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Here's a look at the life of basketball player LeBron James.
Birthdate: December 30, 1984
Place of birth: Akron (Ohio)
Birth name: LeBron Raymone James
Father: Antonio McClelland
Mother: Gloria James
Marriage: Savannah (Brinson) James (September 2013-present)
Children: Zhuri Nova, Bryce Maximus and LeBron Jr.
James also played football in high school.
He runs a non-profit organization called The LeBron James Family Foundation, which helps children in his hometown area.
Co-founder of the production company SpringHill Entertainment.
He has been named NBA Most Valuable Player four times (2009, 2010, 2012, 2013).
He has attended the NBA All-Star Game every year since 2005.
Named NBA Finals MVP four times (2012, 2013, 2016, 2020).
He is nicknamed “King James.”
He is the youngest player in NBA history to reach 30,000 career points.
He has played for the United States national team in the 2004, 2008, and 2012 Olympic Games. They won gold in 2008 and 2012.
He owned a very small stake in Beats Electronics, which was sold to Apple, Inc. for $3 billion in June 2014, reportedly netting him around $30 million in cash and stock.
James and a number of other Black athletes and entertainers founded the political organization More Than A Vote in the run-up to the 2020 election, providing James and others with a vehicle to help register Black voters and get them involved in the elections. November.
2000 – Help lead the high school team to the state championship. They won the championship three of the four seasons he played.
February 18, 2002 – James appears on the cover of Sports Illustrated with the words “The One.”
June 26, 2003 – He is chosen number 1 overall by the Cleveland Cavaliers in the NBA draft.
2004 – Wins the Eddie Gottlieb Trophy as NBA Rookie of the Year.
August 2004 – Makes his first Olympic appearance with the United States national team.
November 27, 2004 – He becomes the youngest NBA player to score 2,000 career points.
February 8, 2005 – He is named a starter on the NBA Eastern Conference All-Star Team.
February 19th, 2006 – He is named to the All-Star Team again and becomes the game's youngest MVP.
July 10, 2010 – He announces that he is leaving the Cavaliers to join the Miami Heat.
June 21, 2012 – The Miami Heat win the NBA Finals, marking James' first championship.
January 16, 2013 – He becomes the youngest NBA player to score 20,000 points.
June 24, 2014 – Choose to become a free agent.
July 11, 2014 – James tells Sports Illustrated that he is leaving the Miami Heat for the Cleveland Cavaliers.
December 7, 2015 – Nike confirms that it has signed a lifetime contract with James.
June 19, 2016 – The Cleveland Cavaliers defeated the Golden State Warriors 93-89 in a decisive Game 7 to win the NBA Championship. James is unanimously named Finals MVP; His performance helps the Cavaliers capture the first major sports championship won by a Cleveland team since 1964.
May 25, 2017 – James surpasses Michael Jordan as the all-time scoring leader in the NBA playoffs with 5,995 points. Jordan's record of 5,987 stood for 20 years.
May 31, 2017 – Police told CNN that a racial slur was spray-painted on the front door of James' Los Angeles home. At a press conference in Oakland, California, James comments on the state of race relations in the United States. “No matter how much money you have, no matter how famous you are, no matter how many people admire you, being black in America is difficult.”
January 23, 2018 – He becomes the seventh player, and youngest, in NBA history to score 30,000 points.
June 29, 2018 – James decides not to exercise his option for next season with the Cleveland Cavaliers and will become an unrestricted free agent, according to multiple reports.
July 1, 2018 – James, now a free agent, agrees to a four-year, $154 million contract to join the Los Angeles Lakers, according to a news release from his agency.
July 30, 2018 – James' foundation partners with the Akron Public Schools system to open a school that supports at-risk children. Third and fourth graders will make up the inaugural class of I Promise School, with plans to expand from first to eighth grade by 2022.
November 4, 2019 – James announces that a historic apartment building in Akron, Ohio, is being renovated and converted into transitional housing for families in need at his I Promise School, so students have a stable place to live while they receive their education.
August 11, 2020 – “I Promise,” a children's book written by James, is published.
October 11, 2020 – After the Los Angeles Lakers defeated the Miami Heat, James becomes the first player in NBA history to be named NBA Finals MVP with three different teams.
March 16, 2021 – It is announced that Fenway Sports Group, owner of the Boston Red Sox, has added James as a partner. It will become official on March 31.
July 16, 2021 – “Space Jam: A New Legacy” is released, in which James plays intergalactic basketball with the Looney Tunes.
November 21, 2021 – James is ejected during a game against the Detroit Pistons after making contact with the Pistons' Isaiah Stewart in the face. The expulsion is only the second in James' career: the first came in 2017 for comments made to a referee. Both players are suspended the next day: James for one game and Stewart for two.
March 19, 2022 – He passes Karl Malone (36,928 career points) on the NBA's all-time scoring list, moving into second behind Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (38,387).
August 17, 2022 – James signs a new two-year contract with the Lakers, worth $97.1 million, making him the highest-earning NBA player in history.
February 7, 2023 – James breaks the NBA's all-time scoring record, surpassing Abdul-Jabbar.
January 25, 2024 – James is named to his 20th NBA All-Star Game, surpassing Abdul-Jabbar for most all time.
