LeBron James: The Legend on the Basketball Court
3/20/2023 Sport Alfonso & Baifeng
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LeBron James was born in Akron, Ohio and graduated from St. Vincent-St. Mary High School. He entered the NBA draft in 2003 and was selected as the first overall pick by the Cleveland Cavaliers. In the 2003-04 season, he was named the NBA Rookie of the Year. He won the NBA Most Valuable Player (MVP) award in 2009 and 2010.
In 2010, he signed with the Miami Heat as a free agent. He led the Miami Heat to win the NBA championships in 2012 and 2013, and was named the NBA MVP and NBA Finals MVP in both of those seasons.
LeBron James is widely regarded as one of the greatest basketball players in NBA history and is often mentioned in debates about the greatest basketball player of all time alongside Michael Jordan. James has played for the Cleveland Cavaliers and the Miami Heat in his career. He became the first player in NBA history to lead three different teams to championships and win the NBA Finals MVP with each team.
James has reached the NBA Finals a total of ten times, including leading his teams to the Finals in eight consecutive years from 2011 to 2018.
LeBron James has achieved four NBA championships, four NBA Most Valuable Player (MVP) awards, four NBA Finals MVP awards, and two Olympic gold medals. He is also the NBA's all-time scoring leader and the fourth-highest in total assists. Throughout his career, James has been selected to the All-NBA First Team thirteen times, the NBA All-Defensive First Team five times, and has participated in the NBA All-Star Game nineteen times. He has been named the NBA All-Star Game MVP three times.
In the 2023 season, LeBron James returned to Crypto.com Arena on February 8th as the leader of the Los Angeles Lakers, facing the Oklahoma City Thunder. In the closing moments of the third quarter, he made a turnaround jump shot, bringing his career total to 38,388 points, surpassing Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's 38,387 points and becoming the NBA's all-time scoring leader.