LeBron Raymone James Biography: Age, Net Worth, State, Country, Wife, Children, Occupation, Houses, Cars And More
BIOGRAPHY
LeBron Raymone James is an American professional basketball player. He plays for the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association (NBA) and is considered one of the greatest basketball players of all time with the likes of Michael Jordan.
He has won 19 ESPY awards, four NBA Championships, three All-Star MVP awards, two Sports Emmy Awards and two Olympic gold medals.
“King James” as he has been nicknamed, has competed in ten NBA finals, eight consecutively between 2011 and 2018. In 2022, he became the first NBA player in history to accrue up to 10,000 career points, rebounds and assists. He is also he first player in NBA history to become a billionaire as an active player.
CAREER LIFE
Freshman year at St Vincent- St Mary High School basketball team, LeBron James averaged 21 points and 6 rebounds per year. That was the beginning of his exploits in the world of basketball.
As a sophomore he averaged 25.2 points and 7.2 rebounds. He was also named Ohio Mr Basketball and selected to the USA Today All-USA Frist Team. James also played for the St Vincent- St Mary’s football team, helping to lead the Fighting Irish to the state semifinals.
In 2003, LeBron James was selected during the NBA draft by the Cleveland Cavaliers. He swiftly created a name for himself as one of the top players in the league, winning the NBA Rookie of the Year award in the 2003/2004 season.
In the 2004/2005 season, he earned his first NBA All-Star Game Selection and won the NBA MVP award in 2009 and 2010,
James didn’t win any championships with Cleveland so he left in 2010 to join Chris Bosh and Dwyane Wade in becoming a free agent. This drew intense criticisms from sports analysts and fellow NBA stars including Michael Jordan and Magic Johnson.
He signed with the Miami Heat in July 2010 where he set many records and led the team to a number of finals. He won his first two NBA Championships with the team in 2012 and 2013.
In 2014, he went back to the Cavaliers and led them to defeat the Golden State Warriors at the finals; it was the team’s first championship. His first agent was Aaron Goodwin, whom he left in 2005 for Leon Rose.
In March 2008, James became the third male and first black man to appear on the cover of Vogue. He appeared alongside Gisele Bündchen. In 2018, he left the Cavaliers again and signed with the Lakers where he won the 2020 NBA Championship.
LeBron James has also made his wealth through partnerships and endorsement deals with companies such as Coca-Cola, Nike, McDonald’s, Beats by Dre and others. He has also featured in movies, documentaries, books, commercials and TV shows. He was once a co-owner of Liverpool F.C.
He also established the LeBron James Family Foundation which has helped fund charity services and built facilities such as schools, medical centres and housing areas in Akron.
In 2013, he overtook Kobe Bryant as the highest paid basketball player in the world, earning $56.5 million . He hopes to own his own NBA team someday.
PROFILE
Full Name: LeBrom Raymone James Sr.
Age: 37 years
Birthday: December 30, 1984
Net Worth: $1 billion
Children: Bronny, Bryce (sons), Zhuri (daughter)
Siblings: None
Partner: Savannah Brinson
Nationality: American
Birthplace: Akron, Ohio, USA
Height: 6′ 9″ (2.06m)
Profession: Basketball Player
Father: Anthony McClelland
Mother: Gloria Marie James
EARLY LIFE
LeBron Raymone James was born in his hometown of Akron in Ohio, USA on December 30, 1984. His mother, Gloria Marie James, had him as a teenager and didn’t have much to sustain the family as his father, Anthony McClelland, was constantly involved in crimes and didn’t contribute to raising him. After a long struggle and several relocations from one apartment and neighborhood to the other, Gloria let James live with a local youth football coach who introduced James to basketball when he was nine years old.
His first true attempt was playing the Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) basketball for the NorthEast Ohio Shooting Stars. He later attended St Vincent- St Mary High School where he played in the school basketball team. In 2003, he made the Cleveland Cavaliers first overall pick for the NBA Biography He quickly rose to fame as the year after, he was named the NBA Rookie of the Year, and the only climbed the ladder upwards thence.
PERSONAL LIFE AND RELATIONSHIPS
James and his friends Sian Cotton, Dru Joyce III and Willie McGee formed a group they called “Fab Four” while playing for the NorthEast Ohio Shooting Stars. They promised each other that they would attend high school together and they kept this promise when they all enrolled in St Vincent- St Mary High School.
On September 14, 2013, James got married to his high school sweetheart, Savannah Brinson, in San Diego, California. They have both welcomed three children; the first two boys named Bronny and Bryce respectively and the last, a girl named Zhuri.
On June 2 2009, James had to undergo a 5-hour surgery to remove a benign parotid gland tumor which was noticed at the beginning of the year.
He is known to command great influence in the world of basketball, and amongst his friends and fellow players as a loyal and dependable fellow. He once rescued fellow basketball player Carmello Anthony when he was carried away from the boat by a current during a boating excursion in the Bahamas. LeBron James was elected the first Vice President of the National Basketball Players Association (NBPA) on February 13, 2015.