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Q 01At which high school did LeBron James gain national attention?
St. Vincent–St. Mary
St. Vincent–St. Mary High School in Akron is where LeBron James became a heavily touted prospect for his scoring, passing, athleticism and playmaking.
Q 02LeBron James chose jersey number 23 as a Cavaliers rookie in honor of which player?
Michael Jordan
James wore No. 23 as a Cavaliers rookie in tribute to Michael Jordan, who made the number famous with the Chicago Bulls.
Q 03Which NBA team drafted LeBron James first overall?
Cleveland Cavaliers
The Cleveland Cavaliers selected LeBron James with the first overall pick in the 2003 NBA Draft.
Q 04In which year did LeBron James win his first NBA Most Valuable Player award?
2009
James won back-to-back MVPs in 2009 and 2010 with Cleveland, then two more in Miami in 2012 and 2013.
Q 05How many Olympic gold medals has LeBron James won with the U.S. national team?
3
LeBron James has won three Olympic gold medals as a member of the U.S. national basketball team.
Q 06What is LeBron James's rank on the NBA's all-time regular season scoring list?
First
LeBron James has topped the NBA's all-time regular-season scoring list since February 2023 and in March 2024 became the first player to reach 40,000 career points.
Q 07Where did LeBron James rank on the NBA all-time regular season assists list at the end of 2024–25?
Fourth
At the end of the 2024–25 season he sat fourth in career assists and sixth in steals, on top of being the league's all-time leading scorer.
Q 08LeBron James announced his 2010 move to the Miami Heat in a television special with what title?
The Decision
The Decision aired live on ESPN, and LeBron's line about 'taking my talents to South Beach' became instantly notorious.
Q 09In what year was the movie 'Space Jam: A New Legacy', starring LeBron James, released?
2021
LeBron James starred in 'Space Jam: A New Legacy', which was released in 2021 as a standalone sequel to the original film.
Q 10In which year's championship series did LeBron James lead his team back from a 3–1 deficit?
2016
In the 2016 NBA Finals, LeBron James led his team to a historic comeback from a 3-1 deficit against the Golden State Warriors.
Q 11Which player went in the same 2003 NBA draft as LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh, all later Olympic gold medalists?
Carmelo Anthony
Carmelo Anthony, Chris Bosh, Dwyane Wade and LeBron James made four of the top five picks of 2003, all of them future All-Stars and 'Redeem Team' Olympic gold medalists.
Q 12LeBron James received which major individual award in his debut NBA season?
Rookie of the Year
LeBron James was the first Cavalier ever named NBA Rookie of the Year, after 2003–04, and only the third player in league history to average 20 points, five rebounds and five assists as a rookie.
Q 13LeBron James made his NBA debut against which team on October 29, 2003?
Sacramento Kings
Q 21Whose record did LeBron James break on 7 February 2023 to become the NBA's all-time leading scorer?
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
LeBron James passed Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's 38,387 points on February 7, 2023, against Oklahoma City; play stopped with 10.9 seconds left in the third quarter so Abdul-Jabbar could hand him the ball.
Q 22LeBron and Bronny James first played an NBA game together in October 2024 against which team?
Minnesota Timberwolves
LeBron and Bronny James shared the floor against the Minnesota Timberwolves on October 22, 2024, the Lakers' season opener, the first father and son to play together in an NBA game.
Q 23How many consecutive NBA Finals did LeBron James appear in between 2011 and 2018?
Eight
LeBron James debuted against the Sacramento Kings on October 29, 2003, at Arco Arena, a 106–92 Cavaliers loss.
Q 14In which city was LeBron James born?
Akron, Ohio
LeBron James was born in Akron, Ohio, on December 30, 1984, to Gloria Marie James, and was raised in the city.
Q 15How old was LeBron James's mother, Gloria, when he was born in December 1984?
16
Gloria Marie James was 16 when LeBron was born on December 30, 1984; she raised him alone, moving between Akron apartments.
Q 16What was the nickname of LeBron James's high school basketball team?
The Fighting Irish
St. Vincent–St. Mary's teams are the Fighting Irish; LeBron's freshman squad went 27–0 and won the 2000 Ohio Division III state title.
Q 17Which position did LeBron James play on his high school football team?
Wide receiver
LeBron James was a wide receiver for St. Vincent–St. Mary, earning first-team All-Ohio honors as a sophomore and drawing college recruiting interest.
Q 18For his 18th birthday, LeBron James got which vehicle from his mother, skirting Ohio amateur bylaws?
A Hummer H2
Gloria James gave LeBron a Hummer H2 for his 18th birthday in January 2003, financed by a loan against his future NBA earnings; the OHSAA investigated and cleared him.
Q 19Out of high school in 2003, LeBron James signed a roughly $90 million shoe deal with which company?
Nike
Nike won a three-way bidding war with Reebok and Adidas, signing LeBron James to a seven-year deal worth about $90 million in May 2003.
Q 20LeBron James's career-high 61 points came in March 2014 against which team?
Charlotte Bobcats
That was his final season in Miami; the Bobcats renamed themselves the Hornets that summer.
LeBron James reached eight straight NBA Finals, 2011–2014 with Miami and 2015–2018 with Cleveland, the longest run by anyone outside the 1960s Celtics.
Q 24LeBron James was the first player to win Finals MVP with how many different franchises?
Three
LeBron James is the only player with Finals MVP awards for three franchises: the Heat (2012, 2013), the Cavaliers (2016) and the Lakers (2020).
Q 25The Decision was broadcast live in July 2010 from a Boys and Girls Club in which Connecticut town?
Greenwich
The Decision aired from the Boys & Girls Club of Greenwich, Connecticut, on July 8, 2010, raising about $2.5 million for the Boys & Girls Clubs of America.
Q 26After The Decision, Dan Gilbert's Fathead cut LeBron wall graphics to $17.41, a nod to whose birth year?
Benedict Arnold
The $17.41 price pointed to 1741, the birth year of Benedict Arnold, the Revolutionary War general turned traitor; David Stern fined Gilbert $100,000 for his open letter.
Q 27Which future NBA star, then aged 13, was in the audience for The Decision?
Donovan Mitchell
Donovan Mitchell, a 13-year-old who went to school nearby, sat in the Greenwich Boys and Girls Club crowd for The Decision; he later became a Cavaliers All-Star himself.
Q 28In Game 7 of the 2016 Finals, LeBron James made a famous chase-down block on which Warriors player?
Andre Iguodala
With under two minutes left in Game 7, LeBron James sprinted back to block Andre Iguodala's layup at the rim, preserving an 89–89 tie in Cleveland's 93–89 win.
Q 29In the 2016 Finals, LeBron became the only player ever to lead a playoff series in how many statistical categories?
Five
In the 2016 Finals LeBron James led both teams in all five major categories: points, rebounds, assists, steals and blocks, a first for any playoff series.
Q 30How long was Cleveland's major-sports championship drought that the Cavaliers ended in 2016?
52 years
The city's last title had been the Browns' 1964 NFL championship.