Shaquille O'Neale was also one of those rookies who never (I think) experienced rookie hazing cause he was a big dude and acted as such. There was this story when a Scott Skiles told Shaq "Carry my bags rookie" and Shaq literally replied "I'm not a rookie, I'm the franchise". They left him alone after that. Pretty much sums up Diesel's career in the NBA.
Of course it was Skiles too. Dude was MAD traditionalist when it came to ball. I like the story where he scrapped with Shaq during a practice after an argument and said it was one of the dumbest life decisions he has ever made based on how he felt afterwards 😂
Well that shows you the generation gap difference between jordan/shaq and bron. Shaq/ jordan era is I am the leader, lets have a man to man duel. And bron despite his talent he is utilizing the organization to kill other alpha. So it is obvious that shaq and jordan have the good old days straight talk and be tough attitude to get team into order. But bron is the morden day wokeness attitude .
The hype around Lebron before he made it to the league was crazy! I’ve never seen a player hyped that much before actually playing in pros. After 20 years it was All worth it. He lived to All expectations and beyond
Ya he lived up to our expectations on the court for sure..... not to our expectations for character. Lebron would have you disarmed and helpless to the environment around you while he is protected behind walled estates, with armed guards, and high tech surveillance. Your life is forfeit - Lebron’s isn’t.
Kid, these 1975 shorty shorts these dumbasses are wearing today makes everyone who wears them look like a buncha gay soy boys running around like fairies. Sit down. Yeah they were a little too baggy, but from about 91/92 to about 2002 they were perfect length. Just above the kneecap, some guys wore longer ones, like TJ Ford he wore 7 footer shorts at barely 6’0 and looked hilarious, but still. 99% of the league had normal length shorts. They actually still looked like men. With the gay ass universal haircut in the NBA right now and their ‘75 shorty shorts, you QUITE LITERALLY can’t tell the difference between the NBA and the WNBA right now. Sit down. I’d rather look like a 2003 Atlanta rapper than a fuckin female.
@@claude2732stop it? Why does that even matter ? Do you think Usain bolt was clean? All top athletes are on gear, thats literally the new base line. Some athletes just have god tier genetics +skills differentiating them from the pack.
Yeah the speed was definitely easy to forgot. Kid had some absolute *jump* back in the day. He's still quick sure, but 20 years later it's way too easy to forget how crazy quick rookie Bron was.
Told people that lebron wasn’t only playing against opponents, he was playing against his teammates also, and that people were trying to sabotage this mans career for a long time
@@onlyfacts3178 the coaches had control over lineups and wanted to play LeBron. But your teammates can make it harder for you. The passes to LeBron was crap most of the time. You can see the highlights.
@@mosessupposes2571 man I cry on all sad scenes of movies so it's not about the game it's about the hurt a young kid felt when he was just trying to fit in and be accepted.
@@mosessupposes2571some people cry more than others. It’s a normal emotional response to many things. Grow up and learn to live in a world with other human beings.
I have never seen an athlete gets so much hate like this guy. He didn’t robbed anyone never been involved in bad situations and yet he gets the most hate 😂 despite all that hate and jealousy he overachieved
Im not a huge Bron fan but i dont see how anyone cannot recognize his greatness. Just a bunch of haters mad cuz he beat their favorite teams repeatedly.
People are insecure on how he proclaimed he’s the best. Your greatest supporter is yourself so I don’t see why they are oversensitive when Lebron proclaimed himself. Most of the included GOAT nominees also have that mindset. Even curry thinks he’s the best point guard and that’s fine with me even if I think magic is better. How can you be the best if you’re thinking like a prey and not an apex predator. People are very insecure nowadays but they turned it into hate despite knowing that Lebron is continuously breaking records which might stay there for a long time. It is a very rare opportunity so I will continue to admire what he’s doing and don’t want to take it for granted
No one questions his basketball talent and achievements. He is just the most unbearable superstar in the league off the court. So full of himself thinking that his basketball talent also transitions to other parts of life. He is out of touch with it. To me that’s a sign that he is surrounded by a lot of yes men
@@davinnicodeSo KOBE, JORDAN and SHAQ and many other athletes are pieces of shit but LEBRON because he acts like himself and has not gotten in to any type of trouble the most happiest player and even till now is full of himself?
Make sure you keep saying they or Lord Lebron will take your hands after he takes your guns. Now get back to your one window apartment and get back to work. Lord Lebron demands it.
The moment Ricky Davis left the meeting and got traded was the moment future LeGM was born, Bron just didn't know that he already had it inside him that time.
Crazy to think that this man has been a transcendent talent in the NBA since I was 10 years old and is now playing my favorite team. I think about how much things have changed since 2003 both in general society and in my personal life. LeBron has been around for all of it, crazy!
I hate that he's on the Lakers(my team) now. It ruined basketball for me. All those stats for nothing. He can't show up in the postseason, and I hate it.
@@biggmannful we were building. And it was exciting. I was happier with ball and kuzma. I've had championships before, we don't need that team hopping whore.
From the first seconds of his NBA journey up to his 21st yr he’s been hated by many even by his own teammates, GOAT or not you have to pay respect to the man who lived to all of that and came out to be one of the greatest.
Zion and Wemby have crazy potential, but 19yr old lebron was just something else man. Look at the speed, athleticism, and instincts he had at 6’8. We can only hope to see something like him again once he retires. And being that social media is so prevalent these days, we will know if another Lebron is on the rise by his sophomore year of high school.
@@Nine5Vader Zion is just a normal guy, banging instagram thots, having illegitimate children, eating himself to death. Lebron, mentally, was just a different guy. A lot more maturity and focus, and a vision for what he wanted. Just think about his career if he hadn't reuped with shitty Cleveland after the 1st four years. They wasted 7 years of his career bringing in Mo Williams and Antwan Jamison. That is what is shocking. He was literally put in the worst situation in league history as no team was as bad as the Cavaliers from 1990 to 2003. They had the worst ownership, were the worst destination for free agents, and had the worst players when he showed up. Some guys like Duncan or Durant get drafted by momentary bad teams with historic success...Cleveland had no success, no history of championships...he had to overcome that and Dan Gilbert, who is a criminally inept leader and owner.
Imagine the hype, intimidation, expectations and hatred as a rookie up to now and overcoming and defying all odds, I’m proud being Lebron’s fan since day 1.
They all had to deal with a 19yr old coming into the league already being compared all time greats without a single dribble. This rubbed a lot of veteran players who had pride and had to swallow that ego because before day 1 this was already the Bron show. With todays hype machine its tough to explain how much clout Bron had as a senior in HS.
The thing with Lebron was it was obvious he was ready to play in the NBA from day one. You dont pass on a talent like that and put him thrugh the haze system. Jealousy is a real thing and out of all people, vbeterans need to understand better than anyone else that talent is talent and there is nothing you can do about it, except for nurture it and not deliberately try to kill it and destroy it. They are called PROFFESIONALS for a reason. Them acting like some high school drama class queens just goes to show how unproffesional they were to begin with and why the Cleveland were in a position to even have a number 1 pick. I am glad humble Europeans like Jokic are dominating the league now because American players have been acting out like primadonas for too long. The NBA became a me me me first sport instead of a team sport where every player contributes. This ego problem with American players need to stop ASAP or soon Americans will start losing in international competition more and more.
@@robotube7361 Yeah who the hell gets angry at a #1 pick joining a team. Especially one as bad as Cleveland. Its like the Magic being salty that Shaq was drafted or The Rockets mas at Hakeem.
