LeBron James

LeBron Raymone James

Position: Small forward
Height: 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)
Weight: 250 lb (113.4 kg)
Team: Cleveland Cavaliers
Jersey: #23
Born: December 30, 1984 (1984-12-30) (age 23)
Akron, Ohio, USA
Nationality: United States
High school; St. Vincent - St. Mary
Akron, Ohio, USA
Draft :1st overall, 2003
Cleveland Cavaliers
Pro career 2003–present
Awards
2003 Naismith Prep Player of the Year
2004 Rookie of the Year
2004 Best Breakthrough Athlete ESPY Award
2005 All-NBA Second Team
2006 NBA All-Star Game MVP
2006 All-NBA First Team
2007 All-NBA Second Team
2008 NBA All-Star Game MVP
2008 All-NBA First Team
2008 NBA Scoring Champion



NBA Career Highlight

- Cleveland Cavaliers' 1st overall pick in the 2003 NBA Draft.

- Signed with the Cavaliers in July 2003.

- Selected to the NBA Rookie All-Star Game in 2004.

- Selected to the NBA All-Rookie 1st Team in 2003-04.

- Youngest player to record a triple-double performance (20 years, 20 days), with 27 points, 11 rebounds, and 10 assists on January 19, 2005 against the Portland Trail Blazers.

- Youngest player to score 6000 career points.

- Only the 4th player in NBA history to average better than 31 points, 7 rebounds and 6 assists – joining Oscar Robertson, his idol Michael Jordan and Jerry West.

- Youngest player to score 50 points in a game (20 years, 80 days), with 56 points vs. the Toronto Raptors on March 20, 2005.

- Won the NBA Rookie of the Year award in 2004 becoming the first Cavalier and youngest player to ever receive the award.

- One of the three rookies in NBA history to average at least 20 points, five rebounds and five assists in their rookie season (Oscar Robertson and Michael Jordan)

- Selected to the USA Dream Team in 2004 Olympics, unfortunately the team only settled for Bronze (first time that a "Dream Team" failed to win a gold medal)

- Named to the All-NBA 2nd Team in 2004-05.

- Scored a career-high 56 points against Toronto Raptors on March 20, 2005, but they lost :(

(check out the numbers... from LeBron James Highlights to Stats)

- Won the All-Star MVP honors in 2006 All-Star Games. He's the youngest player in NBA history to receive that award.

- Led the Cavaliers to a 52-30 record (4th in the Eastern Conference) on its way to its 1st Playoff appearance since 1998.

- Named to the All-NBA 1st Team in 2005-06.

- Only the third player in history to record a triple-double in a playoff debut game as he led the Cavaliers to a Game 1 win against the Washington Wizards with 32 points, 11 rebounds and 11 assists.

- The only player to score 40+ points in his playoff debut road-game, exploding for 41 points on a Game 3 win against the Wizards.

- Runner-up for the 2006 MVP award behind Steve Nash.

- Won the bronze medal at the FIBA World Championship with the US Team in September 2006.

- Led all players in the final fan balloting for the 2007 NBA All-Star Game with 2,516,049 votes, the second-most ever in NBA History.

- Youngest player in NBA history to lead in the All-Star voting (22 years, 26 days)

St. Vincent - St. Mary

Year Games Played PPG RPG APG SPG BPG FG% 3PT% FT%
2002 - 2003 25 30.4 9.7 4.9 2.9 1.9 56.0 38.2 67.8
2001 - 2002 27 28.8 8.3 5.9 3.3 1.7 55.1 32.0 60.0
2000 - 2001 25 25.3 7.3 5.9 3.6 1.7 57.8 39.5 70.7
1999 - 2000 27 18.1 6.1 3.8 3.1 0.8 56.2 31.6 79.7
Career 104 25.6 7.8 5.1 2.9 1.9 55.8 35.8 67.6

Cleveland Cavaliers

Year Games Played PPG RPG APG SPG BPG FG% 3PT% FT%
2006 - 2007 78 27.3 6.7 6.0 1.6 0.7 47.6 31.9 69.8
2005 - 2006 79 31.4 7.0 6.6 1.56 0.84 48.0 33.5 73.8
2004 - 2005 80 27.2 7.4 7.2 2.21 0.65 47.2 35.1 75.0
2003 - 2004 79 20.9 5.5 5.9 1.65 0.73 41.7 29.0 75.4
Career 316 26.7 6.7 6.4 1.8 0.7 46.3 32.7 73.3
Playoffs 13 30.8 8.1 5.8 1.38 0.69 47.6 33.3 73.7
All-Star Game 3 23.3 6.7 4.7 1.7 0 53.7 40.9 37.5

**Legend: (just in case)

PPG - Points per game, RPG - Rebounds per game, APG - Assists per game BPG - Blocks per game, FG% - Field Goal percentage, 3PT% - 3 point percentage, FT% - Free throw percentage