Twenty years ago, LeBron James made his NBA debut. With a mountain of expectations facing him.
A few months after Michael Jordan’s last retirement, after monstrous media hype, and marketing contracts worth tens of millions of dollars, here he is finally on the floor.
Against the Kings, the King will dazzle from the first minutes, with a performance never seen before for an 18-year-old player at this level of the competition. His record is already crazy: 25 points, 9 assists, 6 rebounds and 4 steals. Sacramento won, but LeBron James was the hero of the evening.
This is what Alain Mattei tells you in the third episode of Histoire(s) de basketball, the new DNA of Sports podcast. You find an episode every Tuesday and Thursday of the season and the playoffs. The first was devoted to the first weeks of Tony Parker’s career in San Antonio. The second was the return of Michael Jordan when America was traumatized by September 11.
The episode: LeBron James’ first NBA game
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