Nah, he's a rookie and as such you work your way up. You work hard and prove yourself to the team and coaches just like Magic Bird Barkley Kobe and others in the past did.
@@smokeabaguhthat5443I get the comment though. I'm older, and LeBron is has been a much better player while older then when he was younger obviously, but there was something exciting and special about watching a young unpolished, athletic LeBron hoop back in the days. I get it.
wild, untempered athleticism is fucking electrifying to watch. Esp when a player jumps so high that they shock even themselves and you can see it on their face@@jondixson5274
Those players don’t realize the opportunity this miss upon being a mentor and friend to young Lebron. Past teammates of his now have jobs and opportunities they most likely would not have if it was for being Lebron’s friend. I imagine he has helped plenty others off the court that the media does not talk about also.
Theres a story where the bulls loss and the team nonchalantly didnt care except Joakim Noah, who was crying and yelling in the locker room. Point is some players actually care about winning
Noah really wanted to play with LeBron. I think he would have given his all to play with Bron. When LeBron turned him down and went to the Heat Noah was furious and really cried giving way to his hatred for LeBron. He said that that was the reason he despised LeBron
The thing is theres caring theres also immaturity and lack of control. Noah was a fan favorite for his passion and emotion, but that also shows up in negative ways.
I genuinely believe his documentary when its all said and done will be something unforeseen. Considering what he's had to endure throughout highschool until who knows when he's going to retire. Especially since we've never gotten the unfiltered truth from lebron: about Mj, his teammates, the cavs owner, his haters and much more. Whenever he's ready to tell his story that will definitely solidify him as the goat and win back his respect he rightfully deserves
@@remnant8898ok? The fact it's even a debate is more impressive than anything that will ever happen to you or anyone you know. The only thing you could be considered the best in the world at is disappointing your parents. Stop being a hater, it's a pathetic look.
The more a rookie is slighted by his older teammates is often indicative of how great a player that rookie will eventually become. Lebron and Doncic were prime examples of this.
Kobe as well. The difference between Kobe and LeBron is that LeBron wants people to like him, so I'd imagine he handled his situation better. Kobe was more alike to MJ in his temperament and just didn't give a F. I imagine if MJ had come out of high school to the NBA he would have reacted the same way.
@@elijahroderick1305if lebron was drafted next to a prime Shaq he wouldn't be the 1st option either. Though Lebron was a far better player than Kobe as a rookie. I often imagine how many rings Lebron/Shaq would have had if Lebron was in Kobe's shoes. An all time coach and a prime Shaq paired with a pass first player like Lebron?
There's some truth to it though. Like, if one guy calls you mfer, that's just his way of saying 'dude' or 'bro' or whatever, but if another guy says it, you know he's pissed at you. Some people just cuss a lot, others don't.
@@idonthavemonkey I am guessing the guy who was known as a selfish, me first, team 2nd guy, also doesn't take accountability and doesn't tell the truth...his legacy is the guy Cleveland traded to improve the culture and he wanted to spin it as some crazy conspiracy from the coach to randomly trade him even though it was all good and he was scoring a lot even when not running plays or the offense or attempting to help the young goat. Same thing happened to Dion Waiters, Lebron lasted about two months with that guy.
I was a kid when LeBron came into the league so I didn't recognize the magnitude of what he did. Being 18 and being a good player in the nba is crazy. He went from playing highschoolers to nba stars and still averaged 20
Its funny how Darius Miles tried to backtrack his statement because he regret saying it. Just because you regret it years later doesn't mean you didn't mean it or you didn't say it.
If only you had a camera in your face as a 20 year old through being 25 every other day and every single statement you made was immortalized ..... Surely you wouldn’t regret saying ANYTHING back then! Lol Try having some perspective - these cavs players were all being pushed out of their jobs. Most of them were just 20 something year olds with pride and competitive spirit being told a high schooler is a god and they are to be servant of this false god.
You forget that Miles was just a dumb 21 year old kid at the time. So was Boozer. They'd been the best player at every level before getting to the NBA and then suddenly found themselves struggling. They just couldn't imagine that Lebron would be different. They were also just entering their peaks so natually they wanted to be "the guy", but now they were told that some kid out of high school who hadn't played an NBA minute was going to be "the guy". Their reaction is hilarious in hindsight, but also completely understandable. At least they matured enough to admit they were wrong. Ricky Davis is still out there being delusional about the kind of cancer he was to every team he played on and acting like he was ran out of Cleveland for no reason.
@@redskullz1249 Darius Miles never admitted anything he said he wasn't talking about LeBron. So no Darius was not honest he got really really upset when they accused him of it. Go look at the video.
How his teammates treated him is literally the prime example of the Lebron hater mentality. There’s resentment to begin because of the hype for some people so from there it’s easy to create a narrative Lebron is bad if you’re only looking at his flaws because you want to tear him off the pedestal. Today you rarely see any nba players hating on him because they know how hard it is to win and dominate in the league themselves so they’d be fools to diss someone doing more than them.
They also know that he basically controls all the contracts and FA in the flopping friends league and to double team him or complain about how often he travels and flops is basically like making plane reservations to Siberia where your career will end up as a consequence. Why should your team's top player accept a lesser role and the entire chemistry of the team revolve around an overhyped rookie? MJ and Wilt didn't get afforded this luxury right away, unlike Lecheat; they had to actually earn it.
@@Boooooooooo541 I’ve seen Jordan full games before still Jordan ray Allen who played against Jordan and was on the same team as lebron still picks Jordan nothing else to say!
@@davesenatus5566 pippen hates Jordan so his take is bias. Ask the players who played against Jordan and lebron like for example ray allen they all say Jordan nice cope tho. 😂❤️
LeBron is my favorite player. He is not only gifted and talented but he is able to move pass and succeed in some of the greatest adversities. He is in year 21 and still playing great and he has a beautiful family. God Is Great. Thanks for sharing.❤️
Ricky Davis cornered him to go against his teammate and side with the front office, but lebron was smart enought to not bite. Shout out to his coach at the time
Unfortunately, jealousy is a part of human nature. People will always hate the top guy anywhere in life. Never expect everyone to congratulate you for your success.
This is a little different though... It's what separates lovers vs winners esp in team atmosphere. Losers aren't willing to change what isn't working and out for self even at the detriment of the team. Whereas, winners are able to assess and make necessary changes to thrive, even if it involves a lesser role themselves for benefit of the team. I agree with your last sentence whole heartedly though.
Crazy that this man has had this pressure against him as a child teenager by grown men. And even today you can legitimately make a career by tearing him down while he continues to just do his thing.
not only to nba rookies. to his children's and to the world. i dont understand why people hate lebron and like kobe.. if you hate lebron you should hate kobe. there's nothing to like about kobe.
This is happening with Wembanyama right now, his teammates just do not pass him the ball. Specifically that bum Sohan. How do you not see a 7’5 guy wide open in the paint? I hope they capitalize and don’t ruin Wembys first few years like they did with Bron.
“ what are you doing ?… you’re gonna get us traded “ is such a wise remark from a veteran.. too bad the people that look like him couldn’t embrace him like the others could.
I thought the same thing i mean LeBron was great in high school but i thought it would take him a couple of years just to adjust too the highest level boy was i wrong the man has been dominant for twenty one years one of the all time greats no doubt.
