NBA Star Articles - LeBron James (LeBron James)

LeBron James (LeBron James), full name is LeBron Raymone James (LeBron Raymone James). Born on December 20, 1984 in Akron, Ohio, USA, he is an NBA professional basketball player. Serving as a small forward, nicknamed "king", the little emperor, currently playing for Los Angeles Lakers .

​​LeBron James

In 1984, in a house on Walnut Tree Avenue in Cleveland, Ohio, USA, LeBron James was born to Glia James, but James never revealed his biological father. James has been living with his mother since he was born. At that time, the area where James lived was a poor area. During the period of 5-8 years old, James moved 12 times. In 1995, he had his own house in Spring Hill Apartment.

James played football at first, that was in 1993, James went to the football team to play, the football team coach took a fancy to him, so he let him stay and play for the team.

After James went to high school, he became the starter of the school team. He even won the final and won the state championship. At that time, James averaged 18 points and 6 rebounds per game. In his second season,

once again led the team to win the state championship. At the same time, James was selected as the first team in the United States selected by " USA Today ", and became the first high school student selected for the first team. James averaged 25.2 points, 7.2 rebounds, 5.8 assists and 3.8 steals per game this season.

ended up a state runner-up due to injury during his senior year of high school. This season James averaged 29 points, 8.3 rebounds, 5.7 assists and 3.3 steals per game. Although he didn't win the championship, James also appeared on the cover of the American magazine "Slam Dunk" this season. When

was a senior in high school, James once again led the team to the state championship, and the team had a record of 25 wins and 1 loss. This season James averaged 31.6 points, 9.6 rebounds, 4.6 assists and 3.4 steals per game. At this time, James has become a hot figure and has begun to appear on the covers of major Sports Illustrated and ESPN magazines, and even his games have begun to be broadcast on a large scale. This is known as the strongest high school student in the United States, which shows how popular he is.

Cavaliers period

2003 in the NBA draft , James was Cleveland Cavaliers was selected as the No. 1 pick, and then began his NBA career. In James' NBA debut, he scored 25 points, 9 assists and 6 rebounds, breaking the record for a rookie debut. After that, James began to break various records:

On February 9, 2004, James became the youngest player in history to break through the 1,000-point mark.

On March 27, 2004, James scored 41 points in the game against the Nets, becoming the youngest player in NBA history to score 40+ points.

On April 20, 2004, James won the title of rookie of the season.

On November 24, 2004, at the age of 19 and 267 days, James scored and rebounded more than 500 in his career, breaking the record of Irvine Johnson. Three days later, the score exceeded 2000 points, breaking the record of and Kobe Bryant's .

On January 23, 2005, scored 27 points, 11 rebounds and 10 assists against the Trail Blazers, becoming the youngest player in history to win a "triple double".

On January 21, 2006, James scored 51 points in the game against the Jazz and , becoming the youngest player in history with a total score of 5,000 points.

In the 2006 All-Star Game, James was selected again for the All-Star Game. On February 21, James scored 29 points, 6 rebounds and 2 assists in this game. After the game, he became the most valuable player in the All-Star Game. For the youngest player ever to win the MVP award.

March 29, 2006, 21 years old andAt 80 days, James became the youngest player in history to break through 6,000 points, and throughout March, James won the best of the week for the first time in NBA history for the first time in a row.

averaged 31.4 points, 7.0 rebounds and 6.6 assists this season. He became the youngest NBA player to average more than 30 points in a season, and the fourth NBA player to average more than 30 points, 7 rebounds and 6 assists in a season. James averaged 30.8 points, 8.1 rebounds and 5.8 assists in the playoffs.

On July 19, 2006, James signed a three-year, $60 million contract with Cavaliers.

In the 2006-2007 season, under the leadership of James, the Cavaliers became a very competitive team in the Eastern Conference of the NBA.

On March 15, 2006, James scored more than 7,000 points in his career.

