{"id":416499,"date":"2023-01-22T06:01:43","date_gmt":"2023-01-22T06:01:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/?p=416499"},"modified":"2023-01-22T06:01:43","modified_gmt":"2023-01-22T06:01:43","slug":"top-five-things-you-did-not-know-about-lakers-superstar-lebron-james","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/top-five-things-you-did-not-know-about-lakers-superstar-lebron-james\/","title":{"rendered":"Top Five Things You Did Not Know About Lakers Superstar LeBron James"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Since he made his league debut in 2003, LeBron James has slowly established himself as one of the greatest players to have ever stepped foot on a basketball court. The kid from Akron, Ohio, has played with some of the biggest franchises in the sport and won almost everything there is to win. In a career that has now spanned two decades, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/player\/_\/id\/1966\/lebronjames\">LeBron James<\/a> started his career with the Cleveland Cleveland Cavaliers. From there he went to Miami Heat, where he won two championships.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Following that, James returned to the Cavaliers and fulfilled his lifelong dream of winning the championships with his home team. After that, the 38-year-old was traded to the Los Angeles Lakers, where he won the championship in 2020 and is currently an active player as well.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While James\u2019 exploits on the court are well documented, fans might not know a few unique things about the enigma that is LeBron James. Today we share five things you might not have known about James.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Drug addict as a teenager\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">On this day, 2003: The Pistons hosted a young LeBron James for the first time, on national TV. Rip Hamilton ultimately stole the spotlight with 44 points, 5 assists and 7 rebounds, as the Pistons pulled away in the clutch: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/1UNS3As6lh\">pic.twitter.com\/1UNS3As6lh<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Keith Black Trudeau (@Charlottean28) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Charlottean28\/status\/1597270303906099200?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 28, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">LeBron James grew up in an extremely tough part of the city where drug use was rampant. Therefore, in a book that he wrote, the four-time NBA champion admitted to smoking weed on a regular basis in order to relieve stress. However, this did not last long as James started taking his playing career more seriously.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>No permanent house\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-416500\" src=\"https:\/\/yebscore-cms.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/2023\/01\/image01-10.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1000\" srcset=\"https:\/\/yebscore-cms.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/2023\/01\/image01-10.jpeg 1500w, https:\/\/yebscore-cms.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/2023\/01\/image01-10-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/yebscore-cms.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/2023\/01\/image01-10-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/yebscore-cms.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/2023\/01\/image01-10-768x512.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">James was a child brought up by a single mother. Gloria James did not have a house of her own and therefore, used to move around a lot with her child because of which he missed half of the fourth grade as well. When LeBron\u2019s football coach at that time, Frank Walker, came to know about his situation, he offered LeBron his home until his mother Gloria James has a stable income and a permanent place to stay.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Teammate with Michael Jordan\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-416501\" src=\"https:\/\/yebscore-cms.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/2023\/01\/image02-1-scaled.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" srcset=\"https:\/\/yebscore-cms.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/2023\/01\/image02-1-scaled.jpeg 2560w, https:\/\/yebscore-cms.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/2023\/01\/image02-1-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/yebscore-cms.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/2023\/01\/image02-1-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/yebscore-cms.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/2023\/01\/image02-1-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/yebscore-cms.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/2023\/01\/image02-1-1536x1024.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/yebscore-cms.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/2023\/01\/image02-1-2048x1365.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Unbeknownst to many, LeBron James and Michael Jordan played as teammates when LeBron James was a rookie in NBA, he participated in Michael Jordan\u2019s basketball camp. The two played one match together as teammates.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Star since high school\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">LMAOOO <\/p>\n<p>These players didn\u2019t have much fun tryna guard YOUNG LeBron James \ud83d\udc51 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/1pHxKzpmcO\">pic.twitter.com\/1pHxKzpmcO<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Bron\u2019s Best (@LBJsBest) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LBJsBest\/status\/1611394741358182404?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 6, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Since he was in high school, LeBron James was extremely famous for his skills, so much so that his games would be covered extensively by the media and a few games were even broadcasted. Even before he stepped foot on a court, he was being compared to Michael Jordan and other greats of the sport.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Ambidextrous<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Another lesser-known fact about James is that he is ambidextrous.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/magic-johnson-shockingly-snubs-nba-superstars-for-a-basketball-prodigy-as-he-makes-best-player-in-the-world-claim\/\">Magic Johnson Shockingly Snubs NBA Superstars For a Basketball Prodigy as he Makes \u201cBest Player in the World\u201d Claim<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Since he made his league debut in 2003, LeBron James has slowly established himself as one of the greatest players to have ever stepped foot on a basketball court. The kid from Akron, Ohio, has played with some of the biggest franchises in the sport and won almost everything there is to win. 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