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It's truly more impressive than his actual career. Child stars RARELY turn out normal and if they do to any extent it's because they petered out somewhat young and returned to a more normal life.

Well, ya know, lebron spent his childhood surrounded by trainors and he was working as hard as he could to be the best. He had to start from almost nothing and earn it all. Unlike child stars who are surrounded by yes men and don't do nearly as much work in a day as lebron did in like 2 hours even as a 15 year old. So i think thats a part of the reason for why he's humble.

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@@Lootroq lol? more impressive than his career? i'm calling it now, right after the AD trade, Lebron will win in LA and one day will be the POTUS

@@billybones6463 I am very intrigued by what could become of LeBron and his superteam with Maverick Carter and Rich Paul. Has something like that ever existed before in sports? Look at all the people in the media who are there because they started out essentially with LeBron from high school or have earned their money talking exclusively about him.

RIP Alimoe kobe

Dj ish kobe wasn’t scrutinized dummy and still isn’t. He’s considered a top 15 player all time by everyone and the second best SG to play the game.

Romeoosso Gaming then you didn't watch basketball from 2003 to 2015 plus before that because he was supposed to be next MJ Bron its only because of things he says or does to stay in the headlines and promote how great he is and ppl put him past all time greats who achieved more and were better players than him and faced different controversies that made them great While YOUR KING is protected and babied so you can't say nothing about him cuz he'll cry or his minons will its kinda sad that ppl don't see whats going on even if its put on TV for you to make the connections

Dj ish Kobe wasn’t scrutinized dumbass. Nobody knew he was gonna be a star. He was the 13th pick in the draft. He didn’t start facing scrutiny until after his rape case. People been criticizing Lebron since he was in high school as you can clearly see in this video.

Romeoosso Gaming stfu

W lol

Deli God I think that, plus getting deep into the playoffs after his first few years, plus being able to average 27 every year (his career ppg is top 5 or 10 in NBA history) as a player without a mastered perimeter/post move, and being hailed as one of the best forward passers ever is what puts him on Mount Rushmore. He also did all of this without upper tier/experienced coaching. If he had a good coach/system and a good culture it's feasible that he could be even greater, as he's basically a Tim Duncan-level on-court coach. The guy has his faults, though. He shrinks like no other superstar under pressure, and has not evolved out of it completely as his career has progressed (you can see him getting better, but not good enough to truly say he's either clutch or the guy at the later stages of games). He has been in the league 14 years, and has not developed his free throw shooting, or mastered any perimeter/post scoring moves (honestly I don't knock him as much as I used to for this, as his athleticism hasn't dropped off that much yet, and he might be a "big" in the sense that shooting is a difficult skill for him to master). He has also been in a very weak conference for some time now, and even though its impressive he hasn't let any lesser competition beat him over this span, it also begs the question of would he still be as dominant and able to carry his team to the finals every year if he were in the West.

he just sorted out those two 'flaws' and won a championship whilst 3-1 down

Big White Duck yeah he’s actually really clutch in the finals

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If u have a beautiful girl u met in high school and was there with u wen u had nothing, wat more do u need. He got wealth, and a real woman. Life is complete.

@@tonywasikhongo7510 lol yeah as if its that easy...its incredible, there is no downplaying it

@@tonywasikhongo7510 true but it was harder for him then jordan, kobe and curry. Lebron grew up so poor he couldn't even afford to stay with his mom. Meanwhile kobe and curry had nba dad's and kobe, curry,and jordan all had both parent households they grew up in, infact their parents were all married but LeBron's

nevermindme313 it's because we already had tayshaun at SF but still wish we picked Melo as well

nevermindme313 y'all gonna hold that L for all of time lol

shoudlve took wade

Me to smh

Didn't Detroit win a ring with Darko in his rookie year ?

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Truth!

Scott Bennici Favourited this so I can watch it 20 years from now with a beer and bong.