On March 15, 2007, James became the youngest 8,000 player in history. On April 7, 2007, James scored 2,000 points this season and his career assists also reached 2,000, making him second only to in history Robertson is the second fastest player to get 8,000 points, 2,000 rebounds, and 2,000 assists. To complete this historical achievement, James only used 368 games to become the holder of the youngest player.

In the 2007-2008 season, James was selected to the All-Star lineup for four consecutive years. At the same time, on February 18, 2008, James was elected the NBA All-Star Game MVP in 2008 with 27 points, 8 rebounds, 9 assists, 2 steals and 2 blocks.

On February 27, 2008, James broke through 10,000 points in his career and became the youngest player to reach 10,000 points.

This season, James became the player with the highest score in the Cavaliers. At the same time, he also scored the highest in the regular season. He won the honor of NBA scoring leader for the first time. But in the playoffs, they met Celtic team , and lost 3-4 regrettably.

With his outstanding performance in the 2008-2009 season, James became the most valuable player in the regular season, and James himself became the first MVP from the East in 9 years from 2001 to 2009 since Iverson in 2001. In the playoffs, the Cavaliers eliminated Eagles 4-0 to enter the Eastern Conference Finals, but lost 2-4 to Magic .

As of 2010, James has been in the NBA All-Star Game for 6 consecutive years. However, due to injuries in the playoffs, he insisted on going out. In the end, he lost 2-4 to the Celtics, which is a pity.

On July 9, 2010, James announced to join the Miami Heat , and Chris Bosh , Dwyane Wade form the Big Three lineup. Perhaps due to running-in reasons, Heat 's record is not very good, they lost to the Mavericks in the finals and missed the championship.

In the 2011-12 season, affected by labor negotiations, the regular season schedule shrunk. In the 62 regular season games that James participated in, he started every game, averaged 37.5 minutes per game, scored 27.1 points, 7.9 rebounds and 6.2 assists. He has created new personal career highs in field goal percentage and three-point field goal percentage. With his outstanding performance, James was crowned the MVP of the regular season for the third time. This is the third time he has won this award in four seasons from 2008 to 2012. At the same time, " little emperor " became the first person to win at least 3 regular seasons after Michael Jordan The man who races the MVP. After

ranked second in the Eastern Conference in the regular season, the Heat beat the Knicks in the first round of the playoffs, and passed the Pacers in the second round 4-2. In the Eastern Conference finals, the Heat once again faced Celtics . After the first five games, the Heat were 2:3 behind. In the sixth game, they had to play an away game. James once again came to the brink of elimination in the playoffs. But he scored 45 points, 15 rebounds and 5 assists in the sixth game to help the team win (he also followed Wilt Chamberlain's 50 points, 15 rebounds, 6 Assists since the firstA player who can have at least 45-15-5 in the playoffs). In the seventh game, the Heat also narrowly beat the Celtics at home and advanced to the finals. Facing Thunder in the finals, the Heat won four games in a row after losing a game first, and won the 2012 NBA championship 4-1. James won the championship trophy for the first time in his life. In his third finals, he averaged 28.6 points, 10.2 rebounds and 7.4 assists per game, and his shooting percentage was 47.2%. And in the last game, he hit a triple-double, contributed 26 points, 11 rebounds and 13 assists, and deservedly became the finals MVP.

On May 5, 2013, the NBA officially announced that the winner of the best value player in the 2012-13 regular season is James. This is the fourth time that James has won this award in five years. Regular season MVP player.

In the finals, the Heat entered the seventh game with the Spurs . James performed well in the tiebreaker and scored 37 points, 12 rebounds and 4 assists, helping the Heat beat the Spurs defending the championship 4:3. 37 points tied the tiebreaker's highest scoring record. In the 7-game series, James averaged 25.3 points, 10.9 rebounds, and 7 assists to win the NBA Finals MVP again. James won the regular season and finals MVP for two consecutive years.

In the 2013-2014 season, the Heat played against the Spurs again in the finals. On June 6, the Heat lost to the Spurs 95-110, and James, who contributed 25 points, 6 rebounds and 3 assists, retired due to injury in the final quarter. In this game, James became the third player to score 4000 points, 1000 rebounds and 1000 assists in the playoffs after Jordan and Kobe Bryant. But in the end they lost 1-4 to the Spurs.

