There's a lot of talk about who is the greatest basketball player to ever step foot on a court. Born December 30, 1984, LeBron James is often in the middle of these conversations. Like most successful people today, LeBron had a hard time moving from apartment to apartment. His father Anthony McClelland, an ex-convict, did not take over fatherhood duties, leaving his mother Gloria James to raise him alone. When LeBron was just a sobbing baby, she bought him a miniature goal, not knowing she was creating one of the best ball players of all time. LeBron didn't make many friends when he started school because he was ashamed of his home life. It was difficult for him to do his homework, so he turned to sports; he preferred basketball and football. On the court, he especially enjoyed getting into the paint and passing the ball to his teammates. He also enjoyed starting show jumping, something he started in fourth grade and which became his signature move in the NBA. LeBron's hero was Michael Jordan, and he was trying to make his game look like him. Perhaps that's why he became one of the best by making fun of an outstanding player of the time. On the field, he played wide receiver and scored nineteen touchdowns in his first year of Pee Wee football. He would soon move in with his coach, Frankie Walker, after learning that LeBron was about to drop out of college. After moving in, he won his elementary school's attendance prize. The Walkers also made him do chores with the other children; this little regulation made him a responsible child. “Walker also had a positive impact on LeBron’s basketball. Among other things, he taught the youngster to shoot with his left hand.” It's safe to say that Walker was a great contribution to The...... middle of paper ......n made history by scoring 20,000 points as the youngest player. We're not counting rings anymore, because whatever number LeBron ends up with — and it will be more than two — it will be enough (four, six, eight, whatever) to make the conversation irrelevant. We never counted MVP awards because for a long time it was obvious that LeBron was going to win more MVPs than anyone who had ever played. Jordan and Bill Russell had five. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar had six. LeBron has four and he's 28 years old. He could finish his career with eight or ten of these things, so we can't use the MVP argument. That would mean LeBron is the greatest of all time, and that won't be enough. (Doyel Internet) Whether some people like it or not, LeBron is one of the best to do it. He continues to score major points, lead his team and dominate the game of basketball to this day...