Actually he didn't dominate and he didn't make much of an impact when he got to the league they missed the playoffs his first years and wasn't even a top 20 player in the league as a rookie sir
@@fullmetal1766You just can't go to bed at night without bashing another man. He's rich your not. He put himself in position to be rich you didn't. You're just another UA-cam comment
@@fullmetal1766 How you going to criticize a highschooler for not being top 20 as a rookie? 😂Dude stepped off a highcshool court right to the NBA and put up 21/6/6 his rookie year. That's insane. To put that into perspective Kobe stepped off a highschool court seven years earlier and put up 7/2/1 in his rookie season. Which wasn't even seen as a bad year because he was just a kid.
It’s weird when ur team doesn’t want to win because of u. They don’t mind winning, but just doesn’t want it to be because of u. Darius Miles and Dajuan Wagner both came out of high school, and certainly expected acceptance. When u are great, it will surely make insecure jealous.
Till this day idiots still have this notion that Lebron craved attention, yet ESPN had his HS games at St. Mary's televised since he was 16. People were making money off of & exploiting Lebron since he was a child so it was only right that he entered the League with $100mill & that's where the jealousy came into play...
its crazy that a 19 or 20 year old kid was setting such an example for grown men, and the grown men were acting like children gossiping behind his back and not wanting to do the right thing.
Same thing that happens with wemby. 20 years later and teammates still salty af about having a player who’s name was bigger in high school than their’s was in the nba. Limiting a star from their max potential just cause of jealousy and personal feelings so fcking annoying 🤦🏽♂️
I mean Lebron was getting more press than the Iraq war. He was labeled the King way before he even played 1 game of professional basketball. They knew the organization was going to be built around Lebron and their tenure in Cleveland was coming to an end a lot sooner than they anticipated.
@@jerrys1678not to mention that he beat the warriors in the playoffs literally last year. I would say that was a little kid talking but that’s insulting to a child’s intelligence
It was enviable he'd be hated. Here, you have seasoned vets with a lot more experience. Then they bring in hHS upstart and hand him the keys to drive the team. Calling him the chosen one didn't foster any love or respect for him either. Yes, LJ did help them get to the championship fours later in 2007 against the spurs and lost. The commentators still made it look like did it buy himself but back to his rookie season in 2003. He did well by putting up #s equalling these of grown men. Although ihe was only 18 and had the body, height, weight, and most all the skills to be an nba player along with all the hype. It's still understandable why his teammates were so apprehensive to go along with the program. In their minds, he's still a snot nose kid. What does he know? NBA history has proven LJ knew a lot even at a young age. He was definitely ready to play at pro level. Remember that video of LJ and Melo in the gym together they were both young. Melo asked him are you really 18 because he looked older and mature for his age.
I fw the fact that you took time into doing research before making this video. there were a lot of parts that could've been misconstrued but you made sure to cover any possible loose end 💪🏾👍🏾
Boozer saying in the interview that we already have players at his position that's better than Lebron in his rookie season was straight bullshit...yeah boozer it sounds good he'll he was the best player on that team even as a rookie 😂😂😂
This may sound crazy but the most talent LeBron ever had during his first Cleveland stint was his rookie year. If they had just bought in and understood he was the one they may have had the building blocks for a championship team. There was nobody brought in the 6 years after his rookie season that was more talented than Ricky Davis, Carlos Boozer, Pre knee injury Darius Miles and DeJuan Wagner. The only thing trading them away did for LeBron was force him to be Superman without another bucket getter.
@@xaviervega468 Because they were losers. You can be talented and still lose because of selfishness and a lack of culture. Ricky Davis is probably one of the most self-centered, selfish players in NBA history but he alone was more talented than any other player brought in from 05-10. That entire team as a whole (minus Igauskas) was a bunch of me-first players who were never going to let LeBron lead them because of jealousy.
I always say this. Dejuan had a great rookie season it’s just that the Cavs never expected to be in the position to draft Lebron. Once they did , the fact the basically played the same position early on took him out of the team plans. Changed the whole trajectory of his career. I know he had some stomach issues but had he had his own team they would’ve been more willing to see him through to healing & becoming the player they expected Dejuan to be when drafted. But boy was definitely his city before Lebron as a pro. Should’ve gave them a chance to play together. After Dejuan was traded noone was looking at him like the Cavs were when they first drafted him by that point. & health issues. It’s was over with. Let him stick around a couple years to get a couple more checks.
Darius Miles is a perfect example of someone who wasn’t good enough to come straight out of high school. Maybe if he went to college for 2 years he’d develop into his potential. That era had way too many hoopers entering out of hs and most were massive busts.
Rich Paul talked about this Cavs moment a few weeks back, when they were hating on LeBron that rookie yr, and specifically singling out D. Miles -- but also excusing him as he had no idea of the history making that was about to unfold.
1:45 *Dont you guys get it.. LBJ wanted to start off the best way he could, and he may have failed at that.. why? Because he didnt earn the respect of his peers first. Once you do that.. then you can go all out and earn your leisure. Its a team game right? They worked for it.. and he just came in, and it should be handed to him? He might as well just play with everyone that is a rookie too so he can just have fun and play and then win noooo games. You cannot have your cake and eat it too.. especially playing with men, you know women will try.. and men with power, who dont want to share it will try to do so as well. If LBJ did that and kept that attitude from the beginning.. he made have overall been better than LBJ but that pressure and what not took over him and his career.. now he has been on PEDs at least since his last couple of years with Miami and broke the record because of it. Look how Kareem was able to get that many points.. what age, year in the league and what was his avg his last two seasons? LBJ breaking it and surpassing it shows he has a lot of help doing it.. And his energy is not like Dennis Rodman's energy.. because if it was.. he would be playing Defense on high level as well and that was never the case except in Miami. So understand.. LBJ didnt earn his respect if his teammate truly felt like that.. coming from Highschool, not even college.*
Psalm 23:5 4 Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for You are with me; Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me. 5. You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. You anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows. 6 Surely goodness and mercy will follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the LORD forever.
11:00 *Yet that was there 2nd best player, who could still get his stats just by being number two. Yet they traded him and never got a great number two again.. they had a good one, but they diminished his ability to be the number two and said he wasn't good enough to be next to LBJ. So everyone ran with the narrative that LBJ never had great players until Miami.. nonsense..*
People hate LeBron to a degree that is so insane. Y’all will dismiss a guy putting up 23 ppg in 75+ games and say he was a bad teammate because he did coke but y’all look at an 18+ guy who made pretty much public knowledge that he was wrestling for hierarchy from the phenom and say Bron is the bad teammate
@@shaft9000 you’d have a point if Ricky even called Bron out by his name. The worst thing he had was Bron didn’t always pass him the ball. Ricky issue was Cavs FO. The guy just documented that the cavs were surprised by LeBron acceptance to being rookie hazed. All Ricky did was believed he was the better player. He was wrong but he has a right to feel that way and just because he felt that way doesn’t make LeBron a bad teammate. What makes it worse you have IT and Crowder that’s really it to guys who have publicly not like LeBron. Two guys who barely played with him
8:20 if your wondering why cavs fans/nba purest hated this dunk it was because Ricky Davis decided to a in between legs dunk while down by 20 with 22 seconds left on the clock.
