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King James: Believe the Hype--The Lebron James Story

by Ryan Jones

LeBron James before the NBA spotlight fully arrived

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LeBron James before the NBA spotlight fully arrived

Published in 2005, King James concentrates on LeBron James’s rise from a heavily watched high-school player at St. Vincent–St. Mary to an early NBA phenomenon. Ryan Jones frames that ascent through the unusual scale of attention surrounding James while he was still a teenager: scouting interest, national media coverage, corporate interest, celebrity connections, and public debate all sit alongside his basketball potential. The book also addresses the controversies and markers of fame named in its description, including jerseys, a Humvee, and money. Its perspective is firmly rooted in the early 2000s, making it a portrait of the expectations and scrutiny attached to James at the beginning of his professional career.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • LeBron James fans interested in his early rise
  • Basketball readers interested in high-school-to-NBA transitions
  • Sports biography readers exploring athlete fame and media attention

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BasketballEarly celebrityAthlete developmentMedia scrutinyProfessional sports

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Book overview

King James offers a fascinating, inside look at the early years of the king of the basketball court, Lebron James.

LeBron is a six-foot-eight gift from the basketball heavens. In the early 2000's, at St. Vincent-St. Mary's, he was the undisputed finest high school player in America. The "Chosen One" NBA scouts drooled over, corporations dreamt of, event promoters begged for, and now NBA fans clamor after. With appearances on the cover of Sports Illustrated and features on ESPN and in newspapers across the country, never before had a high school basketball player been so highly touted or an eighteen-year-old athlete been the subject of such fascination.

In fact, no basketball player in the world experienced this level of attention. But believe the hype: there is no denying that LeBron James is a force on the basketball court, and his rags-to riches story is the stuff that dreams are made of.

Author Ryan Jones has written a book that incorporates everything during the early reign of King James: the controversy, the athletic potential, the jerseys and the Humvee, the hobnobbing with the world's most famous stars, the money, and, of course, the game.

This is a book for every fan of LeBron James and for anybody interested in reading about the NBA basketball legend in the making.

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