To the annals of great sports mismatches, we would like to add the following: Kimberly King, 5'5", 110 pounds, in the low post guarding 7'1", 340-pound NBA MVP Shaquille O'Neal. Yes, that Shaquille O'Neal. Superman. The Diesel.

We'd also like to say that Kimberly held her own, but in truth she couldn't get the mountain of man to move even an inch.

"Shaq's like, 'Is that all you got?'" giggled King. "And I was like, 'Yeah.' I tried to poke him in the side a little bit."

	Brady Stewart and Todd Golden take a break with Shaq.

King, along with nine other high schoolers, came to L.A. in late August having won a spot at Nestle Crunch's Hot Shots Camp. The kids got here by making that timeless bucket -- the buzzer-beating miracle that snatches victory from defeat. But more importantly, they're here because their heroic heave was caught on tape, and proved spectacular enough to win the attention of Nestle's judges.

Brady Stewart of Marissa, Ill., drained a buzzer-beater from near halfcourt to receive his invite. When it came time for an impromptu shooting competition from about the same spot, Stewart banked another one home. "I told my mom right before to grab the camera," Stewart said, grinning ear to ear, another memorable moment preserved for posterity.

The camp included gift bags, autographs, a substantial amount of chocolate, and drills, drills, drills. Though these coaches lacked the histrionics of, say, the black-sweatered fellow currently coaching in Lubbock, Tex., fundamentals were stressed. If you didn't do it right, you did it again.

Still, "fun" was the word of the day, and catching outlet passes from the Big Fella tends to take some of the tedium out of practice. Last year, Shaq was able to run the court with the kids, even manning the point for a spell. But with toe surgery on the horizon, he had to take it a little easier.

But that didn't keep Shaq from having fun, helping with drills, hanging with the kids, cracking jokes, listening. If smiles were an accurate gauge, no one was disappointed.

"Shaq joked with me, knocked the ball from my hands, and said he was going to cross me up. He's a jokester," said Buffalo's Todd McCallister. "I never thought it would be so much fun to meet a superstar."

Andy and Brian Kamenetzky are frequent contributors to ESPN The Magazine.