LeBron James has set the record straight on the pickup game he played alongside Michael Jordan and other major players as a teenager.
NBA superstar LeBron James has broken his silence on the legendary pickup game he played with Chicago Bulls great Michael Jordan, and other basketballing household names, when he was still a 16-year-old high schooler.
What did LeBron James say about Michael Jordan pickup game?
Speaking this week on New Heights, a podcast hosted by NFL star Travis Kelce and his brother, the retired football player Jason, James recalled that he was “nervous as hell” when he stepped onto the court amid such illustrious company.
However, the Los Angeles Lakers player added that he overcame his apprehension to produce a “crazy” performance.
“I was on the court with Michael Jordan, Antoine Walker, Penny Hardaway, Ron Artest, Michael Finley… all these guys,” James said. Asked by Travis Kelce who guarded him, he declared: “Nobody: I was unguardable.”
The 40-year-old continued: “When I finally got out there, I was like: ‘I’m bustin’ ass, man.’ I was nervous as hell, being out there with ‘MJ’ and the rest of those guys. But I was like, ‘I’m about to go crazy,’ and I did, I did.”
Jordan, who led the Bulls to six NBA championships in the 1990s, was known to organize pickup games during the offseason. As TalkSport’s Joshua Rogers notes, these practice matchups tended to include not only NBA players, but also up-and-coming prospects yet to make the step up to the professional game.
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