September 03, 2005, Vol. 20, No. 34

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