LeBron James

LeBron Raymone James Sr born December 30 1984 is an American professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association NBA His accomplishments include four NBA championships four NBA Most Valuable Player Awards four NBA Finals MVP Awards and two Olympic gold medals James has appeared in fifteen NBA AllStar Games and been named NBA AllStar MVP three times He won the 2008 NBA scoring title is the alltime NBA playoffs scoring leader and is fourth in alltime career points scored He has been voted onto the AllNBA First Team twelve times and the AllDefensive First Team five times He is widely regarded as one of the greatest basketball players of all time James played basketball for St VincentSt Mary High School in his hometown of Akron Ohio where he was heavily touted by the national media as a future NBA superstar A preptopro he joined the Cleveland Cavaliers in 2003 as the first overall draft pick Named the 200304 NBA Rookie of the Year he soon established himself as one of the leagues premier players he won the NBA Most Valuable Player Award in 2009 and 2010 After failing to win a championship with Cleveland James left in 2010 to sign as a free agent with the Miami Heat This move was announced in an ESPN special titled The Decision and is one of the most controversial free agent decisions in American sports history James won his first two NBA championships while playing for the Miami Heat in 2012 and 2013 He was named league MVP and NBA Finals MVP in both championship years After his fourth season with the Heat in 2014 James opted out of his contract to resign with the Cavaliers In 2016 he led the Cavaliers to victory over the Golden State Warriors in the NBA Finals delivering the teams first championship and ending Clevelands 52year professional sports title drought His teams appeared in the NBA Finals in eight consecutive seasons from 2011 to 2018 In 2018 James opted out of his contract with the Cavaliers to sign with the Lakers Off the court James has accumulated additional wealth and fame from numerous endorsement contracts His public life has been the subject of much scrutiny and he has been ranked as one of Americas most influential and popular athletes He has been featured in books documentaries and television commercials He has also hosted the ESPY Awards and Saturday Night Live and appeared in the 2015 film Trainwreck Description above from the Wikipedia article LeBron James licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia