Basketball superstar James was selected by the Cleveland Cavaliers with the first overall pick in the 2003 NBA Draft. In 2010, he moved to the Miami Heat. In 2012, James received his third Most Valuable Player award in the NBA, won the first championship of his NBA career and was crowned Finals MVP. In the summer of the same year, James won the Gold Medal at the London Olympics for the U.S. men's basketball team. On June 20, 2016, James led the Cavaliers to a 4-3 overall score against the Warriors to win the first NBA championship in team history, and James was named the MVP of the Finals. On January 24, 2018, the Cavaliers challenged the Spurs away, and James successfully scored 30,000 points in his career, becoming the youngest Mr. 30,000 in history. On February 19, he won the MVP of the NBA All-Star Game. On July 2, James announced that he would join the Lakers, and the two sides officially signed a contract on July 10, wearing the No. 23 jersey. Today we're going to review James' brilliant achievements on every team
Early career knight
The 2003 NBA Draft was considered to be unsustainable, and it was none other than LeBron James, who on October 29, played the first official game of James' NBA career on the road, in which he scored 25 points, 9 assists, 6 rebounds and 60% shooting, becoming the highest scoring player in his high school debut.
On February 9, 2004, James became the youngest player in history to break the 1,000-point mark. On March 27, James scored 41 points against the Nets, becoming the youngest player in NBA history to score 40+ on April 20, james defeated Cameron Anthony to earn the rookie of the season. On Nov. 24, James, 19 years and 267 days, scored more than 500 career points and rebounds, breaking Elvin Johnson's record. Three days later, the score broke 2,000 points, breaking Bryant's record. On January 23, 2005, he scored 27 points, 11 rebounds and 10 assists against the Blazers, becoming the youngest player in history to win a "triple-double" at the age of 20 years and 20 days. In a feb. 4, 2009 away game against the New York Knicks, James nearly finished his triple-double of more than 50 points since Abdul-Jabbar in 1975, scoring 52 points, 11 assists and nine rebounds. From March 10 to 13, James achieved a triple-double in three consecutive games. After the Cavaliers beat the New Jersey Nets on March 25, they helped the team achieve its best results since its inception. James became the most valuable player in the regular season with his outstanding performance in the 2008-2009 season, and in 2010 James participated in the NBA All-Star Game six times in a row, and won 2.5 million votes for three consecutive years. On February 18, he scored 43 points, 13 rebounds and 15 assists, and finally lost to the Denver Nuggets 116-118. It was the first time since Oscar Robertson on Feb. 13, 1962, that a player had 40 points, 13 rebounds and 15 assists in a single game, and he was the regular season MVP of the season and the tenth player in NBA history to receive the honor for two consecutive seasons. James averaged 8.6 assists per game in the regular season this season, becoming the small forward with the most assists per game in NBA history. That same year, James announced that he would wear the No. 6 shirt in the new season, giving up his original No. 23 in honor of Michael Jordan.
Heat period
On July 9, 2010, under the spotlight, LeBron James finally announced the signing of the Heat through ESPN's national live broadcast special "TheDecision" at 9 o'clock local time. Formed a big three lineup with Chris Bosh and Dwyane Wade. The incident made the Cleveland Cavaliers fans so angry that they even publicly burned the James jerseys sold on the market. In the Dec. 25 game against the Los Angeles Lakers, James had his third triple-double of the season with 27 points, 11 rebounds and 10 assists. Leading the Heat to beat the Lakers at Christmas is also the first time a player has achieved a triple-double in a Christmas game. At the 2011 NBA All-Star Game, James scored 29 points, 12 rebounds and 10 assists, becoming the second player to finish in the All-Star Game after Michael Jordan to have a triple-double. The Game against the Rockets on March 27, 2011, was the only time in NBA history in 64 years that three players on the same team won 30+10 and won the game. The Heat reached the Finals after a gap of five years. In the six finals, James only made 20 free throws. In the end, he lost to the Mavericks and missed the championship. Due to the poor performance of the Finals last season, James suffered from public ridicule, criticism and insults, and the LBJ's low-level skills in the Finals were questioned by the outside world. So in the summer, after learning the low-post foot technique from Olajuwon, James also developed the low-post offensive technique, especially the back-body technique, which made his offensive technique more comprehensive, and in the case of poor shooting rate, the shooting rate became another killer for James. Another shift for James in 2011-12 was the reduction in three-point shots and an increase in interior scoring, which has continued to be consistent throughout the season. In the 2011-12 season, affected by labor negotiations, the regular season shrank, James in the 62 regular season games he participated in, he started every game, averaged 37.5 minutes per game, scored 27.1 points, 7.9 rebounds and 6.2 assists, and set a career high in shooting percentage and three-point shooting. James was crowned regular season MVP for the third time in four seasons in the 2008-2012 season, and the Heat won four consecutive games against the Oklahoma Thunder in the Finals to win the 2012 NBA championship 4-1. LeBron James lifted the championship trophy for the first time in his life, averaging 28.6 points, 10.2 rebounds and 7.4 assists in his third Finals, shooting 47.2% from the field. In the final game, he played a triple-double, contributing 26 points, 11 rebounds and 13 assists, and deservedly became the MVP of the Finals.
