‘I didn’t think he was real’, LeBron James reveals what it was like meeting NBA legend Michael Jordan for first time | E3XFT30 | 2024-02-01 02:08:01
'I didn't think he was real', LeBron James reveals what it was like meeting NBA legend Michael Jordan for first time | E3XFT30 | 2024-02-01 02:08:01
The two basketball icons are repeatedly included in the
LEBRON James has opened up on meeting fellow NBA legend Michael Jordan for the first time.
The two basketball icons are repeatedly included in the Greatest of All Time conversation.
James, 38, is at present the oldest lively player within the NBA and a four-time champion.
However again in his highschool days, it was Jordan who was king of the basketball world.
Chicago Bulls legend Jordan transcended the game, profitable six NBA titles and turning into a worldwide celebrity.
James and Jordan first crossed paths in 2002 whereas LeBron was a sophomore at St. Vincent-St. Mary High Faculty in Akron, Ohio.
LeBron advised the Uninterrupted podcast, "Once I met Michael Jordan for the first time, I literally couldn't consider it was him.
"The dude appeared like Jesus Christ to me. He seemed like Black Jesus.
"No one might inform me something totally different."
James' first meeting with Jordan additionally opened up a brave new world – the fitness center.
He continued, "They take us to the hoops [in Chicago].
"Before they play, they are saying 'Mike all the time likes to raise [weights]'.
"So we stroll up the steps, no one informed me Mike lifted earlier than he performed. I knew nothing about that at that stage, I'm a highschool sophomore.
"Mike was sitting on the bench press and I was like 'Oh my f***ing God!'.
"I didn't assume he was actual man, you don't perceive. I solely thought he lived in the TV.
"If the person above had taken me that day, I'd have lived a hell of a life."
LeBron is presently nursing an ankle injury and missed Tuesday's loss to crosstown LA rivals the Clippers.
Now the leading scorer in NBA history, James is averaging 24.eight factors per recreation this season.
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