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LeBron James: The Kid Who Dreamed Big in Akron
Before the championship and his billion-dollar empire, LeBron was a kid from Ohio, raised by a single mom and moving from apartment to apartment. Aged 9, he picked up basketball and became the kid to watch. Coaches were already whispering that he was going to change the game by middle school. And it happened. Even before the NBA limelight, LeBron was known to be a kind person, loyal to his friends, and with big dreams.
His crown didn’t come overnight. It started on cracked courts and tiny gyms, where a skinny, tall kid couldn’t stop playing.
