Long read about LeBron but a great one.
https://theathletic.com/1593937/2020/02 ... ed-articleQuote:
David Griffin, New Orleans Pelicans president, former Cavs GM: My favorite recollection of him is we’re playing Toronto in the playoffs, and it’s late in the game at Toronto, and they call an after-timeout play. And Patrick Patterson walks out onto the court and he’s standing about four feet from where he’s supposed to stand. And LeBron walks out onto the court and says, “Patrick, you’re supposed to be on the elbow, you’re going to pin down on the weak side.” And he told him his own play, and how to run it. So, capturing the basketball savant that he was and is, that’s always been my favorite.
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Romeo Travis, professional basketball player overseas, lifelong friend: I was walking through the mall (around the holidays last year). A guy kept calling my name. I’m with my kids, I don’t want to stop. A guy just kept calling my name. I stopped and he’s like, “You’re Romeo, you’re LeBron’s friend?”’ And I was like, “Yeah.” He’s like, “Can you do me a favor?” I’m like, “What’s up, man?” He said, “LeBron put me through rehab. I just want you to tell him thank you. He really saved my life.” Those are the type of the stories that he doesn’t publicize. He don’t even, I didn’t even know. This is something I found out just walking through the mall, that he does things like that. People never find out about it. He does favors and stuff for people that he don’t talk about. They know the big stuff. They know the iPromise school and the philanthropy and things of that nature, but they don’t know the small stuff. Those small things are impactful as well. I was just like, wow. I sent a message to LeBron and was like, “I ran into a guy and he said you put him through rehab.” He said, “Yeah I do that from time to time just to help addicts.”