Well its 17 years of course it'll be longer

Unkown Bih 😂😂😂😂😂😂

Unkown Bih Haha that was raw as hell. They would have tried to fire his ass on any other network. lol.

I had to rewind and play it again lmaoo. I didn't believe what i was hearing.

LOL about the Pistons picking Darko over Melo.

They say it all the time

hes the greatest

Brought championships to every team he played on

Greatest ever

@@hoodfellah FACTS , both conferences at that won mvp every chip

King Alex F A C T S

-Dumars?

Said the pistons. Heard darco was dead....

lmfaoooo

LOL

Joseph Roth what means is that the media has been reporting and talking about him for since he was in highschool.

12 YEAR OLD DETECTED

the OP who doesn't remember hearing about lebron when he was a high schooler because OP was like 3 years old in 2002

ESPN showed his high school games on national TV. Were you born yesterday? You probably don't even know about the Hummer scandal.

What does my age have to do with any of this.

Bhowan 9596 no point. He's never given props. Only hates

True it will only be hate from Skip, but I want to see how the hate changes over time like before lebron won his first ring, after he won, went back to Cavs and won etc. It will just show us no matter what Lebron does, Skip will always have something bad to say about the KING.

Bhowan 9596 whenever you call lebron out for something or you tell the truth you're immediately labeled as a hater

HerElixer W

he already did it's called more then a game

lol I did too. and I mean the sparkles and all

Shane he was that first NBA year. Problem was Carmelo never got any better and LeBron improved year after year. Carmelo was always a 23-7-1.5 type stat while LeBron consistently improved his shot and his passing.

BPDMF yeah I mean he was also a year older

BPDMF no he wasn’t

I think a decent amount of ppl did at the time. Melo had a great rookie year

Samuel Afewerki but look who he gave the ball too tho

to a brilliant three point shooter who's wide open. that's a right play

Me too. I've come to realize that he won't have as a good a resume as some other all time greats (Jordan, Russell, Kareem, Magic), but for me that's all secondary. The fact that he didn't crumble under all the scrutiny and criticism and pressure he had faced for his entire career (literally from the jump) for me is why I'll always respect him. I can remember my elementary gym teacher telling us 5th graders who were so excited to see LeBron play in his first NBA game that he'll be a bust and that he'll be ass. I sometimes wish i could go back and tell him to suck it lol.

yonis gure 😂😂

I DONT KNOW ALL TIME SCORER 4 TO 5 MVPS 4 TO 5 CHIPS GOING TO 6 STRAIGHT FINALS HARD TO BEAT THAT RESUME SON.

Thorn flex You are delusional. I can go on for hours of how blinded people are by the ghost of Michael Jordan. There are many things Jordan is better than LeBron at and there are a ton of things LeBron is better than Michael at. LeBron is nearing Michael and if he stays healthy and keeps doing what he is now, he will become the #1 player in history. The only thing better than Michael Jordan the ghost of Michael Jordan...end of story

I agree, especially now with social media it can be really hard, every website has a comment section and most of them a filled with hate comments. There are always a shitload of people that are quick to judge and exagerate every little thing someone does or says. Some retired players, including Isaiah Thomas from the Pistons bad boys age, who were considered to be tough guys, said how hard it is nowadays and that they admire how Lebron is able to thrive even with all that social media pressure and hate.

John Doe dumb , Jordan didn't win till he got pippen, Robert parish , Dennis rodman , all HOF

John Doe it aint his fault Cleveland didn't draft well like SA okc GS super team lmao not even close

John Doe Like I said owned the league still the most relevant and talked about player 😉😂😂😂

@TheRealJuiceTv Do you really think 43 year old Robert Parrish made a difference? Hahahaha Jordan also won 3 rings before Rodman!

Kevin Brown 👌

no kidding. if your talking about 2012. that was one of the best series ive ever seen

Ik 😢

45 points

Dude killed the celtics in 3 quarters. Remember i skipped class that day to watch that game and no regrets what so ever man. One of the best games I have ever seen by Lebron man.

