and Deion Sanders. These players inspired him to become just like them. At the age of 9, Lebron finally joined a local youth club, so he started playing more. As time went on, his mother realized that Lebron James needed a more stable environment to live in because she had no support from any family since Lebron's grandmother died when he was 5, she didn't want him to keep living in poverty so she made the hard decision to let him live with the youth clubs coach Frank Waller. Lebron James continued playing basketball in his teenage years playing for St. Vincent-St. Mary where he was known as a prodigy. He led his high school team to three championships in four years. In his last season at high school he averaged 31.6 points, 9.6 rebounds, 4.6 assists, and 3.4 steals per game. Lebron had the size, athleticism, and IQ, this mixed with his hard work gave him the perfect chance to make his dreams come …show more content…
Lebron stayed at Cleveland from 2004 to 2010, in Cleveland they would struggle to win a championship, so lebron decided that he would transfer with hopes of winning a championship. He would go on to play for the Miami Heat where he was unsuccessful for his first two seasons, but the next two were different. They ended up winning two championships in a row in 2013 and 2014. After this, Lebron decided that he wanted to go back to his first team, the Cleveland Cavaliers. The first year was unsuccessful but the year after he won it and stayed for two more years where he left again in 2018. Lebron went on to play for the Lakers, which is his current team right now, he has only won one championship for the Lakers in 2020. He has accomplished many things throughout his career, he recently even broke the all-time scoring record and will keep growing until he eventually retires. He has averaged 27 points, 7.5 rebounds and 7.3 assists in 1,469 games. Lebron also has won the rookie of the year award, 4 MVP awards, 4 Finals MVP awards and 4 NBA championships, he accomplished this with the numbers 23 and 6 over his entire career. He wore those numbers because of Michael Jordan who had the numbers 23 and 6 because of his kids birthdays, one was born on the 6th while the other was born in June which is the sixth