Young Lebron was crazy and fun to watch. Sometime around "the decision" to go to the Heat is where I started disliking his leadership and style though. He's an all-time great for sure, but that aspect kind of ruined it for me. Seeing him go from a super baller high schooler that took a horrible team and built them up to the finals in a few years, only to jump ship to make a super team in Miami, while simultaneously getting cocky and seeming to get worse cardio from bulking and ego stopping his defensive energy, kind of wrecked it for me. But, I've never seen anyone get so hyped at such a young age and so immediately over-deliver on that promise
Same sentiment. Lebron James is already a billion times better as a David than Goliath. That's when he peddles himself to the metal the most, when he's forced to carry bad teams, that's when he's at his actual best...
That Cavs team when Bron was a rookie was trash. Losers in every way. I dont know why Davis thought that the Cavs were fine with losing year after year. When they drafted Bron is when they started filling those seats in that arena and fans started getting hyped up. Bron was home grown, one of them.
And i feel the same way happening right now with wembanyama at spurs. His teammates seem to deliberately ignore him in the game and not pass him ball for an easy bucket.
Great video. Found myself halfway through without realizing because it was so good. Got my like and my subscription. Also, I agree I believe Wemby is being treated like this nowadays. Talent and greatness speaks for itself and in the business of basketball if there is a phenom, get out of the way or get with it. Ilgauskas stayed with the Cavs a long time because he was good and also acknowledged LeBron's status.
Ricky Davis didn't come out of highschool. He went to Iowa for a season.
How men dress
Yea Darius Miles was the high schooler
Ricky Davis cooked me at Iowa in some pick up games for fun.
That’s definitely white man tactics lebron literally said he ain’t curse him out the white boys wanted lebron
U guys had the gayest pick up games.
Shaquille O'Neale was also one of those rookies who never (I think) experienced rookie hazing cause he was a big dude and acted as such. There was this story when a Scott Skiles told Shaq "Carry my bags rookie" and Shaq literally replied "I'm not a rookie, I'm the franchise". They left him alone after that. Pretty much sums up Diesel's career in the NBA.
Thats hilarious
Of course it was Skiles too. Dude was MAD traditionalist when it came to ball. I like the story where he scrapped with Shaq during a practice after an argument and said it was one of the dumbest life decisions he has ever made based on how he felt afterwards 😂
@@Mr_Jish lmao 😂😂
Well that shows you the generation gap difference between jordan/shaq and bron.
Shaq/ jordan era is I am the leader, lets have a man to man duel. And bron despite his talent he is utilizing the organization to kill other alpha.
So it is obvious that shaq and jordan have the good old days straight talk and be tough attitude to get team into order. But bron is the morden day wokeness attitude .
@@TheSagitisnice reach my guy
I watched his rookie season. His teammates hated passing him the ball and his teammates were bums.
He fit's right in
@@johnjack902😂stop playing
@@johnjack902you up too early to be hating
@@tyrusjames7986 i get up with the worms
@@johnjack902🤡🤡
The hype around Lebron before he made it to the league was crazy! I’ve never seen a player hyped that much before actually playing in pros. After 20 years it was All worth it. He lived to All expectations and beyond
The ball brothers…
@@storedkash5932 no way comparable
🤔🤔🤔🧐
Ya he lived up to our expectations on the court for sure..... not to our expectations for character.
Lebron would have you disarmed and helpless to the environment around you while he is protected behind walled estates, with armed guards, and high tech surveillance.
Your life is forfeit - Lebron’s isn’t.
@danielbrown6112- weird comment
What made it more impressive is that he played his entire rookie season in what were essentially capris.
Don’t hate on the baggy style. You felt like you could move freely with all that extra air in your clothes
Kid, these 1975 shorty shorts these dumbasses are wearing today makes everyone who wears them look like a buncha gay soy boys running around like fairies. Sit down. Yeah they were a little too baggy, but from about 91/92 to about 2002 they were perfect length. Just above the kneecap, some guys wore longer ones, like TJ Ford he wore 7 footer shorts at barely 6’0 and looked hilarious, but still. 99% of the league had normal length shorts. They actually still looked like men. With the gay ass universal haircut in the NBA right now and their ‘75 shorty shorts, you QUITE LITERALLY can’t tell the difference between the NBA and the WNBA right now. Sit down. I’d rather look like a 2003 Atlanta rapper than a fuckin female.
@@frankernest3712you’ve never worn modern day short shorts have you. Baggy shorts are sooo bad compared to what we use now.
😂😂😂😂😂
Those huge shorts that looked like skirts were ridiculous.
Seems like Big Z was the only starter teammate to actually embrace him as a rookie.
No wonder why LeBron attended his retirement ceremony.
@@sakamoto8354heck his only teammate from his rookie season to win a ring with I do believe 🤔
@@unclerico1106if I’m not mistaking he retired the year they lost to the mavericks
@@Geronimo410 yeah I'm not to sure if he was there the second year or not.
@@unclerico1106no, Big Z lost in both 2007 and 2011 Finals. Also rookie teammate Mo Williams won a title with Lebron in 2016.
Young LBJ was a specimen, how almost forgot how athletic he was. The speed, strength and explosion is mesmerizing
he is still his
I forgot how fast he was
Only because he has been using PED, my dude.
@@claude2732stop it? Why does that even matter ? Do you think Usain bolt was clean? All top athletes are on gear, thats literally the new base line.
Some athletes just have god tier genetics +skills differentiating them from the pack.
Yeah the speed was definitely easy to forgot. Kid had some absolute *jump* back in the day. He's still quick sure, but 20 years later it's way too easy to forget how crazy quick rookie Bron was.
Told people that lebron wasn’t only playing against opponents, he was playing against his teammates also, and that people were trying to sabotage this mans career for a long time
He does that just fine himself 😂
That's why i was elated when Lebron was beating up on the Bulls (more specifically Carlos boozer)
They definitely hated on him.
so letting him have the ball on his hands all the time shooting 21 times and playing 42 minutes is sabotage
@@onlyfacts3178 the coaches had control over lineups and wanted to play LeBron. But your teammates can make it harder for you. The passes to LeBron was crap most of the time. You can see the highlights.
Brought tears to my eyes to hear Bron went and got the doughnuts. He was ready to be someone's rook but they were intimidated.
Brought tears to your eyes? Ma’am you are emotionally over invested in a game.
@@mosessupposes2571 man I cry on all sad scenes of movies so it's not about the game it's about the hurt a young kid felt when he was just trying to fit in and be accepted.
@@mosessupposes2571some people cry more than others. It’s a normal emotional response to many things. Grow up and learn to live in a world with other human beings.
@@mosessupposes2571lol youre getting owned young fella
@@mosessupposes2571people cry get over it nerd
Zydrunas & LeBron were always cool. They worked together very well & even complimented each other’s game.
Zydrunas made 2 all star games when lebron was there.
Tbh, he is solid
I have never seen an athlete gets so much hate like this guy. He didn’t robbed anyone never been involved in bad situations and yet he gets the most hate 😂 despite all that hate and jealousy he overachieved
Im not a huge Bron fan but i dont see how anyone cannot recognize his greatness. Just a bunch of haters mad cuz he beat their favorite teams repeatedly.
