LeBron James believes he could be an effective NFL player. "If I put all my time and commitment into it, if I dedicated myself to the game of football, I could be really good," said James. "No matter what team I was on." James was an All-Ohio wide receiver at St. Vincent-St. Mary High School before quitting football after his junior year to focus on basketball. But he still follows the game closely and believes he could have been a hybrid tight end/receiver in the mold of San Diego's Antonio Gates or Atlanta's Tony Gonzalez. "They're not always lined up next to the tackle," James said. "Sometimes they go against strong safeties and linebackers. It's tough to match up with those guys because they're so athletic." He has no serious plans of returning to football, but said playing the two sports takes entirely different types of stamina. "I'd be in football shape during football season, then I'd go to basketball and feel like I was out of shape," he said. "It's totally different. And another thing you have to get used to is getting hit again."