LeBron James

King James

Raymone LeBron James (Akron, Ohio, December 30, 1984) is an American professional basketball player who currently belongs to the staff of the Cleveland Cavaliers of the NBA. With 2.03 meters tall, its position is small forward, but his talent, versatility and powerful physique allows him to play both as wing-based pívot.2 When James was proclaimed 3 times "Mr. Basketball" in Ohio in high school, and just he was in his sophomore season at St. Vincent - St. Mary, and was considered by the media as the future star of the NBA. He signed a $ 90 million with Nike before debuting in the NBA. At 18, James was chosen in the first position of the 2003 NBA draft by Cleveland Cavaliers. With the Cavs ratified the promising future that was fashioned during his stay at the institute, and in his first season took the Rookie of the Year Award. Since coming into the league, LeBron has been many records of prematurity, including the youngest in history to reach 10,000, 15,000, 20,000 and 25,000 points Player.

Since 2005 he has been All-Star (of which he was twice MVP) and has been part of the Best Quintet of the NBA, being elected eight times in the first quintet. In 2006, James finished 2nd in the MVP voting the 2005-06 NBA. His single most important award came May 4, 2009, being named MVP of the 2008-09 season, also won award in the 2009-10 season, the 2011-12 season (That same season also proclaimed MVP Finals after defeating 4-1 the Oklahoma City Thunder, gaining his first championship ring) and 2012-13 (That same season was also proclaimed as Finals MVP for the second time, beating 4-3 to the San Antonio Spurs, gaining his second championship ring) .3

James, popularly known as "The King", "King James" and "The Chosen One", led the Cavaliers to their first NBA Finals in 2007 where they lost to San Antonio Spurs. Since the 2006 Playoffs, Cleveland was always present in the final phase of the NBA until his departure in 2010.

With Selection of the United States won the bronze medal at the World Championship in Japan 2006, while both the 2008 Summer Olympics and the 2012 Summer Olympics was crowned Olympic champion, having rival in both finals to Spanish selection.