Rookie LeBron James EPIC First NBA Season Offense Highlights (2003-04) - ROTY! (Part 1) 

People still don't realize how much more physically and athletically superior he was to longtime NBA players even as an 18 year old. It's crazy looking at this vid cause you can clearly see he was easily the most explosive player and they couldn't stop him once he had a head of steam even then. Add in his BBall IQ and just natural talent, there was no way he wouldn't be a beast from day one. Same thing with Shaq, Magic, and Duncan. 95% of guys that come out now in the one and done era aren't physically ready nor athletically superior enough for the pro game to stand out. And for the rare ones that are (think Jaylen Brown or Ben Simmons) they aren't superior in the way LeBron was athletically nor do they have the same IQ or talent.

Seeing a hyped up rookie like Lonzo struggle this much should make us appreciate LeBron more than ever before. Look at how badly Lonzo is playing under the pressure and look at how amazing LeBron was. Legendary shit

It's amazing how he lived up to the hype. No player in NBA history was this hyped up coming out of high-school or college. It's truly remarkable what he's done in his career. The best player I've ever seen. The GOAT. Also, my username is factual.

Let me just remind everybody that he was 18 years old. He just graduate high school.

Crazy what he has been through and how far he has come not only as player but a person. His mom gave birth to him at 16. Both struggled to find a decent home but eventually found one. A legit beast during his 4 years in high school. Has athleticism beyond this world. Received multiple colleges offers but entered the NBA at age of 18. Drafted #1 by his hometown. Became a father. Became the hero and villain of the NBA. Won back to back titles. Married his high school sweetheart. Returned back to Cleveland. Erased a 3-1 deficit leading to Cleveland’s first championship. Still the face of the NBA and reaching new milestones. Love him or hate him. The past 14 years and even to this day is his era. The man is the GOAT of our generation. (Edit: it’s been 4 years since I’ve wrote this and the man is still doing wonders even at age 37. As his career is coming to an slight eclipse, people will realize that they have taken this man for granted since we will never know when there will be another great of this caliber in the future. LeBron has help shape the NBA where it is today and continues to pour his heart and soul in each game. Peace)

we will never see another player like him again. appreciate greatness as we se it. before its too late

This man is the most talented basketball player ever. His overall talent and abilities are second to none

18 yr old Lebron dueling with Prime Tmac. Crazy

15 years later he's still in his prime. what a career.

People are so used to him now that they forget how rare he is. Spoiled with greatness we are. Just comparing him to Zion you can see how technically better he his, more finesse to his game while Zion is a short fast Shaq.

A number one pick that lived up to everything. Amazing career.

That New Jersey game at the end is an 18 year old absolutely taking over the game and the fans are going crazy, the opponent has given up, and his teammates can't believe it. The greatest player to ever play the game🐐

He was 18 ppl. So I don't wanna hear oh lonzo is only 19 this is y LeBron is the goat 🐐

The vision, the footwork, explosive ness, post moves, fade-away, left hand right hand finishing, the defense.He had every move in the bag at just 18 years old. Top 2 most unguardable player ever. Greatest player ever

15 years later he's still dominating like this at 32

2022 and he's gonna be the all time scorer and he's passing magic in assists.. man he's GREAT

His jumper looked so danm clean my goodness

this guy was a vet as soon as he entered the league lol

Crazy how the majority of people either work hard to get to a certain level of a particular craft, or are just naturally gifted, so when you see someone who is naturally gifted and works their ass off at what they're gifted at, they seem almost superhuman

Man was really 18 really doing it to these MEN out there! Shit’s crazy !

Still balling in year 19 appreciate his greatness he the 🐐 in my eyes

Imagine being this good at ANYTHING at 18 years old.... It's breathtaking to watch, and I feel lucky to have been able to watch this man play since I was a child.

Nobody was playing like this their first season much less at 18 years old. Never had a bad season always been the best all around player. Yeah the 🐐

Looking at this now, I just feel so blessed to have witnessed LeBron's career. It is just a beautiful story, with an ending yet to come.

