He followed that up with a near triple-double (21/12/8). And after going to his high school prom, he took his controversial Hummer, $90 million dollar Nike contract and game to Cleveland, where he put up 25/9/6/4 in his NBA debut. At 36, the 'King' has shown no signs of relinquishing his crown as he continues to be a major force in the league, posting averages of 25.4 points, 7.9 rebounds and 7.9 assists per game in the 2020-21 season.
He dominated teams, highlight reels and won every award imaginable. We all know what James did as a high school senior, especially when ESPN started showing his high school games in December of 2002. I know saying he was NBA material at age 16 and 17 sounds like I've been smoking with Bill Walton but do you think high school senior LeBron would have played any worse than Kwame Brown, Dajuan Wagner or Eddy Curry during their rookie seasons in the league? Those three prep-to-pro players were USA Today first-team All-Americans along with sophomore and junior James (pictured above).
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The one international teams were trying to sign while he was still a junior in high school.īeing able to play in professional basketball before your senior season of high school sounds a little ridiculous but it's one of my favorite ridiculous conversations to have about LeBron.
It's 2013, 11 years since the days of buying VHS tapes of LeBron James' high school games off eBay and trying to record every single ESPN feature about the teenager on the cover of Sports Illustrated next to the words "The Chosen One." The one that USA Today chose for two straight years to put on their All-American Team. Latest on Los Angeles Lakers small forward LeBron James including latest news on ESPN.
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