Notably, that was just two wins shy of the mark the team hit with Jordan on the team in the previous season. The Cavaliers selected LeBron with the top overall pick in Within weeks of his rookie campaign, it became clear that Cleveland was going to be a force to be reckoned with in the Eastern Conference for years to come.
In fact, LeBron went on to lead the Cavs to five postseason appearances. Unfortunately, though, Cleveland was unable to claim a championship in his first stint with the team. As a result of his departure from Cleveland, the Cavs suffered for years. After compiling an NBA-best record in , the team finished with an Eastern Conference-worst mark in the following campaign.
He led the league in scoring as a year-old in Cleveland before he had anything close to an elite supporting cast, and he is still a wildly efficient, unstoppable finisher around the rim. The soon-to-be year-old just led the NBA in assists for the first time in his career a mere 17 seasons in , and he has talked before about studying where, specifically, his teammates like his passes to be positioned in order for them to shoot more accurately. Baby LeBron was still pretty raw — as a year-old, he was already doing surprisingly well in a variety of different areas, but nothing stood out as a dominant trait.
Luckily, he had ample time and talent to improve. As great as LeBron was in , the years that followed — after he left Cleveland for Miami — saw him push the boundaries of his full potential. While still scoring and passing at an elite level and playing good D, James set a career high for rebound rate … and finally became an elite 3-point shooter knocking down nearly 41 percent of his shots from downtown.
Though he still scores a lot, he had a down year shooting in and picked his spots more on defense. But James also showed he could be the most productive passer in the league — leading the NBA in assist rate for the first time. It was yet another evolution in a career full of them. The show featured included contributions from Magic Johnson and Michael Jordan.
By offering after-school mentoring and activities, the group strives to ensure that all kids have equal opportunities to succeed. The LeBron James Foundation has been a major sponsor of the non-profit organization since its inception in Besides providing healthy meals in schools, Beyond-School All-Stars also provides water, medical aid, educational support, and activities for children after school hours.
Hunger, health, education, water, and play are the five pillars of their mission, and they want to help them in these areas. Cleveland Cavaliers star LeBron James recently completed construction of a new school for at-risk children in his hometown of Akron, Ohio.
As a consequence of his outstanding profession, LeBron James has had a spectacular career so far. The last of those three factors threaten the regularity of something big happening in sports every four years, but there is a workable solution to the problem.
In the past, the NBA player has appeared in a number of high-profile commercials and endorsements. James has been a member of the National Basketball Association for 17 years. LeBron James was a freshman at Akron St. Mary High School in the year when he began his professional basketball career.
A few months later, George W. Bush was re-elected to a second term, defeating John Kerry in the race. The United States dominated its way to a gold-medal victory at the Olympics, as James averaged It was his first gold medal of the season and the first of his career.
The Mavericks were denied a championship for the first time in their history in In the last game of the series, the Cleveland Cavaliers beat the Golden State Warriors after coming from a deficit. LeBron James ended with In addition, he produced what is perhaps the greatest defensive play in the history of the NBA Finals.
With three separate teams, James is the only player in Finals history to have earned MVP accolades three times. He became a member of an incredible group of Lakers players who had brought a championship to the city of Los Angeles in their respective seasons. James made several references to his impending free-agent status, but he was sure to downplay the matter.
I don't think about making a change at this point," James told reporters. Shortly after becoming a free agent, James announced that he would be joining the Miami Heat for the season. His fans in Cleveland were less than pleased, and many considered his departure a betrayal to his hometown.
Soon after James' announcement, Cleveland Cavaliers majority owner Dan Gilbert wrote an open letter declaring James' decision as "selfish," "heartless" and a "cowardly betrayal.
The season saw major success for James and the Miami Heat. In the clinching Game 5, James scored 26 points, and had 11 rebounds and 13 assists.
During the season, James made NBA history yet again: On January 16, , at age 28, he became the youngest player to score 20, points, succeeding Bryant of the Lakers — who accomplished this feat when he was 29 — and becoming only the 38th player in NBA history to achieve this distinction.
James made a jump shot the final seconds of the game, bringing his scoring total 20, and leading the Heat to a victory over the Warriors.
Success followed the Heat to the end of the season: Following a hard-fought, six-game series against the Indiana Pacers to win the Eastern Conference, Miami outlasted the San Antonio Spurs in seven games to win its second consecutive NBA championship. At the culmination of the season, Miami returned to the NBA Finals to face off against the Spurs again, this time losing to San Antonio after five games.
In July of , after opting out of his contract with the Heat and considering other teams, James announced that he would be returning to the Cavaliers. Hampered by back and knee problems, James missed 13 of 82 regular-season games in However, he was as dominant as ever when healthy, averaging James led the Cavaliers to the NBA Finals, becoming the first player in nearly 50 years to reach the championship round in five consecutive seasons. However, injuries to star teammates Kevin Love and Kyrie Irving damaged his hopes of claiming a third title, and the Cavaliers lost to the Golden State Warriors in six games.
Over the course of , the Cavs overcame the distraction of a mid-season coaching change and breezed through the playoffs to earn a rematch with the Warriors, marking the sixth straight NBA Finals appearance for "King James.
I knew what I was capable of doing. I knew what I learned in the last couple years that I was gone, and I knew if I had to — when I came back — I knew I had the right ingredients and the right blueprint to help this franchise get back to a place that we've never been. That's what it was all about. The following year, James again paced himself and took charge when necessary, driving the Cavs through the Eastern Conference to make an incredible seventh consecutive appearance in the NBA Finals.
This time, with former MVP Kevin Durant added to the mix, the Warriors proved too formidable for James and his teammates, claiming the championship in five games. For all his accomplishments, James achieved another first early in the NBA season: After yelling at a referee during a late November win over the Heat, he was ejected for the first time in 1, career games. The superstar likely felt like yelling often during the course of a frustrating campaign, as an offseason trade that sent Irving to Boston for Isaiah Thomas failed to bear fruit and forced the Cavs to make another major deal before the All-Star break.
After averaging a career-best 9. The Cavs were again pushed to the limit two rounds later by the scrappy Celtics, but James scored 81 points over the last two games to pull out the series win and make his eighth straight NBA Finals appearance. Game 1 of the rematch against Golden State went down to the wire, thanks to James's point outburst, but Cleveland guard J.
Smith inexplicably dribbled out the clock with the game tied in regulation, before the Warriors pulled away for the win in overtime.
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