LeBron James: King of Basketball

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Update: LeBron James joins the Miami Heat

After spending seven years with the Cleveland Cavaliers, LeBron James joins the Miami Heat to become teammates with Dwayne Wade.  LeBron will make his debut as a Heat during the 2010-2011 season.

Cleveland Cavaliers: Finally a playoff contender

King James began his NBA career in 2003 at a very young age of 19. Despite being so young, the Cleveland Cavaliers had so much high hopes resting on him. The Cavaliers had not been a serious title contender in forever and a moon before his arrival.

Coming out of high school, Le Bron James was touted by the media as the "next" basketball superstar. Nike even gave him an endorsement contract before playing his first professional basketball game.

The Cavaliers and basketball fans are not disappointed. LeBron James was the 2003-04 Rookie of the Year. And has been voted in the All-Stars since 2005. More importantly, the Cleveland Cavaliers has become a playoff team since 2006 with King James as the center of the lineup.

LeBron James guest hosting Saturday Night Live

LeBron James Outside Basketball

To top it off, LeBron James is a very marketable guy, making his career more fun for him and his fans.  He was one of the better athlete guest host for Saturday Night Live.  You constantly see him in commercials.  And he even made an indie movie called More Than a Game, which received high praises from critics and fans.

Giving the Lakers a run for their money

Being a NBA basketball fan, I'm always optimistic over the rise of young stars with hopes that they have the longevity longer than their prime playing years. I grew up watching Bird and Magic, perennial legends who were well-known for their playmaking skills just as their scoring skills. Michael Jordan, the quintessential basketball icon, began his career as an incredible individual playmaker. But many fans and analysts agree that his career was brought to the stratosphere when he began getting his team involved.

I'm a lifelong Lakers fan. And currently, enjoying the reign of Kobe Bryant, Pau Gasol, Lamar Odom, and the crew. I believe that the Lakers will have more championships in the immediate future, but I'd like to see them earn or lose to a true competition. With King James, I believe that the Cleveland Cavaliers could bring on the competition. 

Now that Shaq is in the Cleveland Cavaliers lineup, Lebron James may reach the playoff sooner rather than later. With Kobe being still a young player and in the prime of his career, the Lebron vs. Kobe showdown for the NBA championships is hopefully just around the horizon.  I look forward to a few series of those.

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  • Open Question: Does this Fact prove: King James will forever be better then Kobe?

    Under Coach Brown the Lakers struggle to keep a record over .500. Kobe has,Bynum, Gasol,Metta World Peace!to provide support. When Mike Brown was coaching Cavs he only had Lebron, a bunch of scrubs from the NBDL.Yet King James was able by himself, to take that loser team to the Finals. Not to be outdone, follow it up with three 68+ wins seasons.. hahaha BQ:Aren't those facts amazing :3 Lebron>Kobe - 68 minutes ago

  • Open Question: BASKETBALL: For the 268573953th time, NOBODY is a Jeremy Lin bandwagoner?

    Personally I knew him since he was with the mavs in the summer league and torched john wall. Then he went to the Warriors and I kind of forgot about him then I started watching his YouTube videos and it turns out that hes funny and is a really big role model. Now hes doing really good and I am happy for him, who doesn't love the underdog? But this is not about me specifically, I'm talking about all you f@ggots who are calling these jeremy lin fans bandwagoners. No, most of us weren't huge fans before but he has a nice story behind him and we are proud of him. My MOM is who is clueless about basketball randomly said "Have you heard of the chinese kid in New York? I want you to be like him!" We all have our favorite players besides Jeremy Lin like me (Steve Nash, LeBron James, Stephen Curry) SO STFU. The only real bandwagoners are the ones who don't know ANYTHING about basketball and are just supporting him for the hype. LeBron Kobe click celtics got it right - 71 minutes ago

  • Open Question: Do I have a good reason why the Knicks may be able to beat the heat in a 7 game series if healthy?

    And if they gel together. Tyson chandler is the better center and Jeremy Lin is the better point guard. Amare stoudemire and Chris bosh kinda cancel each other out but stoudemire is better on at grabbing rebounds and blocking shots and plays amazing with a good point guard The Knicks will have baron Davis to take charge of the bench which gives the a better bench cus now even their back up pg is better than the heat back up pg Only down fall is the superstars in lebron james and d wade but they both have to be grate and score 30 plus to beat the Knicks... If they don't run on the Knicks they don't win cus heat suck balls in half court offense.. Is that a legitimate reason.. And is it better than the one heat fans are about to give saying "we have the best 2 players in the nba" that didn't help last year. Or this excuse "look at the Knicks record and look at the heat record" the season is far from over and the Knicks are on a 5 game win streak without their 2 star players... If d wade and lebron go down the heat will be on a 5 game losing streak even though they did beat atl without them. Also 8th seed teams have beat 1 seed teams before. - 3 hours ago

  • Open Question: Has LeBron James ever committed a crime?

    - 14 hours ago

  • Open Question: Team Kobe vs. Team LeBron?

    Team Kobe C-Andrew Bynum PF-Dirk Nowitzki SF-Kevin Durant SG-Kobe Bryant PG-Chris Paul Reserve: Marc Gasol Reserve: Zack Randolph Reserve: Danny Granger Reserve: Ray Allen Reserve: Rajon Rondo Team LeBron C-Dwight Howard PF-Blake Griffin SF-LeBron James SG-Dwyane Wade PG-Derrick Rose Reserve: DeAndre Jordan Reserve: Josh Smith Reserve: Carmelo Anthony Reserve: Joe Johnson Reserve: Russell Westbrook Which team wins in a 7-game series? - 14 hours ago

Comments

Jason Roatan  2 years ago

Now that Shaq is off the Suns they have a chance!!!!

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deanio slary 22 months ago

Lebron James is really the king of basketball; well chosen title!!

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reagu Hub Author 22 months ago

I am looking forward to seeing more of Lebron and Shaq during the playoffs. Keep in mind that I'm a Lakers fan...

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