LeBron

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LeBron James: I have come a long way in my life and if not for my hard work and dedication I would not be where I am today. I am dedicated to the great game of basketball and I am grateful that god has given me the opportunity to play the game I love. Above all else my family is the most important in my life and I would go to mile high lengths for them. The book in general has a very informal tone; it gave me, the reader, alot of inspiring information of my role model, Lebron James. This book made me very motivated into making my game better, and to follow in Lebrons footsteps.

Rating this a 2/5, or 40%, because that's the same rate of success as LeBron James in the NBA Finals. Just like LeBron's promise to bring "Not one, not two...not seven" championships to Miami, this self-proclaimed King once again fails to deliver in the clutch. Unable to accomplish anything meaningful without joining a superteam, LeBron relies on perennial All-Star illustrator Nina Mata and his own mother Gloria James to voice the audiobook. Finally, by depicting such a racially diverse cast of characters and promoting the message that anybody can accomplish anything no matter where they start, LeBron fails to capitalize on a simple but critical fact that the GOAT Michael Jordan would never overlook- Republicans buy books too. In the biography of many trivia them for the use of the network. The author has been observing a lot of relevant and unusual information about his possible investments and actions for about 20 years in close cooperation with LeBron, which is applied to who off the pitch the titular James has become. The book contains that there are no perfect people and even the greatest athletes in the world also make mistakes, whether investment or strictly PR. It was no different in this case either. By no means was I a LeBron fan. I thought he was a turd after The Decision and based a lot of my opinion on Scott Raab's brilliant book "The Whore of Akron."That phrase was one of the famous marketing slogans that Nike produced around the mega-star LeBron James. I have been fascinated with LeBron as a player most of his career. "LeBron, Inc" details LeBron as a businessman and the evolution of his long-term financial decisions (e.g. multiple Nike contracts, ownership equity in Beats, Blaze Pizza and his 2% stake in England's Liverpool soccer club). The book culminates by judging LeBron's signing with the Lakers as more about business (media and entertainment growth) than basketball. Where the book fell short for me was when I expected Windhorst to shed even more specifics that may have shed a negative light on James. It felt almost like the info was "approved" by James and company, not the whole truth in these dealings. I guess I hoped for something more honest with even more details. I could be wrong, but it just feels that way. However, this is no clip job. Benedict writes scenes that make clear the extent of his primary reporting, putting the reader, to paraphrase a popular Broadway musical, in the room where it happens. You can practically see the goop in Miami Heat president Pat Riley’s hair as he seethes in resentment when James announces his departure from South Beach to return to Cleveland. “LeBron” isn’t just great sportswriting, it’s also vivid narrative journalism. There are some ironic limitations in the format of the book centered on how to look at such a storied and lengthy career that isn't even finished. There is a missing element of hindsight due to the fact that we don't even know how his professional career will end and what other great things he will accomplish. This feels like a half biography at this point - extremely impressive especially with all he has already done - but it doesn't do his story justice as readers get cut off at his current age of 38 (unavoidable since they wanted to publish now but leaves a feeling that this will need to be updated if it ever wants to be considered a "complete" story of LeBron later on).

I Promise is a book about the promises that children should make to themselves to make sure they’re getting the most out of their childhood, their schooling, and the world around them. For example, this book has children promising to ask for help when they need it, promising to read as much as they can, promising to be team players, etc. In creating this community and striving to achieve these goals, it is the hope of the author that these children will go far in the world. Additionally, children are promising to always be themselves. My state doesn't have any professional sports teams but I do live close to several teams. The closest NBA team to me is The Cleveland Cavaliers and obviously LeBron is the most famous Cav in history. I'm not personally a Cavs fan and LeBron isn't my favorite player but I do like and respect him as a person and businessman. LeBron has always fascinated me, so I of course was excited to read this biography. They were excited. Of course, they’d been written about before, but everything had been LeBron-centric. Part of the reason he wanted to do this book was to pay homage to the people who made him who he was, and these kids were an integral part of it. So they were excited to get their due. They weren’t braggarts—there was a humility to them—but they also wanted to say, “hey, we were pretty good ourselves.” I should say up front: I’m a diehard LeBron James fan to the point of irrationally defending him no matter what. I’ve rooted for him since he came in the league and loved his game ever since. And being a big fan, I’ve consumed thousands of words on his life and career.I didn’t realize that LeBron has a very small circle of business minded folks he trusts, and he has been with them for a while. How would you handle being born to a single mother in Akron bouncing from apartment to apartment and then bursting onto the sports scene as one of the best basketball players in sports history? So who is this book for? I admit that my surprise was the fact that this position, contrary to the assessment, is not about basketball. Confirmation of this is the fact that the part describing the struggles of LeBron James' favorite in the world of basketball is maybe 10-15% of the whole book. Everything else concerns the "off-field" actions of the famous basketball player. Lebron said, “Look, I don’t want this to be about my acrobatics or my incredible dunks. The whole point of this book is that I had this supporting cast that only had an impact on the basketball court but on my life.”