Today I will be telling you everything you need to know about LeBron James from baby to King. LeBron James was born in Akron, OH. He was born on December 30, 1984. He grew up in Akron where he had a difficult childhood. His father was not in his life who wasn't there when he grew up. His family was poor and had a tough time. His mother moved 7 timed in a year. Dru Joyce II, who coached James for many of his early years. James was an aggressive offensive player who "really liked to shoot the ball—a lot." Joyce remembered advice he gave James at the time: "I started telling LeBron about passing the ball, how great players make their teammates better.
Lebron got drafted at the age of 19 years of age. He was a first overall pick in the first round.LeBron James averaged 20.9 points, 5.9 assists and 5.5 rebounds in 79 games in his rookie season in 2003-04. He won the Rookie of the Year award. Cavs record with rookie LeBron was 35–47 making them 9th in the eastern conference. Cavs record before LeBron came 17-65. Big diffrence.
Next were going to talk about the many acccolades LeBron has 4× NBA champion (2012, 2013, 2016, 2020) 4× NBA Finals MVP (2012, 2013, 2016, 2020) 4× NBA Most Valuable Player (2009, 2010, 2012, 2013) 18× NBA All-Star (2005–2022) 3× NBA All-Star Game MVP (2006, 2008, 2018) 13× All-NBA First Team (2006, 2008–2018, 2020) 3× All-NBA Second Team (2005, 2007, 2021) All-NBA Third Team (2019) 5× NBA All-Defensive First Team (2009–2013) NBA All-Defensive Second Team (2014) NBA Rookie of the Year (2004) NBA All-Rookie First Team (2004) NBA scoring champion (2008) NBA assists leader (2020).
Lebron ranks 3rd in all-time scoring with 36,348 points, Lebron ranks 7th in all-time assists with 9,913 assists, Lebron ranks 10th in all-time assists with 2,117 assists, Lebron ranks 11th in all-time staels with 2,117 steals, Lebron ranks 11th in all-time 3-point field goals with 2,763-point field goals.
LeBron has defintely showed the NBA what he could do since he was a rookie. He is defintely the best player in the league, and debately the best NBA player of all-time. Though he has concerd the league he has all so add some great help. Though most of the time his teamates got injured so he had to carried his teams a bunch. But these are leBrons top 5 best teamates. Kevin Love at number 5, Kyrie Irving at number 4, Chris Bosh at number 3, Anthony Davis at number 2, Dwyane Wade at number 1.
Last we wil be taliking about LeBron's recent years. Starting with his 2021-2022 season. This season his is averaging 29.1 points, 7.9 rebounds and 6.5 assists in 41 games this season. Now people we have to rember this is a 37 year-old putting up these points each game. Most NBA players retire by the age of 37. His all-time averaging is 27.0 points, 7.4 rebounds and 7.4 assists. LeBron James scores career-high 61 points. This happended on March 3, 2014. LeBron at 37 years-old scored a high of 56 points.