James disappeared at a critical moment in 11 years, which made him much criticized, and he maintained a strong desire to cut points at the beginning of the 2012 playoffs, james scored 30+ in 13 playoff games. In NBA history, the record of 30+ games in a single season of playoffs is held: Michael Jordan in 1992 and Olajuwon in 1995, both of whom were 16 times. In particular, in the final quarter of Game 4 of the Finals, James was carried off the field after being injured. After a short break, at a critical moment, James re-emerged amid applause from the crowd, insisting on still playing and shooting key 3-pointers to overtake the score, despite still noticeable discomfort in his legs. In just one year, james has undergone many changes, which he said has a lot to do with the failure to win the championship in 2011, "Last year's failure made me more modest. At the same time, he also admitted that there was something wrong with suddenly leaving the old owner Cavaliers and joining the Heat, "I left Cleveland and hurt some people, and I was under a lot of pressure because of it." He was bitter about the accusations of his old clubs and the criticism of the media, saying, "Last year I played with hatred, and now, I have a lot of love." Today is the happiest day of my life! ”
In 2013, James led the team to create the second longest 27-game winning streak in NBA history from February 3 to March 25, and his average numbers during the winning streak were excellent 27.0 points, 8.1 rebounds, 8.0 assists, 1.9 steals, and 57.5% shooting. On May 5, the NBA officially announced the winner of the 2012-13 regular season's Best Value Player, and James won the award without any suspense. Of the 121 votes, James received 120 first-place votes, with another first-place vote going to Anthony. This is the fourth time james has won this honor in 5 years, and he has also become the fifth player in NBA history to win at least four regular season MVP. At least four times in NBA history, players who have won the regular season MVP include Karim Abdul-Jabbar 6 times, Michael Jordan 5 times, Bill Russell 5 times, and Wilt Chamberlain 4 times. In the Finals, James's outside line was out of order, causing the Heat to fight hard, and relied on Ray Allen to score a key three-pointer in the final moments, grabbing 37 points, 12 rebounds and 4 assists in the seventh game, helping the Heat beat the Defending Champions 4-3 against the San Antonio Spurs. 37 points tied the record for the highest score in seven games. In seven series games, James averaged 25.3 points, 10.9 rebounds, plus seven assists to win the NBA Finals MVP again. James has been the MVP of the regular season and finals for two consecutive years.
Return to the Knights again
On July 12, 2014, James published an open letter in Sports Illustrated announcing his return to the Cavaliers. The Cavaliers once again formed a big three lineup of James, Kelly Irving and Kevin Love. On Nov. 1, LeBron James had 36 points and eight rebounds to help the Cavaliers beat the Bulls in overtime on the road to their first win of the season. In the NBA Finals, the Cavaliers defeated the Warriors 93-89 to win the first championship trophy in team history by a score of 4-3, becoming the first team in history to reverse the championship from a 1-3 deficit. James had 27 points, 11 rebounds, 11 assists and three blocks, the seventh time in his career that he had a triple-double in the Finals, and the first time a player had a triple-double in this year's Finals. In addition, James's Career Rebounds totaled 396, surpassing Shaquille O'Neal (393) and rising to 9th in the league. These three blocks also brought James's Career Block Count to 34 in the Finals, rising to 15th on the NBA Finals all-time block list. In the end, James was unanimously elected MVP of the 15-16 Season Finals. On July 14, James won espionage for best male athlete for the third time
The Lakers period
On July 2, 2018, LeBron James' management team officially announced that James reached a four-year, $154 million verbal deal with the Lakers, with the fourth year being a player option. The biggest suspense of the 2018 offseason was revealed, james ended his cooperation with his old club Cavaliers, and the NBA career moved to the West for the first time. On July 10, the Los Angeles Lakers officially announced the signing of LeBron James, and the two sides signed a four-year, $153 million contract. LeBron James continued to wear the Number 23 jersey after joining the Lakers. On July 19, James won the 2018 ESPY Best NBA Player Award, and on August 14, he won the 2018 Teen Choice Award for Best Male Athlete On January 25, 2019, he was selected as the 2019 Charlotte All-Star Game Western Conference Starter. Ranked first in the fan vote with 4,620,809 votes, became the vote king for the sixth time (three consecutive years) and became captain of the West. On October 12, 2020, the NBA Finals began its sixth game, and the Lakers relied on the perfect performance on both ends of the attack and defense, defeating the Heat 106-93, eliminating the opponent 4-2 on aggregate, and winning the championship after 10 years. James won the Finals FMVP. James made 260 playoff appearances, surpassing Derek Fisher to take the first place in history.
James's defensive awareness is quite good, in the game can often see him flying from the rear to block, or a fast attack dunk after breaking the ball, and even after grabbing the defensive rebound, he can quickly break through to score points, the speed of the defender allows him to quickly attack and defend the conversion, he also has a fairly good possession ability and full field of vision, often plays the role of a small forward, in this position he has a great body advantage, his offense can often attract the opponent's two or three players' bag defense, so that teammates get many opportunities to shoot in the gap, At present, the late career is more called by fans as a two-handed James, a cross-waist defense master and so on.
Now that James has entered the end of his career, the emperor has finally retired, enjoy the rest of the day, it is really one less to watch.