How I wished I could go back to that time and be one of you who witnessed that epic game of LBJ's career.. I only start watching him when he joined in Miami Heat (his 3rd and 4th season) and it was all great but the most epic for me is the 2016 championship, we all know what happened there. WoW.

dudeeee I cant

The crazy part is LeBron should still be in the league barring a major injury or he just falls off.LeBron vs his son will be one of the highest rated games in nba history

Along with D Wade's son! They're going to be the new big 3 lmao

+Rick Scorsese, Lebron plans on signing with whatever team signs his son when the time comes. He was quotes as saying "the biggest accomplishment in my life would be playing in the NBA with my son"

And it also feels old when lebron was a rookie the kings were contenders

I Feel Like Yeezus -And it will never be the overrated curry

eBron James it will never be Lefart either, Jordan is the GOAT and always will be until somebody with more talent comes along

Baller Baby I'm just stating facts

Baller Baby people can only mention the finals when someone says he is the goat

@@ifeellikeyeezus8525 after lebron yep

I hope you are right

Seals yes

#1 pick as a junior ...he is way different than anything we have ever seen

I cant wait to see the full clip, its still goin

but boi LeBron got hops

My bad I meant to say Wilbon said LeBron wasn`t a high jumper.Of course LBJ has hops.

Galvith Kobe can't be there,not the beat as his position,pg-magic,sg-jordan,sf-lbj,pf-duncan,I love Barkley but I think with my head not heart,c-kareem. All by position and all are considered the best at their position.

We got to stick in. The Curry bandwagon is getting stronger. Resist, brother!

- They weren’t criticizing him, they were criticizing his mom for taking out a big loan for a luxury item based on possible future earnings, which is unwise. - He wasn’t the GOAT at the time, he was a high school prospect

G Malco yep

G Malco not many live up to the hype

G Malco I don't think you understand LBJ basically created sports debate shows because he is so polarizing before him PTI & First Take didn't matter

G Malco why???? what have they done

Yeah it would be cool to see other superstars like Jorden, and the dynasty teams that have been around.

truthseeker89 for life h

4 and still crackin

Four and still playing

💯....now he is going for back to back titles in LA as the leading candidate for mvp in year 18....unprecedented greatness right now....pumped for the NETS game tonight

Still...

Sammy Sam literally same bruh

U might have nailed it on the head sammy

soul43 more like “I’m an MJ homer and am insecure about Lebron possibly being better a Mike Wilbon story”

😂

You guys still got a ring that season

@@modmav5594 yeah but imagine if we had Melo or Wade...rings

Well yall won the chip that year so it don't really matter 😂

Mike Hall no Cold Pizza was the original first take

Don’t ever compare first take to PTI you fool

But I mean, the okc fans had valuable reasons to be upset when Kd left lol.

I live in Cleveland. We have the worst fans. Period.

On ESPN lmao

The Heatles was a wild ride for sure...they really were like rockstars traveling city to city

18 now

sean24833 lmao

well tony is white...they age terribly

John T. Washington lol they was wrong too

Despite his clutch moments as a youngin against the Wizards, they said what they said, and I'll be damned it all manifested. They wanted what Skip use to call a "walk off shot" that wasn't a layup. They wanted a jump shot from what Skip called the Greatest Driver Ever going to the hole. Until he had no choice but to confront those demons. Even though they got him on the ropes(Mavs, Boston Game 5 the next year), he FLAMED them all to keep his legacy in tact. 45, 15, 5(Boston)+ 3-1 Comeback(GS) = STFU!

The Incredible Link shut up

I was in the tenth grade at that time and that's when Skip Bayless started bringing it up

Never understood it because he had clutch moments against the wizards and the 2007 game 5 performance against Detroit was on another level.

Luckymag 2016 if only Melo had more drive, he seemed hungry early when they had AI & even in '09. Seemed like his focus waned off and on. Melo could've had a much better career.