First of all remember guys Im from Mexico and Im 22 years old, so I dont now a lot about it. So, Lebron got a Hummer whats the deal????? Its his carrer in Jeopardy, Its the guy that bought the truck on troubles???. What will happen if Lebron accepts that someone buys him the truck?????, because cmon the loan story its a joke. What does the law or NBA can do about it. Also if the Hummer (and of course it is) its a gift what difference could it makes??? as far as Im concerned the kid will be draft by the worst team (last team this season) so does its matters that the Lakers or Dallas gave him the truck, he still should go with the team with the first draft pick. What do Im missing.
Another Question. Now regardings LeBron James.
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Yes, the word is the guy got a Hummer H2 from his mother as a gift for his 18th birthday. She claims (his mother) that she went out to a local bank, and got a 10 year loan for a Hummer and basically used her son's future success as collateral. Yea, very strange huh? Anyway, thats the story, and its supposedly tricked out, but then again, how many vehicles like that arent? And supposedly the Ohio State Atheletic Commission is investigating it, and if found guilty of any rule violations, he will supposedly be kicked off the team, but then again, it really wont matter b/c he will supposedly go straight to the NBA anyway, so I dont really see what all the fuss is about anyway...........in regard to the Hummer that is..........
Jessy
Jessy
Jessy, The problem I see is that there is this student (ha) who happens to be good at basketball at a high price private school who is driving around a vehicle worth over 40K. The transactions may be legit but his mother does not have a job. I don't know what type of job she had before, but to put her son in the situation he is in now it must of been a good one. In this age of illegal booster gifts and illegal agent bonuses it looks like the child know as Lebron has taken part in some under the table deals. :nono:
Jessy
Jessy, The problem I see is that there is this student (ha) who happens to be good at basketball at a high price private school who is driving around a vehicle worth over 40K. The transactions may be legit but his mother does not have a job. I don't know what type of job she had before, but to put her son in the situation he is in now it must of been a good one. In this age of illegal booster gifts and illegal agent bonuses it looks like the child know as Lebron has taken part in some under the table deals. :nono:
no job and she is able to buy her son a 40K car? I wonder what the bank manager took as collateral? Maybe he got a hummer from her?
I think the deal went down like this...
" Mam, if you give me a hummer,. I'll give your son a hummer...""
I think the deal went down like this...
" Mam, if you give me a hummer,. I'll give your son a hummer...""
I dont see the big deal. It happens alot.
The kid should be fine to apply for a loan on his expected future income. Maybe he doesn't get a 0% APR or whatever.
get over it. people are too jealous of the money (not the people here. those that report the story)
The kid should be fine to apply for a loan on his expected future income. Maybe he doesn't get a 0% APR or whatever.
get over it. people are too jealous of the money (not the people here. those that report the story)
from the Cleveland Plain Dealer
James a humdinger of hoops enigma
01/15/03
The team that drafts LeBron James gets a probable Top 10 NBA player and a possible Top 10 headache. Everyone connected with the Cavaliers would take that package in a nanosecond, though. You always take talent like this.
LeBron James is simply the best high school basketball player probably ever. (I say that having seen Moses Malone as a high school senior in Pittsburgh's Dapper Dan Roundball Classic 30 years ago. Then, as was the case throughout his long pro career, Moses' best move was a rebound of his own missed shot.)
LeBron James is a stunning synthesis of Michael Jordan's rim-bending explosiveness and Magic Johnson's flair for passing. The ability to pass is what the scouts love, because that's the easiest way to make one's teammates better. If the pingpong balls bounce right, and LeBron becomes a Cavalier, more than one Cav at a time might actually play well.
Ever since LeBron made the cover of Sports Illustrated last year, people have wondered if the "too much, too soon" syndrome might not bring him down, as it has claimed many others. It certainly fosters an attitude of entitlement in those around him. So far, the St. Vincent-St. Mary senior has done a good job of separating his game from the inherent selfishness in basketball. But life off the court is harder.
There is, for example, that $50,000 Hummer he drives, the one with the three TVs, a video game hook-up and hot tub. (OK. The hot tub is a joke, but the rest isn't.) It was LeBron's 18th birthday present. Most unemployed single mothers, such as Gloria James, would not receive a bank loan for such a car.
But, while there are NCAA rules against college players securing loans based on projections of their professional income, most high school rules are still stuck in the horse-and-buggy era. At the Ohio High School Athletic Association, they don't have any idea how to cope with these problems, because they never anticipated them. LeBron got too good, too fast for the defenses they had in place. The lawyers will have to thrash out the case of the long, hot Hummer, but I bet nothing is done to jeopardize the eligibility of the OHSAA's top tournament drawing card.
So, is this kid really, as S.I. proclaimed, "The Chosen One"? It doesn't help that basketball came so easily to him. Jordan, as every scrub everywhere knows, was cut in the 10th grade. Not that LeBron has had an easy life. His father figure, Eddie Jackson, is serving three years in jail for real-estate fraud. But, as is obvious from the "King James" legend on his sneakers, mouthpiece and T-shirts, he has not had a lot of adversity in basketball. Jordan had an unquenchable drive to succeed after being cut, and it was a late growth spurt that turned him into a premier college prospect. LeBron could dunk in the eighth grade.