Return to the Cavaliers

On July 12, 2014, James published an open letter in "Sports Illustrated", announcing that he would return to the Cavaliers.

On June 5, 2015, the Cavaliers lost to the Warriors 100-108 in overtime. In the whole game, James scored 44 points. This is the 8th time that James has scored more than 30 points in the NBA Finals, ranking second among active NBA players. This is also the third time James has scored more than 35 points in the NBA Finals, second only to active players Wade (5 times) and Kobe Bryant (4 times). In addition, James also became the fifth player in NBA history to score more than 40 points in the first game of the Finals.

In the 2015-2016 season, under the leadership of James and Irving , on June 20th, in the tie-breaker of the NBA Finals, the Cavaliers defeated the Warriors 93-89 and won the first championship trophy in team history with a score of 4-3. The Cavaliers Became the first team in history to come back from a 1-3 deficit to win the championship. James scored 27 points, 11 rebounds, 11 assists and 3 blocks. This is the seventh time in his career that he has achieved a triple-double in the finals. This is also the first time a player has achieved a triple-double in this year's finals. In addition, the total number of rebounds in James' Finals career reached 396, surpassing Shaquille O'Neal (393), and his ranking rose to 9th in the league. These 3 blocks also brought James' career blocks in the Finals to 34, rising to 15th in the history of the NBA Finals. In the end, James was unanimously elected the MVP of the 15-16 season finals.

In the 2016-2017 season, James also became the first player in history to score 27,000+ points, 7,000+ rebounds and 7,000+ assists. But was eliminated by Warriors in the finals.

On January 19, 2018, James was selected as the NBA's official 2018 Los Angeles All-Star Game East starting list and served as the captain.

On January 24, 2018, the Cavaliers played away against the Spurs. James succeeded in a jumper at the end of the first quarter and scored the 30,001st point in his career. He became the seventh player in NBA history to reach 30,000 points. He broke the record held by Kobe Bryant , becoming the youngest Mr. 30,000 points in NBA history.

On January 29, 2018, in the Cavaliers 121-104 victory over the Pistons , James surpassed Nowitzki in career goals3z, ranked eighth in history and became the active player with the most goals in sports games.

On February 8, 2018, in the Cavaliers' 140-138 victory over the Timberwolves, James became the Cavaliers' history rebounder .

On March 2, 2018, the NBA officially announced the best player in the East and West in February. LeBron James was elected the best player in the East. This is the 35th time in his career.

This year, James broke many records, getting closer and closer to the first person in history.

In June 2018, James jumped out of his contract and became a free agent.

On July 2, 2018, James decided to join the Los Angeles Lakers and move to the West.

On July 10, 2018, James signed a 4-year $153 million contract with the Lakers. The fourth year of the contract is a player option.

On July 19, 2018, James won the 2018 ESPY Best NBA Player Award.

On December 25, 2018, James suffered a groin strain and was absent from the game. The Lakers' record declined all the way.

On January 25, 2019, the NBA officially announced that James was selected as the top voter for the 2018-19 NBA Western Conference All-Star starting lineup.

In the 2019-20 season, James averaged 10.2 assists per game and was elected NBA assist king. James was elected as the NBA assists leader in the 17th season of his career, becoming the first person in NBA history.

In the 2019-2020 season, the Lakers played against the Heat in the playoffs and finally won the championship.

In the 2020-2021 season, under the leadership of James and Davis, the Lakers still have not advanced to the playoffs.

In the 2021-2022 season, the official Lakers team worked and traded for Westbrook and Drummond, but ultimately missed the playoffs.

The historical status of James can be said to be the second person who can have such a big influence after Jordan. He is still on the road to the NBA, and various records in the future will still be broken and created. He can be regarded as the first active player One person, but as James ages, the birth of new players may alternate, but the legend is still continuing. I hope that James will continue to play in the NBA in a healthy state.