The Importance of Being LeBron
Just before his first NBA game, an 18-year-old LeBron James was asked about the pressure of controlling the combined fortunes of a city, major corporations, and the league. “I can handle it,” he said.
Just before his first NBA game, an 18-year-old LeBron James was asked about the pressure of controlling the combined fortunes of a city, major corporations, and the league. “I can handle it,” he said.
Jack McCallum Sports Illustrated Oct 2003 15min Permalink
On LeBron James’s photographic memory.
Brian Windhorst ESPN Jul 2014 15min Permalink
At LeBron James’s I Promise School.
Hanif Abdurraqib Bleacher Report Jul 2019 20min Permalink
Inside the dysfunctional world of the Los Angeles Lakers.
Baxter Holmes ESPN May 2019 25min Permalink
He has been in the NBA for 50 years. He’s won nine championships. And he can’t walk away.
Wright Thompson ESPN Apr 2017 30min Permalink
A former Ohio National Guardsman recalls being dunked on by LeBron James as a teenager — and how the James helped get him through the Iraq War.
Hugh Martin Grantland Jun 2014 15min Permalink
A 2011 profile of LeBron James, originally meant to run in Port, that was killed by Nike.
Benjamin Markovits Deadspin Jul 2014 30min Permalink
Brian Windhorst was one of the first reporters to cover LeBron James. He was there in high school. There at the draft. There in Cleveland. And now he’s there in Miami, though the relationship is far from what it used to be.
The first attempt at a behind-the-scenes narrative of LeBron James joining Chris Bosh and Dwayne Wade on the Heat, a plan which had apparently been in the works since 2006.