Jordan also played three years for Dean Smith at North Carolina, where he was guarded by older, stronger players who were his own size. His fundamentals were impeccable as an NBA rookie. Johnson was an All-Star as a 20-year-old rookie, but he played two seasons for the respected Jud Heathcote at Michigan State. LeBron won't spend one minute in college.
"Put me down for 50," LeBron said after sizing up one hapless tournament opponent in warm-ups last year. That was the only year he has been there that SVSM did not win state. Uneasy, as the man wrote, lies the head that wears a crown.
James a humdinger of hoops enigma
01/15/03
The team that drafts LeBron James gets a probable Top 10 NBA player and a possible Top 10 headache. Everyone connected with the Cavaliers would take that package in a nanosecond, though. You always take talent like this.
LeBron James is simply the best high school basketball player probably ever. (I say that having seen Moses Malone as a high school senior in Pittsburgh's Dapper Dan Roundball Classic 30 years ago. Then, as was the case throughout his long pro career, Moses' best move was a rebound of his own missed shot.)
LeBron James is a stunning synthesis of Michael Jordan's rim-bending explosiveness and Magic Johnson's flair for passing. The ability to pass is what the scouts love, because that's the easiest way to make one's teammates better. If the pingpong balls bounce right, and LeBron becomes a Cavalier, more than one Cav at a time might actually play well.
Ever since LeBron made the cover of Sports Illustrated last year, people have wondered if the "too much, too soon" syndrome might not bring him down, as it has claimed many others. It certainly fosters an attitude of entitlement in those around him. So far, the St. Vincent-St. Mary senior has done a good job of separating his game from the inherent selfishness in basketball. But life off the court is harder.
There is, for example, that $50,000 Hummer he drives, the one with the three TVs, a video game hook-up and hot tub. (OK. The hot tub is a joke, but the rest isn't.) It was LeBron's 18th birthday present. Most unemployed single mothers, such as Gloria James, would not receive a bank loan for such a car.
But, while there are NCAA rules against college players securing loans based on projections of their professional income, most high school rules are still stuck in the horse-and-buggy era. At the Ohio High School Athletic Association, they don't have any idea how to cope with these problems, because they never anticipated them. LeBron got too good, too fast for the defenses they had in place. The lawyers will have to thrash out the case of the long, hot Hummer, but I bet nothing is done to jeopardize the eligibility of the OHSAA's top tournament drawing card.
So, is this kid really, as S.I. proclaimed, "The Chosen One"? It doesn't help that basketball came so easily to him. Jordan, as every scrub everywhere knows, was cut in the 10th grade. Not that LeBron has had an easy life. His father figure, Eddie Jackson, is serving three years in jail for real-estate fraud. But, as is obvious from the "King James" legend on his sneakers, mouthpiece and T-shirts, he has not had a lot of adversity in basketball. Jordan had an unquenchable drive to succeed after being cut, and it was a late growth spurt that turned him into a premier college prospect. LeBron could dunk in the eighth grade.
Jordan also played three years for Dean Smith at North Carolina, where he was guarded by older, stronger players who were his own size. His fundamentals were impeccable as an NBA rookie. Johnson was an All-Star as a 20-year-old rookie, but he played two seasons for the respected Jud Heathcote at Michigan State. LeBron won't spend one minute in college.
"Put me down for 50," LeBron said after sizing up one hapless tournament opponent in warm-ups last year. That was the only year he has been there that SVSM did not win state. Uneasy, as the man wrote, lies the head that wears a crown.
Ya he will be a top 10 nba player I agree
don't know much about him off the court but he looks like a great player on film
I saw the hummer on the news it looked like he gets 2 front parking places
if the mother got a loan for the hummer I see no problem with that:shrug: she knows lebron will be able 2 pay it back 1st pay cheque
don't know much about him off the court but he looks like a great player on film
I saw the hummer on the news it looked like he gets 2 front parking places
if the mother got a loan for the hummer I see no problem with that:shrug: she knows lebron will be able 2 pay it back 1st pay cheque
Jessy
Jessy
It happens ALL the time.
This particular one, everyone is talking about.
It's a COMMON practice with future super stars........Doc.
Jessy
It happens ALL the time.
This particular one, everyone is talking about.
It's a COMMON practice with future super stars........Doc.
Bad judgement on both the mother's and Lebron's part. It looks bad; why didn't she tell him to wait? He'll have the money next year, assuming no major injury, and we can buy whatever he wants. But noooo, he had to be ghettofabulous.
I also hear that they charge $15-20 per person to see the games live and of course there's the pay per view. Right now his image isn't very good.
I also hear that they charge $15-20 per person to see the games live and of course there's the pay per view. Right now his image isn't very good.