This man was turning shoulder doing fade away jumpers in the post at 18 in the nba, there will never be another lebron

If I was building a team I would take This version of rookie Lebron James over prime Curry.

4 rings, 4 finals MVP’s, 4 league MVP’s, 38,000+ points, 20 years later, this kid is still averaging 30ppg competing in the conference finals. He’s simply the greatest to ever do it.

I saw a stupid ass comment on ig that said bron isn’t mentally tuff. So what is this teenager who’s carrying grown men then? 😪🤦🏾‍♂️

The most hated on basketball legend ever still going strong till this day!!!! The league won't be the same without LeBron , who will his insecure haters nit pick at next? Maybe Ben Simmons.

Rookies these days aren't on the same level as the '03 class.

And people say that LeBron couldn't score easily if defenders could hand-check. The man averaged 21 ppg AS A ROOKIE when hand-checking was still allowed (banned in 2004-05) so I think he'd do just fine lmao

Been following him since 2007. He's a once in a generation kind of a player. And he is still dominating, competing at the highest level its just glorious.

I could watch young Lebron highlights forever

Lebron James is flat out incredible. This guy came into the leauge straight out of high school with all the that pressure of being the Chosen One, and he still was able to withstand that and become the guy we know him to be.

Imagine being this good in an era where Nowitzki, Nash, Kidd, Duncan, Pierce, Garnet, Allen, Iverson, Parker, Ginobili, Shaq, Kobe, T-Mac, Carter, Jefferson etc... are the superstars of the NBA.

How blessed are we to witness both Jordan and the King LeBron.

It's truly amazing how much presence he had on the game right away. He was already taking over games and looked so comfortable and aggressive. You hardly ever see that

The GOAT, LeBron James.

Once in a generation athlete, hard to believe he's been doing this for 15 years now!

Whenever someone comes in the league and people hype them up to be the next big time athlete i come watch this video and it really does put things into perspective.

His shooting looked so good back then and he had so much more movement off the ball, I miss mobile shooting guard/small forward LeBron James

Lebron doesn’t even look 18 physically. My god what a beast

Unbelievable, incredible! 👑

Greatest ball player ever. Don't @ me

Gloria James, 16, had no idea that she created a son who will change the game of NBA.

Don't forget this was a season where hand checking was still allowed, people who said he can't play in the 90s is either a clown or an oldhead.

My man spans from 240p to 4K

I WANT MY DAMN RESPECT

...And this is why I am a LeBron fan.

Crazy the very first thing man said was “people r talking he can’t shoot a jumper” now he making 35 footers

LeBron is no doubt the greatest player of all time

🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐

This is a fun video and a fun year to watch Lebron's exploits. No one in the league knew how to guard him and they all acted like they could just guard him one on one. No one realized his speed. Watch the breakaways. He steals from guards and even if someone is ahead of him, he beats them to the rim.

Let’s keep it real bron always had a jumper 🤣😂💯

imagine being a high school kid one day , then a year later staring tracy mcgrady in the eyes and dropping a 3 on him. Lebron is GOAT

Couldn't stop him then, can't stop him now. Incredible at 33 he's doing the same stuff he did at 18.

That rookie hype, athleticism, killer instinct. Stronger, faster and bigger athlete.

Cleveland wasted most of this mans career. that sad sack of a sports town. wow.

He was doing this his first year in the league @18 and 19 years old, putting up all star numbers/ performances and getting his team wins. Like seriously how?

