LeBron James - The Story of a Basketball SuperStar

Haven’t we all dreamed of being a highly valued person that is globaly recognised for its talents? How many of us are inspired by others’ will-power, self motivation and patience in achieveing their goals?
I know I do. And I choose to provide and insight of one of the most well-known basketball players in the world because of his combination of talent, hard-work and determination that led him to succes.
 
Without question, LeBron James, the `protagonist of our story` , so to speak, is the most scrutinized player in NBA history.

He first arrived on the national scene as a teenage star, leading St. Vincent-St. Mary High School to multiple state titles, being named Ohio Mr. Basketball three times, and even gracing the covers of Sports Illustrated and SLAM Magazine before even entering the NBA.

Criticism has followed James throughout his career, the media said that he is not able to raise his basketball level when faced with critical moments in a game for his disappointing playoff performances in 2009 and 2010, tore him apart for leaving his hometown NBA team Cavaliers ,where he started his NBA career in 2003 for the Miami Heat in 2010 when he became a free agent, mocked him for his subpar 2011 NBA Finals performance, and said that he still didn't have enough after finally claiming the elusive NBA title in 2012.

But after he won the 2013 title, his second NBA title in a row, he proved that he deserves to be compared with the likes of Michael Jordan , Magic Johnson and Kareem Abdul-Jabar and he has a lot to show us yet until he decides to retire.

LeBron James was born on December 30, 1984, in Akron, Ohio.  His mother, Gloria James, was only 16 at the time. His biological father, Anthony McClelland, was an ex-convict uninterested in being a parent. Gloria raised LeBron on her own, and to this day he goes by her last name.
Life was often a struggle for LeBron and his mother. Gloria battled personal problems during much of his childhood. Bouncing between retail and accounting jobs, Gloria was never able to land steady work, and she and LeBron moved from apartment to apartment, sometimes living at their friends’ homes. The pair got to know all the seedier neighborhoods of Akron, a city of more than 200,000 inhabitants located less than a hour south of Cleveland.