The Cleveland Cavaliers they made the best decision in the history of the franchise on a day like today, June 26, but in 2003, when they chose Lebron James in the first position of Draftand the rest has been history, developing a legendary career, which remains in force.
James, made the jump to the NBA directly from high school, that is, without going through the NCAA (University), being one of the prospects, if not the prospect with the highest expectations in history.
The star, nicknamed ‘The Chosen One‘, translated into Spanish, ‘El Elegido’, came to the league ready to stand out at age 18, as he proved, winning the award for Rookie of the Year.
In his second year in the league, James was selected to his first All-Star Game, and elected to the league’s Best Quintet, averaging 27.2 points, 7.4 rebounds, 7.2 assists, 2.2 steals, leading the league in minutes played with 42.4 per game. night.
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LeBron James led the Cavaliers to their first Finals in 2007, where at age 22, he had one of the best performances in playoff history, but unfortunately, it ended with a sweep against the San Antonio Spurs, who already had 2 championships in their showcase in past years, surpassed them in experience, and with veterans of the stature of the great Tim Duncan, Tony Parker, Manu Ginobili, led by one of the best coaches in history, Gregg Popovich.
The young star decided to take his talents to Florida, signing with the Miami Heat for the 2010/2011 season, forming a luxury trio, called the ‘Big 3’, along with Dwyane Wade, and Chris Boschwhere they played 4 consecutive finals, winning 2 of them, one against the Oklahoma City Thunder, and the other against the San Antonio Spurs, losing the other 2 against the Dallas Mavericks, and the other against the Spurs.
The Akron, Ohio native returned to Cleveland to join forces with Kyrie Irving and Kevin Lovemanaging to take the Cavaliers back to 4 Finals in a row, winning one of them against the Golden State Warriorsand falling in 3 against the same Warriors.
In 2018, LeBron’s arrival at Los Angeles Lakerswhere in their second year, with the arrival of Anthony Davis, they achieved the title of NBA champions after beating the Miami Heat in 6 games, thus winning what meant their fourth and last championship to date.
LeBron has in his record a huge number of records, awards and decorations, which have him as one of the best players of all time, in addition to his 4 titles, holding 4 awards for the Most Valuable Player of the season (MVP for its acronym in English), 4 Finals MVPs, a canastero champion title, once leader in scoring, 18 selections to the All-Star Game, and 13 selections to the Best Quintet (record).
As if that were not enough, James is second all-time in points scored in the regular season, only 1,325 points away from becoming the all-time leading scorer of surpassing Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.
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At 37 years old, LeBron James is about to enter his 20th season in the best basketball in the world, without showing signs of a decline in his level of play, coming from one of his best seasons in years, in which he was second in points per game with 30.3 per night, in addition to 8.2 rebounds, 6.2 assists, 1.3 steals, and 1.1 blocks, with a 52.4 percent efficiency in field goals (his personal best in 4 years), 35.9 in triples, and 75.6 shooting from free throws (his personal best in 8 years).
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