People are insecure on how he proclaimed he’s the best. Your greatest supporter is yourself so I don’t see why they are oversensitive when Lebron proclaimed himself. Most of the included GOAT nominees also have that mindset. Even curry thinks he’s the best point guard and that’s fine with me even if I think magic is better. How can you be the best if you’re thinking like a prey and not an apex predator. People are very insecure nowadays but they turned it into hate despite knowing that Lebron is continuously breaking records which might stay there for a long time. It is a very rare opportunity so I will continue to admire what he’s doing and don’t want to take it for granted
No one questions his basketball talent and achievements. He is just the most unbearable superstar in the league off the court. So full of himself thinking that his basketball talent also transitions to other parts of life. He is out of touch with it. To me that’s a sign that he is surrounded by a lot of yes men
@@davinnicode you’re one example of my comment 😂🤮
@@davinnicodeSo KOBE, JORDAN and SHAQ and many other athletes are pieces of shit but LEBRON because he acts like himself and has not gotten in to any type of trouble the most happiest player and even till now is full of himself?
Jealousy got no cure got no point . LEBRON deserves all his blessings
Make sure you keep saying they or Lord Lebron will take your hands after he takes your guns.
Now get back to your one window apartment and get back to work. Lord Lebron demands it.
Yup. Jordashians remind us continually of that first sentence
@@mobetta2092don’t look now, but your jealousy is coming through with “Jordashians” lol
He's not even top 5 all time bro
Just stop gushing over LeBron already. Give it a rest. It's been 20 years
So people are jealous of Lebron but not of Jordan, Kobe, Shaq, Curry, Dirk, Magic, Bird... it's just Lebron haha.
The moment Ricky Davis left the meeting and got traded was the moment future LeGM was born, Bron just didn't know that he already had it inside him that time.
Hater 😂😂😂😂
😂😂
If you're the coach or owner, who would you choose over the other?
@@marcelbonds1279you're gonna be waiting a long time to get a response😂 logic always makes haters real quiet
😂😂😂💀💀 lmao LeGeeeeMmm
Crazy to think that this man has been a transcendent talent in the NBA since I was 10 years old and is now playing my favorite team. I think about how much things have changed since 2003 both in general society and in my personal life. LeBron has been around for all of it, crazy!
I hate that he's on the Lakers(my team) now. It ruined basketball for me. All those stats for nothing. He can't show up in the postseason, and I hate it.
@@allenlowe314 Got you a chip, brought a play-in team into the WCF, and just now winning the first ever IST, but sure.
@@allenlowe314what was the lakers doing before he got there ? Stfu
@@kurosalty4675 the bubble doesn't count.
@@biggmannful we were building. And it was exciting. I was happier with ball and kuzma. I've had championships before, we don't need that team hopping whore.
From the first seconds of his NBA journey up to his 21st yr he’s been hated by many even by his own teammates, GOAT or not you have to pay respect to the man who lived to all of that and came out to be one of the greatest.
He is the Goat the best to ever play basketball, numbers don't lie.
Zion and Wemby have crazy potential, but 19yr old lebron was just something else man. Look at the speed, athleticism, and instincts he had at 6’8. We can only hope to see something like him again once he retires. And being that social media is so prevalent these days, we will know if another Lebron is on the rise by his sophomore year of high school.
That guy was supposed to be Zion.
Don't ever put Zion in this conversation ever again😂
6'9
Between Jokic, Giannis, and potentially Wemby in a few years, I think the NBA is in good hands for the next decade or so.
@@Nine5Vader Zion is just a normal guy, banging instagram thots, having illegitimate children, eating himself to death. Lebron, mentally, was just a different guy. A lot more maturity and focus, and a vision for what he wanted. Just think about his career if he hadn't reuped with shitty Cleveland after the 1st four years. They wasted 7 years of his career bringing in Mo Williams and Antwan Jamison. That is what is shocking. He was literally put in the worst situation in league history as no team was as bad as the Cavaliers from 1990 to 2003. They had the worst ownership, were the worst destination for free agents, and had the worst players when he showed up. Some guys like Duncan or Durant get drafted by momentary bad teams with historic success...Cleveland had no success, no history of championships...he had to overcome that and Dan Gilbert, who is a criminally inept leader and owner.
Imagine the hype, intimidation, expectations and hatred as a rookie up to now and overcoming and defying all odds, I’m proud being Lebron’s fan since day 1.
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Proud of being Kobe fan Kobe was better than him queen drama
@@mubarakmohamud5522 i like both and kobe over bron is insanely delusional
@@firstnamelastname9215that’s you
@@mubarakmohamud5522Lebron by a wide margin was a better player than Kobe
They all had to deal with a 19yr old coming into the league already being compared all time greats without a single dribble. This rubbed a lot of veteran players who had pride and had to swallow that ego because before day 1 this was already the Bron show.
With todays hype machine its tough to explain how much clout Bron had as a senior in HS.
The thing with Lebron was it was obvious he was ready to play in the NBA from day one. You dont pass on a talent like that and put him thrugh the haze system. Jealousy is a real thing and out of all people, vbeterans need to understand better than anyone else that talent is talent and there is nothing you can do about it, except for nurture it and not deliberately try to kill it and destroy it.
They are called PROFFESIONALS for a reason. Them acting like some high school drama class queens just goes to show how unproffesional they were to begin with and why the Cleveland were in a position to even have a number 1 pick.
I am glad humble Europeans like Jokic are dominating the league now because American players have been acting out like primadonas for too long. The NBA became a me me me first sport instead of a team sport where every player contributes.
This ego problem with American players need to stop ASAP or soon Americans will start losing in international competition more and more.
@@robotube7361 Yeah who the hell gets angry at a #1 pick joining a team. Especially one as bad as Cleveland. Its like the Magic being salty that Shaq was drafted or The Rockets mas at Hakeem.
Nah, he's a rookie and as such you work your way up. You work hard and prove yourself to the team and coaches just like Magic Bird Barkley Kobe and others in the past did.
One other, a rookie walking into a team with the 'Chosen 1' tattooed across his back may have rubbed some of the players the wrong way.
@@mireilledavidson9427 his first nba game he proved to be better than all of them in 1 quarter when he hit his first 4 shots
I could cry right now… young bron was just unexplainably amazing.
You better be a girl I stfg
You must be young
@@smokeabaguhthat5443I get the comment though. I'm older, and LeBron is has been a much better player while older then when he was younger obviously, but there was something exciting and special about watching a young unpolished, athletic LeBron hoop back in the days. I get it.
Yes a beautiful time before he sold his soul to the devil.
wild, untempered athleticism is fucking electrifying to watch. Esp when a player jumps so high that they shock even themselves and you can see it on their face@@jondixson5274
I was at that Warrensville game. He was a man amongst boys, blocking shots into the stands. Shit was crazy
U talking bout Warrensville heights? And if so did they have meechie Johnson playing vs him
@mirrdoe6534 Yessir thats the one
Those players don’t realize the opportunity this miss upon being a mentor and friend to young Lebron. Past teammates of his now have jobs and opportunities they most likely would not have if it was for being Lebron’s friend. I imagine he has helped plenty others off the court that the media does not talk about also.
Theres a story where the bulls loss and the team nonchalantly didnt care except Joakim Noah, who was crying and yelling in the locker room. Point is some players actually care about winning
'Ive never heard anyone say Im going to Cleveland for vacation' 😂😂😂 legendary
And Big man Eddie Curry laughed and called Noah a crybaby while blowing a puff of cigar smoke in his face 😭😩
Noah really wanted to play with LeBron. I think he would have given his all to play with Bron. When LeBron turned him down and went to the Heat Noah was furious and really cried giving way to his hatred for LeBron. He said that that was the reason he despised LeBron
The thing is theres caring theres also immaturity and lack of control. Noah was a fan favorite for his passion and emotion, but that also shows up in negative ways.
