001to the black history live no wait welcome to the black history live my name is Hilda avara my name is aana Randon my name is Ellen Mendes my name is Kelly aralo and today we will be presenting to you some amazing information on LeBron James LeBron James was born on December 30th 1984 in akan Ohio LeBron James played in high school and he was a good basketball player he decided to play in the NBA right after he skipped college to play in the Cleveland C Cavaliers he LeBron James had his first kid when he was 19 years old on October 6 2004 he then had his second kid on June 14th 20 2007 he he had his last kid on June 14th 2014 LeBron James is a professional uh basketball player known for being good
002at playing basketball his network is around 1.18 billion US doll he has been married since 2013 with his wife Savannah in 20122 he he he began the he became the first active NBA player to reach billionaire status his his height is 6 feet and N in he is now 40 years old not only does he do basketball he also does television producer screenwriter and voice actor LeBron James has won 1,451 awards he was drafted first overall by the Cleveland Cav cavers in 2003 and has since played for the Miami Heat Cleveland Cavaliers and Los Angeles Lakers winning four NBA championships LeBron James was named the 2004 NBA Rookie of the Year finishing with averages of 2.4 2.4 points 5.9 assists and 5.5 rebounds per game James is a american professional basketball player James has won
003NBA championships championships in the Miami Heat in 2012 2013 he plays for the Los Angeles Lakers he was also in the Space Jam movie at 19 LeBron became the youngest member of the USA basketball squad sent to the Olympics in 2004 now we will have our seven graders my name is estan Conta my name is Rebecca Martinez my name is Rene and we will be sharing you we will be presenting to you some amazing information on Kobe Bryan Kobe Bean Bryan was born August 23 1978 in Philadelphia Pennsylvania in 1984 after ending his NBA career the Elder Bryan took the family to Italy when the family rent returned to Philadelphia in 1991 Brian joined the lowor Maran high school basketball team leading to the state championship for four years in a row Brian decided to
004go straight to the NBA from high school he was selected by the Charlotte Hornets with the 13th overall pick of the 1996 NBA draft and was subsequently traded to Los Angeles Lakers Kobe became the youngest Allstar in NBA history at 19 Brian played on both the 2008 and 2012 US Olympic team teams winning consecutive gold medals with his teammates Kevin Durant LeBron James and Carmelo Anthony after suffering a torn aules tendon in 2013 Brian worked hard to return to the court after before fracturing his knee just six games into a 2013 20104 season he scored 81 points against the Toronto Raptors in January 2006 the second highest single game Mark in NBA history in November 2015 Kobe Bryant announced he would retire at the end of the 2015 to 2016 NBA season he announced his
005upcoming retirement with a poem titled dear basketball which later was made into a short film and won an Academy Award for best short film Kobe partnered with the nonprofit after school Allstar as part of the Kobe and Vanessa Bryan Family Foundation on January 26 2020 briyan and his 13-year-old daughter Jana died in the Los Angeles suburb of cabasas due to a helicopter crash on February 24th they were honored in a memorial service at the Staple Center thank you for tuning in to Black History live tune and tomorrow for more amazing knowledge on African-Americans who have made a difference