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LeBron James: If I had just been about scoring in high school, I'd have never been LeBron James


By | May 13, 2025

What's the buzz on Twitter? Adam Wexler @AdamJWexlerNBA teams that roster a no. 1 overall pick:ATL: Risacher '24SA: Wemby '23ORL: Banchero '22DET: Cunningham '21MIN: Edwards '20NO: Zion '19POR: Ayton '18SAC: Fultz '17LAC: Simmons '16NYK: Towns '15MIA: Wiggins '14DAL: Davis '12, Irving '11, Flagg '25?LAL: LeBron '03 – 12:08 AM Dan Favale @danfavalenba players to drop >35 points and >10 assists in a playoff game with *no more* than one turnover (via @stathead):lebron james (2x)michael jordan (1992)clyde drexler (1992)nikola jokic (2024)jalen brunson (2025) pic.x.com/7grPmfeTcq – 10:49 PM Law Murray @LawMurrayTheNUJalen Brunson Game 4 vs Celtics: 39 points, 14/25 FGs, 12 assists, 1 turnoverMost career postseason games with 10+ FGs, 10+ assists, no more than 1 turnoverChris Paul: 7LeBron James: 5Michael Jordan, Dennis Johnson, Kevin Johnson, Jalen Brunson: 3 pic.x.com/2eLbWiDwNk – 10:17 PM Barry Jackson @flasportsbuzzBroncos Chiefs will be Amazon Prime Christmas night gane opposite a random LeBron or Curry game on ABC. Netflix will have 2 Christmas games earlier in day – 7:08 PM More on this storyline LeBron James: I think the most important thing for me early in my career was the feeling of not wanting to let people down. I had to get over that—100%. When you don't know how to handle that emotion, it's like, "Oh [expletive], if I miss this shot, I've let a lot of people down. If I make a bad play, I've let so many people down." It took me years—even in my second Finals appearance, that first year with the Heat. I wanted to win so badly that I also carried the fear of letting so many people down. We came here, put this thing together, and if it didn't happen, I felt like I was letting so many people down. The hours I put into my craft, the commitment—none of that was top of mind. What I thought was: "If I go out and mess up, I let them down." Instead of just going out there and being like, "Who cares?" -via YouTube / May 13, 2025

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