I genuinely believe his documentary when its all said and done will be something unforeseen. Considering what he's had to endure throughout highschool until who knows when he's going to retire. Especially since we've never gotten the unfiltered truth from lebron: about Mj, his teammates, the cavs owner, his haters and much more. Whenever he's ready to tell his story that will definitely solidify him as the goat and win back his respect he rightfully deserves
Do you even know what goat stands for
@@stolensentienceGREATEST OF ALL TIME which LEBRON is
@@Lohofua lmao how to tell if someone was born after 98
@@stolensentience he’d run circles around Jordan
@@Eastsideazzy sounds like coping
His FANS An COLLEAGUES make him hated because if you watch basketball from an unbiased standpoint he's definitely one of the greatest to ever do it
Yeah, one of, not Thee...
@@remnant8898ok? The fact it's even a debate is more impressive than anything that will ever happen to you or anyone you know. The only thing you could be considered the best in the world at is disappointing your parents. Stop being a hater, it's a pathetic look.
@stephengrigg5988 😂😂😂😂
@@stephengrigg5988yeah like your mother
@@stephengrigg5988hater
The more a rookie is slighted by his older teammates is often indicative of how great a player that rookie will eventually become. Lebron and Doncic were prime examples of this.
Kobe as well. The difference between Kobe and LeBron is that LeBron wants people to like him, so I'd imagine he handled his situation better. Kobe was more alike to MJ in his temperament and just didn't give a F. I imagine if MJ had come out of high school to the NBA he would have reacted the same way.
@@gogadantes8699 kobe didn't have the lakers make him the number 1 man in his rookie season
Also magic and penny!
@@elijahroderick1305if lebron was drafted next to a prime Shaq he wouldn't be the 1st option either. Though Lebron was a far better player than Kobe as a rookie. I often imagine how many rings Lebron/Shaq would have had if Lebron was in Kobe's shoes. An all time coach and a prime Shaq paired with a pass first player like Lebron?
@@JezusSlaveskobe wasn’t even starting over eddie jones. you gonna tell me bron woulda been coming off the bench?
Young Bron was against all odds even with his own teammates. The physiological aspect of the toll your mind spirit and body takes from that.
Reasons why he going bald now 😂 man on some srs note the pressure that man on his rookie year was out of this world
@@rayrayrunshut up. Damn haters just won’t rest
@@rayrayrun been stressed since day1 in the NBA 😂
@@Sup3rJ bro's been stressed since he was 16
At 16 Bron was dominating pick up games against solid NBA players. Ron Artest was there and spoke about it.
He said he could go pro at 15 that's crazzy
I love that excuse. “I never cussed anyone out, and if I did it was fine, because that’s just how I talk”.
There's some truth to it though. Like, if one guy calls you mfer, that's just his way of saying 'dude' or 'bro' or whatever, but if another guy says it, you know he's pissed at you. Some people just cuss a lot, others don't.
@@idonthavemonkey I am guessing the guy who was known as a selfish, me first, team 2nd guy, also doesn't take accountability and doesn't tell the truth...his legacy is the guy Cleveland traded to improve the culture and he wanted to spin it as some crazy conspiracy from the coach to randomly trade him even though it was all good and he was scoring a lot even when not running plays or the offense or attempting to help the young goat. Same thing happened to Dion Waiters, Lebron lasted about two months with that guy.
I was a kid when LeBron came into the league so I didn't recognize the magnitude of what he did. Being 18 and being a good player in the nba is crazy. He went from playing highschoolers to nba stars and still averaged 20
Its funny how Darius Miles tried to backtrack his statement because he regret saying it. Just because you regret it years later doesn't mean you didn't mean it or you didn't say it.
He honestly was just mad bc here's another high schooler like himself hyped up and actually living up to it 😂
If only you had a camera in your face as a 20 year old through being 25 every other day and every single statement you made was immortalized .....
Surely you wouldn’t regret saying ANYTHING back then! Lol
Try having some perspective - these cavs players were all being pushed out of their jobs. Most of them were just 20 something year olds with pride and competitive spirit being told a high schooler is a god and they are to be servant of this false god.
@@brandondetroitfanmichaels4325 huh🤔
Your name is equally confusing😔
You forget that Miles was just a dumb 21 year old kid at the time. So was Boozer. They'd been the best player at every level before getting to the NBA and then suddenly found themselves struggling. They just couldn't imagine that Lebron would be different. They were also just entering their peaks so natually they wanted to be "the guy", but now they were told that some kid out of high school who hadn't played an NBA minute was going to be "the guy". Their reaction is hilarious in hindsight, but also completely understandable.
At least they matured enough to admit they were wrong. Ricky Davis is still out there being delusional about the kind of cancer he was to every team he played on and acting like he was ran out of Cleveland for no reason.
@@redskullz1249 Darius Miles never admitted anything he said he wasn't talking about LeBron. So no Darius was not honest he got really really upset when they accused him of it. Go look at the video.
How his teammates treated him is literally the prime example of the Lebron hater mentality. There’s resentment to begin because of the hype for some people so from there it’s easy to create a narrative Lebron is bad if you’re only looking at his flaws because you want to tear him off the pedestal.
Today you rarely see any nba players hating on him because they know how hard it is to win and dominate in the league themselves so they’d be fools to diss someone doing more than them.
They also know that he basically controls all the contracts and FA in the flopping friends league and to double team him or complain about how often he travels and flops is basically like making plane reservations to Siberia where your career will end up as a consequence. Why should your team's top player accept a lesser role and the entire chemistry of the team revolve around an overhyped rookie? MJ and Wilt didn't get afforded this luxury right away, unlike Lecheat; they had to actually earn it.
@@joepermenter7228NBA's always been scripted...
@@joepermenter7228 Lebron was in the twenties for most FTA whilst being top 15 in scoring...
The Cavs only won 17 games the season before LeBron was drafted. This was the result, and, it was torture for the fans.
He was disliked by his teammates for the same reason mj fans hate him cause he was so good and they couldn’t stop it or be better than it.
lol mj fans hate him because he’s third tier trash claiming the goat title
@@Alexis_Gz MJ is a right hand bandit lmao go watch an actual full game from the 90s and tell me with a straight face he's better than Bron.
@@Boooooooooo541 I’ve seen Jordan full games before still Jordan ray Allen who played against Jordan and was on the same team as lebron still picks Jordan nothing else to say!
@@Alexis_GzLebron is still better. Ask pippen. 😂
@@davesenatus5566 pippen hates Jordan so his take is bias. Ask the players who played against Jordan and lebron like for example ray allen they all say Jordan nice cope tho. 😂❤️
LeBron is my favorite player. He is not only gifted and talented but he is able to move pass and succeed in some of the greatest adversities. He is in year 21 and still playing great and he has a beautiful family. God Is Great. Thanks for sharing.❤️
Coaches were to afraid to coach him, and players were to intimidated to treat him like a teammate.
Lebron had 30 yo muscle at 18. I don’t blame them.
If anything, I think the young talent in the NBA get really discriminated and disrespected.
And plus his pecker was formidable
The fact that LeBron James is still currently playing speaks volumes
lebron is the only player will go to the hall of fame from the cavs team.
eh i mean you can argue shaq and d wade being a cavs@@40lopezz
@@Arunika1 I’m talking about his team when he was a rookie. Lol
@@Arunika1 I know shaq kyrie wade Kevin love are hall of fame players.
Not only still playing but is arguably top 10 right now.
