LeBron James
LeBron Raymone James Sr. is an American professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association. He was selected by Cleveland with the first overall pick of the 2003 NBA draft. He has won four NBA championships, four NBA Most Valuable Player Awards, four Finals MVP Awards, and two Olympic gold medals. In 2018, James opted out of his contract with the Cleveland Cavaliers to sign with the Lakers, where he won the 2020 championship and was awarded his fourth Finals MVP award. He also is a part-owner of Liverpool F. C., with the club having won the 2016 Premier League championship.
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LeBron Raymone James Sr. is an American professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association. He was selected by Cleveland with the first overall pick of the 2003 NBA draft. He has won four NBA championships, four NBA Most Valuable Player Awards, four Finals MVP Awards, and two Olympic gold medals. James is the only player in NBA history to have brought NBA championships to three franchises as Finals MVP. He is an activist for various causes, including fighting for racial equality, improving the lives of African-American communities, and improving education for students. James was born on December 30, 1984 in Akron, Ohio to Gloria Marie James, who was 16 at the time of his birth. His father, Anthony McClelland, has an extensive criminal record and was not involved in his life. James began playing organized basketball in the fifth grade. He later played Amateur Athletic Union basketball for the Northeast Ohio Shooting Stars. In 2016, he led the Cavaliers to victory over the Golden State Warriors in the NBA Finals by coming back from a 3–1 deficit, delivering the franchise’s first championship and ending Cleveland’s 52-year professional sports title drought. In 2018, James opted out of his contract with the Cleveland Cavaliers to sign with the Lakers, where he won the 2020 championship and was awarded his fourth Finals MVP award. He also is a part-owner of Liverpool F. C. , with the club having won the 2016 Premier League championship.
James has been featured in books, documentaries, television commercials, and has hosted the ESPY Awards and Saturday Night Live. In 2015, he appeared in the film Trainwreck. James played basketball for St. Vincent–St. Mary High School in his hometown of Akron,Ohio. In a move that stirred controversy, they chose each other that they would attend high school together. As a freshman, James averaged 21 points and 6 rebounds per game for the St. Vincent-St Mary varsity basketball team. For some home games during the season, James played at the Irish School of Akron’s 5-492-seat Rhodes Scholar program. James and his friends Sian Cotton, Dru Joyce III, and Willie McGee dubbed themselves the ‘Fab Four’ and promised each other they would all go to college together. In 2010, James left in 2010 to sign as a free agent with Miami Heat, and is one of the most controversial free agent decisions in sports history. He won his first two NBA championships while playing for the Heat in 2012 and 2013; in both of these years, he also earned league MVP and Finals MVP, and was selected All-Star MVP three times. James holds the record for all-time playoffs points, is third in all- time points, and eighth in career assists. In 2012, he played for the Ohio State University basketball team, making them only the only boys high school team in Ohio to finish the season undefeated. In 2013, he was selected to the All-Defensive First Team five times.
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