Lebron James – Family, Family Tree

LeBron James is a known name among basketball fans. He is an American basketball player who is currently playing for Cleveland Cavaliers, NBA. He has won 2 Olympic gold medals, 2 NBA Finals MVP Awards, 4 NBA Most Valuable Player Awards, 2 NBA championships, 1 NBA scoring title, and even the NBA Rookie of the Year Award so far.

In addition to be selected into 11 All-Star NBA teams, he has also been selected in 11 All-NBA teams and 6 All-Defensive teams. He has ranked among the most influential and most popular athletes of America, and has featured in a number of documentaries, TV commercials and books too.

Achievements

Weighing 250 pounds and standing at 6 feet 8 inches high, James is one of the fittest athletes in the world. He started playing at power forward and small forward, but may also guard and play the other 3 positions.

With a career average of 27.5 points, 6.9 assists, 1.7 steals and 7.2 rebounds per game, he is one of the most versatile basketball players of NBA.

Parents

James is the son of Gloria Marie James, a 16 year old mother who struggled to raise him on her own. They had to move from one apartment to the other during his entire childhood, as his mother was always in search of a steady work to raise the family.

Later, she allowed him to move in with the Frank Walker family, a football coach who introduced LeBron to basketball when he was 9 years old. He played AAU basketball for Northeast Ohio Shooting Stars, and enjoyed success both at local as well as national level.