LeBron James Biography and his Success Story

LeBron James Biography and his Success Story

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LeBron Raymone James known as LeBron James is an American Athlete, professional basketball player for the Cleveland Cavaliers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He had a difficult childhood but showed tremendous talent early in his life.

He first garnered national attention as the top high school basketball player in the country. With his unique combination of size, athleticism and court vision, he became one of the premier players in the NBA.

James has won three NBA championships , four NBA Most Valuable Player Awards , three NBA Finals MVP Awards , two Olympic gold medals , an NBA scoring title , and the NBA Rookie of the Year Award .

He has also been selected to 14 NBA All-Star teams, 13 All-NBA teams, and six All-Defensive teams, is the Cavaliers' all-time scoring leader , is the NBA All-Star Game career scoring leader , and is the NBA career playoff scoring leader .

About LeBron James

LeBron James was born on 30 December, 1984 in Akron, Ohio, to a 16 year-old mother, Gloria Marie James and Anthony McClelland an exconvict. Gloria raised him on her own as his father was uninterested in being a parent.

Realizing he would be better off with a more stable family, Gloria allowed him to live with the family of Frank Walker who introduced him to basketball when he was nine years old.

He played Amateur Athletic Union basketball for the Northeast Ohio Shooting Stars and chose to attend St. Vincent–St. Mary High School, a white private school, instead of their local public school.
In his senior year too he was named Ohio's Mr. Basketball and USA Today All-USA First Team and Gatorade National Player of the Year for the third and second consecutive years respectively.

On January 1, 2012, Lebron James proposed to his high school sweetheart, Savannah Brinson. The couple married in a private ceremony with about 200 guests in San Diego on September 14, 2013.

They have two sons and one daughter together. Sons names LeBron Jr. and Bryce Maximus James. Their third child, daughter Zhuri James.

They currently reside in Coconut Grove, an affluent Miami neighborhood

As of June 2017 LeBron James’ net worth is $86 million, according to Forbes magazine.

Career

At an early age, James showed a natural talent for basketball and was recruited by St. Vincent-St. Mary High School to join their basketball team in 1999.

Overall, James scored 2,657 points, 892 rebounds and 523 assists during his four years there.
As a freshman, James averaged 18 points per game. He helped the team to a Division III state title by scoring 25 points in the championship game.

Word of his advanced basketball skills spread, and James received several honors for his performance.

As a high school sophomore, James was chosen for the USA Today All-USA First Team. He was the first sophomore ever selected for this award. His team also won the Division III state title for the second year in a row

James was selected by the Cleveland Cavaliers in the 2003 NBA Draft.

He was eventually named the Rookie of the Year, finishing with averages of 20.9 points, 5.9 assists, and 5.5 rebounds per game.

At 19, LeBron became the youngest member of the basketball squad in 2004 Athens Olympics but he spent most of the time on the bench.

He made NBA history again in 2005, when he became the youngest player to score more than 50 points in one game.

He was selected for the NBA All-Star game for the first time. With averages of 27.2 points, 7.4 rebounds, 7.2 assists, and 2.2 steals per game, he became the youngest player in NBA history to be named to an All-NBA Team, in the 2004–05 seasons.

In 2006, he helped his team beat the Wizards in the first round of playoff. Against the Pistons in the semifinals, even his average of 26.6 could not secure his team’s victory.

After the 2006 Playoffs, James and the Cavaliers negotiated a three-year, $60 million contract extension with a player option with the option of seeking a new contract as an unrestricted free agent.

The Cavaliers proved to be stronger competitors in 2007, reaching the NBA finals, beating Detroit to win the Eastern Conference but lost in the finals against the San Antonio Spurs.

During the year of 2007-08 season, the Cavaliers improved their standing in the Eastern Conference. The team made it to the semifinals, where they were defeated by the Boston Celtics in seven games.

The year 2008 was a stellar one for him as he outperformed rival players as Kobe Bryant and Allen Iverson by scoring an average of 30 points per game, the highest average in the NBA regular season.

In 2008, he traveled to Beijing, with the likes of Bryant, Jason Kidd and Dwyane Wade on the U.S. Olympic Basketball Team and brought home the gold after defeating Spain in the finals.

Shortly after becoming a free agent in 2010, he announced that he would be joining the Miami Heat for the upcoming season. He finished second in the league, scoring 26.7 points per game.

He competed at his third Olympic Games in 2012, in London, along with teammates Kevin Durant, Carmelo Anthony and Kobe Bryant, and the team brought home the second consecutive Olympic gold.

At the end of the 2012-13 season, against the San Antonio Spurs, Miami transformed a seemingly impossible championship win into reality, winning their second consecutive national title with a 3-4 victory.

Awards & Achievements

James’ team ‘Miami Heat’ won the NBA championship for two consecutive years from 2012 and he was declared NBA Most Valuable Player, which he had been winning for two years already.

He was part of the Olympic gold winning American team at Beijing (2008) and London (2012) games, and a bronze at Seoul Olympics (2004).

He also has gold and a bronze FIBA Americas Championship medals.

In the year of 2011-12 season ended with Miami Heat beating Oklahoma City Thunder to win the NBA Championship - James’ first NBA title. In the final game, he scored 26 points, 11 rebounds and 13 assists.

He made NBA history in 2013, at age 28, he became the youngest and 38th NBA player to score 20,000 points, succeeding Kobe Bryant of the Lakers—who accomplished this feat when he was 29.

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