To come outta high school, ball out with the best in the world, and EXCEED expectations? Wow. I used to always hate on Lebron (cuz I'm a Bulls fan), but I think it's time to appreciate before he retires and is gone

At 18!!!! I don’t care if he didn’t have the cast to help him get rings to equate to peoples opinions of him being better than Jordan. Lebron is the greatest human to ever compete in the NBA under the the types of circumstances he’s had to deal with. To never deal with any athletic injury to debilitate your game and hit the fire running from the beginning at his pace and consistency with what circumstances he’s has to deal with. Was too good to play in college. Imagine if he went to an actual well organized team with decent role players. What he would accomplish from his many early years? It would be insane. A shame people don’t realize how unfortunate his surroundings have been through a good amount of years in his career. Yet it’s just like his upbringing in real life. The struggle to grow up where he did and make it to where he is, is almost perfectly complimentary to his NBA career. Nothing perfect, everything possible, greatness attainable, surroundings unfortunate and adversity to show imperfection shines more beautifully than the perfection of ignorant opinion.

the amazing thing is lebron is still dominating 20 years later he's definitely the most talented player we've ever scene

Just look at all the players he’s playing with and they’re long gone. And he’s still playing at an MVP level. What in the actual fuck.

This Man is unguardable, He was a great scorer, and he can pass

Not even including God given talent and IQ (which are considerable to say the least), Just physically built like a truck, super fast, super strong, agile. And all that at just 18 years of age. That's like comic book level silly.

Lie to me and tell me we’ll see a talent like this again after LeBron retires

Jordan and LBJ the best two players ever it ain't close either

It's amazing and crazy to see that he had that amazing court vision at 18 in his first year. Wow.

That throwback cavs warriors game tho that between the legs fadeaway jumpshot was to nasty 🤢

Bruh look at this 18 yr old giving these grown men hell

Who went here after Lebron became the #1 all time leading scorer in the NBA? 👑

1:09 incredible pass at 18 years old

It took Kobe like 2 seasons to have a game as good as LeBron's debut game, just saying

Best sf of all time

Man his shooting has always been underrated. I mean this video is a proof he has been knocking em down since 18. He is at least tmac level shooting wise. Above average on mid range, decent as well on threes (30+% on his younger days and amazing 40% on his prime). His athleticism, passing and driving makes his shooting under appreciated.

Lebron makes the basketball so easy but it's hard the explosiveness and the handles with accurate shots are insane

And people say he wouldn’t have made it in Jordan era. That man would of adjusted to hoods and fouls and ran straight through them as he did when he was 18!!

His old shooting form is so much better than it is today.

This video is so amazing thank you. I needed to see this ⭐️

he's drafted when he was 18. and now he's entering his 18th season in the league. what a freak of nature.. #ALWAYSSTILLTHEKING #AKIDFROMOHIO

The Greatest Rookie Of All Time

He just won another championship and he might even be better 17 yrs ,GOAT

This is just incredible!!! Most talented basketball player ever!!!thanks for uploading

Wish I could go back in time and re experience it all from the start. What a childhood it was. Love ya LBJ ❤️

This is when hand checking was still in use before it was ruled out

That boy came in the league a top 10-15 player 🤦🏾‍♂️

The real Goat !!!!! 💯🐐

I got goosebumps coming down to the last few plays .

You Can Literally See the Horns starting to form on his head!#LeGoat

I have made a mistake he was the truth from the beginning wow!!!!!!

Best highlights!! Appreciate it

I think people easily forget that LeBron actually played in the mid-2000s, as if the 2000's was such a 'tough, hard-nosed' era. You hear guys like Stephen Jackson talk about crap like that & it infuriates me. LeBron was basically 29 ppg 8 rpg 7 apg 50% FG from 2005-2010.

3:30 Bron beating that Golden State ass since a rookie.

The greatest player of all time For us,20thcens👏💪👑🏀🐐 #respect Ps.2018???who's watching?

Its been so long ago...This video serves as a reminder!

I'm born 93 so I was 10 11 12 years old starting off with a lbj Jersey amazing motivator to see him ball out of HS Great time to learn from his moves and use them on the court

young legoat been getting 4 pt plays 5:32 👑👑👑

I’m sorry but Ben Simmons doesn’t look this good. Just because they have the same stats, it doesn’t mean they’re the same player

AWESOME VIDEO!!!!

Crazy thing is he still living up to expectations till this day 👑