James has been a part-owner of Liverpool F.C. He also appeared in films such as Trainwreck and Space Jam: A New Legacy. He has hosted the ESPY Awards and Saturday Night Live, and won 19 ESPY Awards himself. He has been featured in books, documentaries (including winning two Sports Emmy Awards as an executive producer), and television commercials. Off the court, James has accumulated more wealth and fame from numerous endorsement contracts. In 2021, James became the first player in NBA history to accumulate $1 billion in earnings as an active player. In 2018, James exercised his contract option to leave the Cavaliers and signed with the Lakers, where he won the 2020 championship and was awarded his fourth Finals MVP.
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In 2016, he led the Cavaliers to victory over the Golden State Warriors in the NBA Finals by coming back from a 3–1 deficit, delivering the franchise's first championship and ending Cleveland's 52-year professional sports title drought. After his fourth season with the Heat in 2014, James opted out of his contract to re-sign with the Cavaliers. James won his first two NBA championships while playing for the Heat in 20 in both of these years, he also earned league MVP and Finals MVP. This move was announced in an ESPN special titled The Decision, and is one of the most controversial free-agent decisions in sports history.
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After failing to win a championship with Cleveland, James left in 2010 to sign as a free agent with Miami. Named the 2003–04 Rookie of the Year, he soon established himself as one of the league's premier players, winning the NBA MVP Award in 20. A prep-to-pro, he was selected by Cleveland with the first overall pick of the 2003 NBA draft. Mary High School in his hometown of Akron, Ohio, where he was heavily touted by the national media as a future NBA superstar.
In 2021, he was selected to the NBA 75th Anniversary Team.
James has been selected to the All-NBA Team a record 17 times (with a record of 13 First Team selections and 11 consecutive First Team selections, the latter of which is shared with Jordan and Karl Malone), made the NBA All-Defensive First Team five times, and has been named an All-Star 17 times, including three All-Star MVP selections. During his 18-year career, James holds the record for all-time playoffs points, is third in all-time points, and eighth in career assists. His accomplishments include four NBA championships, four NBA MVP awards, four NBA Finals MVP awards, and two Olympic gold medals. The only player to have won NBA championships with three franchises (the Cleveland Cavaliers, the Miami Heat, and the Lakers) as NBA Finals MVP, James has competed in ten NBA Finals, eight of them consecutively with the Heat and the Cavaliers from 2011 to 2018. Nicknamed " King James", he is widely considered one of the greatest players in NBA history and is frequently compared to Michael Jordan in debates over the greatest basketball player ever. ( / l ə ˈ b r ɒ n/ born December 30, 1984) is an American professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association (NBA).
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