Just wild
That boy was running a 4.3 damn he was fast
If i remember correctly he is also an all american in football. Maybe thats why and hes just a athletic specimen.
@@Mr.Midnight0606 ranked #1 in the nation as a sophmore, no lie.
That's while dribbling the ball....
As a Clevelander I remember this very well. I liked the cavs with Rickey Davis, Darius Miles and Boozer. But they definitely underestimated Bron.
Ricky Davis cornered him to go against his teammate and side with the front office, but lebron was smart enought to not bite. Shout out to his coach at the time
Juju
Unfortunately, jealousy is a part of human nature. People will always hate the top guy anywhere in life. Never expect everyone to congratulate you for your success.
This is a little different though... It's what separates lovers vs winners esp in team atmosphere. Losers aren't willing to change what isn't working and out for self even at the detriment of the team. Whereas, winners are able to assess and make necessary changes to thrive, even if it involves a lesser role themselves for benefit of the team. I agree with your last sentence whole heartedly though.
As a man in my forties, I’m naturally a Jordan fan. But I can’t deny LeBron’s greatness. He has and continues to overcome a lot of obstacles.
In my 40s too. LeBron for me.
@@kenlen8029🧢🧢🧢
Yep LeBron is second to Jordan the resume says so
Crazy that this man has had this pressure against him as a child teenager by grown men. And even today you can legitimately make a career by tearing him down while he continues to just do his thing.
It makes so much sense why LeBron is very supportive of his rookie teammates now
not only to nba rookies. to his children's and to the world. i dont understand why people hate lebron and like kobe.. if you hate lebron you should hate kobe. there's nothing to like about kobe.
They hated Kobe to, I was there, not on the level of Bron but he had a crazy amount of hate too, he only started getting love after he retired
@@prancerjohnponce6889people dont like humble and genuine people mann
Lebron was so fast at that time. Did you see how speed down that court? Man o man.
Because they knew he was hyped to win and he couldn't do it with them, they would had to step there game up tremendously
Lebron is a mental warrior. No one has ever gotten so much hate and attention without cracking. But lebron is just different, he doesn’t waver.
He definitely cracked in 2011. Lebron fans blatently lie to inflate his legacy, you’re one of them.
@@adripos but he bounced back better than ever. Others would have faded away
@@adriposlmao when that the only thing you can say it’s bad
@@adripos It's called the truth. People expect Lebron to play like MJ at age 39. MJ who quit early.
@@kesethurman353 I stated a fact, your personal feelings can never change that.
This is happening with Wembanyama right now, his teammates just do not pass him the ball. Specifically that bum Sohan. How do you not see a 7’5 guy wide open in the paint? I hope they capitalize and don’t ruin Wembys first few years like they did with Bron.
This was a very good video. Keep them coming, your channel will definitely blow up if you keep delivering pieces like this
“ what are you doing ?… you’re gonna get us traded “ is such a wise remark from a veteran.. too bad the people that look like him couldn’t embrace him like the others could.
The most Ricky Davis had his entire career is 20 ppg. lmao he thought he was going to cook his entire career?
I thought the same thing i mean LeBron was great in high school but i thought it would take him a couple of years just to adjust too the highest level boy was i wrong the man has been dominant for twenty one years one of the all time greats no doubt.
Actually he didn't dominate and he didn't make much of an impact when he got to the league they missed the playoffs his first years and wasn't even a top 20 player in the league as a rookie sir
@@fullmetal1766 They missed the playoffs because they were absolute dogshit when they drafted Bron. As in 17 wins level of dogsht.
@@fullmetal1766You just can't go to bed at night without bashing another man. He's rich your not. He put himself in position to be rich you didn't. You're just another UA-cam comment
@@fullmetal1766 How you going to criticize a highschooler for not being top 20 as a rookie? 😂Dude stepped off a highcshool court right to the NBA and put up 21/6/6 his rookie year. That's insane. To put that into perspective Kobe stepped off a highschool court seven years earlier and put up 7/2/1 in his rookie season. Which wasn't even seen as a bad year because he was just a kid.
He wasn’t dominant 21 years LOL
It’s weird when ur team doesn’t want to win because of u. They don’t mind winning, but just doesn’t want it to be because of u.
Darius Miles and Dajuan Wagner both came out of high school, and certainly expected acceptance.
When u are great, it will surely make insecure jealous.
This what flight saying they doing to Wemby 😭
LeBron said in Miami he just wanted to fit in he just wanted to feel like normal without all the hype
He called himself the GOAT
Till this day idiots still have this notion that Lebron craved attention, yet ESPN had his HS games at St. Mary's televised since he was 16. People were making money off of & exploiting Lebron since he was a child so it was only right that he entered the League with $100mill & that's where the jealousy came into play...
You can't stop greatness. Our lives are written before we are even born.
its crazy that a 19 or 20 year old kid was setting such an example for grown men, and the grown men were acting like children gossiping behind his back and not wanting to do the right thing.
Bro was Actually 1v9 on his rookie season
Same thing that happens with wemby. 20 years later and teammates still salty af about having a player who’s name was bigger in high school than their’s was in the nba. Limiting a star from their max potential just cause of jealousy and personal feelings so fcking annoying 🤦🏽♂️
I mean Lebron was getting more press than the Iraq war. He was labeled the King way before he even played 1 game of professional basketball. They knew the organization was going to be built around Lebron and their tenure in Cleveland was coming to an end a lot sooner than they anticipated.
Lebrons last dance gonna be magnificent
His signing with the Lakers felt like a farewell tour to me. He gave up after losing twice to the Warriors in the Finals.
@@bball3048mmfrhow did he give up when he won a championship with the Lakers? Make it make sense
@@jerrys1678not to mention that he beat the warriors in the playoffs literally last year. I would say that was a little kid talking but that’s insulting to a child’s intelligence
0:03 jealousy, saved ya 10+ min
Maybe they felt a way he got the coach fired
Lebron is a real man! Dude is an example… rare.
The world needs more videos like this brother man
It was enviable he'd be hated. Here, you have seasoned vets with a lot more experience. Then they bring in hHS upstart and hand him the keys to drive the team. Calling him the chosen one didn't foster any love or respect for him either. Yes, LJ did help them get to the championship fours later in 2007 against the spurs and lost. The commentators still made it look like did it buy himself but back to his rookie season in 2003. He did well by putting up #s equalling these of grown men. Although ihe was only 18 and had the body, height, weight, and most all the skills to be an nba player along with all the hype. It's still understandable why his teammates were so apprehensive to go along with the program. In their minds, he's still a snot nose kid. What does he know? NBA history has proven LJ knew a lot even at a young age. He was definitely ready to play at pro level. Remember that video of LJ and Melo in the gym together they were both young. Melo asked him are you really 18 because he looked older and mature for his age.
I fw the fact that you took time into doing research before making this video. there were a lot of parts that could've been misconstrued but you made sure to cover any possible loose end 💪🏾👍🏾
They traded Ricky Davis because they said he would be a bad influence on him.
Boozer saying in the interview that we already have players at his position that's better than Lebron in his rookie season was straight bullshit...yeah boozer it sounds good he'll he was the best player on that team even as a rookie 😂😂😂
I didn't know much of this story, i respect him more and more every time i listen to stories about him.
bcos they were jealous of him and knew, somehow, that he was going to be something. special..
This may sound crazy but the most talent LeBron ever had during his first Cleveland stint was his rookie year.
If they had just bought in and understood he was the one they may have had the building blocks for a championship team.
