Lebron James: A Professional Basketball Player

Lebron James is a Professional basketball player and goes down as one of the best basketball players known to man other than Michael Jordan. He was drafted into the NBA straight out of high school, showing you how skillful and athletic he was. Lebron’s road to getting where he is now was not an ordinary kid’s road, he had many obstacles in his way trying to become pro along with family issues and school issues. When Lebron was a child, his mom was a single mother struggling for money to feed Lebron and herself, she was working over 3 jobs a week trying to raise money. Eventually she gave up and wanted a better life for Lebron so she’s put him with a foster family with 2 other children until she could get enough money to raise Lebron. For over

By the beginning of his senior year, there were college scouts at all of his games and even NBA scouts, watching him, seeing if his has the skill to go professional. Well by the end of his senior year he entered the NBA draft and had interviews with over 3 teams, and was a 1rst round draft pick for the Cleveland Cavaliers. “LeBron’s first season in the NBA was amazing” says sports illustrated, Lebron won rookies of the year and got to play in the rising star game and by that time, other team GM’s noticed how talented and athletic he was. He played for the Cavs for 6 years then became a free agent and was drafted by Miami heat. Building a strong relationship with everyone on the team, Lebron and the Miami Heat won 2 championships back to back! Shows how much of an outlier he is, starting with nothing and having a tough childhood to going to being an NBA

Not only was he intelligent in school, he was also intelligent while playing basketball. His high school coaches stated “Lebron was such an intelligent player, he always knew when to pass it and shoot it and always came up with smart plays.” Even his team mates said he was the smartest player on the team, only showing how much more of an outlier he is. This court intelligence along with just his higher IQ for a basketball player was one of the reasons he became professional, he averaged 20 points a game with 3 assists (http://www.biography.com/people/lebron-james-399748). Lebron James now currently plays for the Cavs, he signed with Miami in 2010 and recently in the 2014-2015 season rejoined the Cavs, and the town of Cleveland went crazy. Since Lebron has joined the NBA he as such a broad fan base, everyone loves him including the town of Cleveland which is considered Lebron’s “home” because it was the first team he played for in the NBA. With the amount of time Lebron put into basketball along with his rough childhood I would say he deserved success. He had so many obstacles that he had to face just trying to get through school alone. But he stayed strong and pushed through it all. Lebron stated “I wouldn’t have made it without the support of my mom, friends, and coaches” (http://www.jockbio.com/Bios/James/James_bio.html)He is such a unique basketball