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Lebron James was born in 1984 in Akron, Ohio and raised by his single mother. He showed a passion for basketball from a young age. Despite struggles growing up, his raw talent was evident in high school where he became a star player. Rather than attending college, Lebron declared for the NBA draft after high school and was selected first overall by the Cleveland Cavaliers in 2003. He had an immediate impact but left Cleveland in 2010 to join the Miami Heat, winning two championships. Lebron later returned to the Cavaliers in 2014 and led them to their first ever NBA title in 2016, fulfilling his promise to bring a championship to Cleveland.

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Lebron James was born in 1984 in Akron, Ohio and raised by his single mother. He showed a passion for basketball from a young age. Despite struggles growing up, his raw talent was evident in high school where he became a star player. Rather than attending college, Lebron declared for the NBA draft after high school and was selected first overall by the Cleveland Cavaliers in 2003. He had an immediate impact but left Cleveland in 2010 to join the Miami Heat, winning two championships. Lebron later returned to the Cavaliers in 2014 and led them to their first ever NBA title in 2016, fulfilling his promise to bring a championship to Cleveland.

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Donovan Hooker

Mrs. Farina

Senior Seminar

Lebron James

Lebron Raymone James was born December 3th 1984. He grew up in Akron, Ohio with

a single mom and violence around his neighborhood. His father Anthony Mcceland wasn't

around because he was an ex-convict and that left his mother Gloria James to raise lebron by

herself having him at 16 years old. When Lebron was 4 years old his mother had bought him a

little basketball hoop for christmas and a little boys basketball. Ever since this has been

interested in basketball like no other. At nine years old she recognized how skilled he was at

basketball but also she sent him to live with Frankie Walker after finding out he was skipping

school and nearly dropped out of 4th grade. Frankie walker helped gloria james pay her rent

because they were at a very low budget and they didn't have much from where they came from

she helped pay for her rent and helped lebron move back in with her. Lebron attended St

Vincent St Mary High school. At St Vincent St Mary highschool he was a basketball and football

sensation.After his standout junior season where st vincent st mary lost in the state finals he just

started to singley focus on basketball full time. At this time Nike and adidas both were trying to

sign him as an athlete. The junior season of basketball he led his team to the state finals and

they had lost but he still had gathered a lot of attention from that junior season by the nba.

In his senior season Lebron and his team bounced back from last year's state finals loss

and became state champions. Rather than going to college, Lebron decided to declare for the

draft at 18 years old right out of high school. He was drafted by the Cleveland Cavaliers in the

2003 NBA Draft. In his first year of the NBA despite not making the playoffs, Lebron had a great
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rookie season and won rookie of the year being the first Cleveland cavaliers player to win this

award. They failed to make the playoffs the second year although he made the all nba team in

the second season of the nba and his first all star team. In the 2006 season he led the cavs to a

first playoffs appearance since 1998. The cavs made it as far as the second round beating the

washington wizards but then losing to the detroit pistons. In his fourth season he reasserted his

dominance by averaging 25.7 points per game. Lebron led the cavs to the nba finals in 2007 but

ran into tim duncan, tony parker and manu ginobili arguably one of the greatest all time teams

put together and lebron and the cavs had fallen short. In 2008 Lebron had his first MVP season

and from there on foward he began to take over the NBA. In the 2009-2010 season he became

an unrestricted free agent which led him to going to the Miami Heat. This was because the

Cleveland Cavaliers did not put enough pieces around him to make the team better so he left to

go to miami. This was leaving plenty of Cleveland fans mad burning his jerseys and booing him

whenever he came back to the city to play. Lebron spent four seasons in Miami, winning back to

back championships in 2012 and 2013. Also those being his first two NBA finals mvps as well.

After this stint with the Miami heat he once again entered free agency. This time around

he went back to Cleveland in the 2014-2015 season promising he would deliver a championship

to the city. In his first season back he came up short against the very lethal Golden state

warriors and lost the NBA finals series 4-2. Though they faced very difficult obstacles the very

next season even with a mid season firing of their head coach they had persevered through and

once again made it to the finals. Once again facing the warriors, This was the sixth straight

season lebron made the NBA finals. The finals series proved to be one of the best nba finals

series’ in nba history. The Cavaliers came back from the brink of elimination down 3-1 in the

series. This was sealing Lebron’s 3rd championship ring and his first with his hometown team.

Works cited
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Medarametla, Akhil. “Lebron James' Rise.” The Observer, Feb. 2021,


https://observer.case.edu/lebron-james-rise/#:~:text=For%20much%20of%20his%20childh
ood,could%20as%20a%20single%20mother.

“Lebron James - Age, Bio, Birthday, Family, Net Worth.” National Today, 20 Oct. 2022,
https://nationaltoday.com/birthday/lebron-james/.

Augustyn, Adam. “LeBron James | Biography & Facts.” Encyclopædia Britannica, 26 Dec.

2018, www.britannica.com/biography/LeBron-James.

(D’Angelo)

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