There was nobody brought in the 6 years after his rookie season that was more talented than Ricky Davis, Carlos Boozer, Pre knee injury Darius Miles and DeJuan Wagner.
The only thing trading them away did for LeBron was force him to be Superman without another bucket getter.
So talented they were a 17 win team before Lebron got there.
@@xaviervega468 Because they were losers. You can be talented and still lose because of selfishness and a lack of culture.
Ricky Davis is probably one of the most self-centered, selfish players in NBA history but he alone was more talented than any other player brought in from 05-10.
That entire team as a whole (minus Igauskas) was a bunch of me-first players who were never going to let LeBron lead them because of jealousy.
I always say this. Dejuan had a great rookie season it’s just that the Cavs never expected to be in the position to draft Lebron. Once they did , the fact the basically played the same position early on took him out of the team plans. Changed the whole trajectory of his career. I know he had some stomach issues but had he had his own team they would’ve been more willing to see him through to healing & becoming the player they expected Dejuan to be when drafted. But boy was definitely his city before Lebron as a pro. Should’ve gave them a chance to play together. After Dejuan was traded noone was looking at him like the Cavs were when they first drafted him by that point. & health issues. It’s was over with. Let him stick around a couple years to get a couple more checks.
@@Bran-Da-Don Cavs were also a terribly ran organization...
At least Darius admitted he was wrong and handled that situation poorly .
Why would a team who just got the #1 pick have the audacity to have egos
There in Cleveland they should build a 23 meter statue of Lebron outside their Arena. They were irrelevant before Lebron
Victor webb and yama's going through the same thing with his team mates , now
Darius Miles is a perfect example of someone who wasn’t good enough to come straight out of high school. Maybe if he went to college for 2 years he’d develop into his potential. That era had way too many hoopers entering out of hs and most were massive busts.
He had a hype around him when he came out of high school.but didn’t live up to it.
I bet they look at lebron now in shock.
Carlos boozer saying “we already have better players at that position, “is wild 😂
Lml after only winning 17 games the year before 😂
Rich Paul talked about this Cavs moment a few weeks back, when they were hating on LeBron that rookie yr, and specifically singling out D. Miles -- but also excusing him as he had no idea of the history making that was about to unfold.
Loved the video. I like deep dives like this
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*Dont you guys get it.. LBJ wanted to start off the best way he could, and he may have failed at that.. why? Because he didnt earn the respect of his peers first. Once you do that.. then you can go all out and earn your leisure. Its a team game right? They worked for it.. and he just came in, and it should be handed to him? He might as well just play with everyone that is a rookie too so he can just have fun and play and then win noooo games. You cannot have your cake and eat it too.. especially playing with men, you know women will try.. and men with power, who dont want to share it will try to do so as well. If LBJ did that and kept that attitude from the beginning.. he made have overall been better than LBJ but that pressure and what not took over him and his career.. now he has been on PEDs at least since his last couple of years with Miami and broke the record because of it. Look how Kareem was able to get that many points.. what age, year in the league and what was his avg his last two seasons? LBJ breaking it and surpassing it shows he has a lot of help doing it.. And his energy is not like Dennis Rodman's energy.. because if it was.. he would be playing Defense on high level as well and that was never the case except in Miami. So understand.. LBJ didnt earn his respect if his teammate truly felt like that.. coming from Highschool, not even college.*
Imagine if they all accepted and nurtured rookie Bron … They definitely would’ve had a shot 👋😩👉🚪
Poor dude wasted his prime on a trash team
Psalm 23:5 4 Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for You are with me; Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me. 5. You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. You anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows. 6 Surely goodness and mercy will follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the LORD forever.
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*Yet that was there 2nd best player, who could still get his stats just by being number two. Yet they traded him and never got a great number two again.. they had a good one, but they diminished his ability to be the number two and said he wasn't good enough to be next to LBJ. So everyone ran with the narrative that LBJ never had great players until Miami.. nonsense..*
People hate LeBron to a degree that is so insane. Y’all will dismiss a guy putting up 23 ppg in 75+ games and say he was a bad teammate because he did coke but y’all look at an 18+ guy who made pretty much public knowledge that he was wrestling for hierarchy from the phenom and say Bron is the bad teammate
@@imaniberrios59 listen you can have your little fantasy and blanket statements. When you get into reality maybe we can have a discussion
reality, oh okay...and Ricky Davis is a standard by which good or bad teammates are judged lol
@@shaft9000 you’d have a point if Ricky even called Bron out by his name. The worst thing he had was Bron didn’t always pass him the ball. Ricky issue was Cavs FO. The guy just documented that the cavs were surprised by LeBron acceptance to being rookie hazed. All Ricky did was believed he was the better player. He was wrong but he has a right to feel that way and just because he felt that way doesn’t make LeBron a bad teammate. What makes it worse you have IT and Crowder that’s really it to guys who have publicly not like LeBron. Two guys who barely played with him
@@MrSlashbladeWhy is that guy so weird?
@@imaniberrios59talk about it
8:20 if your wondering why cavs fans/nba purest hated this dunk it was because Ricky Davis decided to a in between legs dunk while down by 20 with 22 seconds left on the clock.
Oh bro had the Jordan poole mentality 😂
And the hate continues... although it will always be a backhanded compliment
Young Lebron was crazy and fun to watch. Sometime around "the decision" to go to the Heat is where I started disliking his leadership and style though. He's an all-time great for sure, but that aspect kind of ruined it for me. Seeing him go from a super baller high schooler that took a horrible team and built them up to the finals in a few years, only to jump ship to make a super team in Miami, while simultaneously getting cocky and seeming to get worse cardio from bulking and ego stopping his defensive energy, kind of wrecked it for me. But, I've never seen anyone get so hyped at such a young age and so immediately over-deliver on that promise
Same sentiment. Lebron James is already a billion times better as a David than Goliath. That's when he peddles himself to the metal the most, when he's forced to carry bad teams, that's when he's at his actual best...
That Cavs team when Bron was a rookie was trash. Losers in every way. I dont know why Davis thought that the Cavs were fine with losing year after year. When they drafted Bron is when they started filling those seats in that arena and fans started getting hyped up. Bron was home grown, one of them.
Same as the spurs with wemby
Bron was 18 with them millions nuff said 😂😂😂
This is what Wemby is dealing with currently.
He is? Isn't that Spurs team loaded with young players ?
Wemby averaged the most shots per game while being on a minutes restriction most the year.
@@frankiethefrog1752 did you see how long ago I posted this?
Man imagine if the Cavs built a better team around him. Maybe all those trips to the finals bron could’ve won more
I just realised that LeBron's been in the league so long that there were still guys from the '80s playing when he was drafted.
And i feel the same way happening right now with wembanyama at spurs.
His teammates seem to deliberately ignore him in the game and not pass him ball for an easy bucket.
😂 I'M SO GLAD THEY GOT RID OF THEM EVEN LETTING BOOZER GO .
Similar stuff going on right now with Wemby...
Great video. Found myself halfway through without realizing because it was so good. Got my like and my subscription.
Also, I agree I believe Wemby is being treated like this nowadays. Talent and greatness speaks for itself and in the business of basketball if there is a phenom, get out of the way or get with it.
Ilgauskas stayed with the Cavs a long time because he was good and also acknowledged LeBron's status.
Vets being pissed because the number 1 pick was going to get as many reps as possible, in a tanking team is so out of touch with reality man.
This sounds like how Wemby is getting treated now with the spurs!