LeBron James Finally Names His Favorite Player Growing Up and It’s Not Michael Jordan, Kobe Bryant or Any NBA Legend

The NBA Media Day was in full swing recently across team facilities throughout the league. The superstars of the NBA got to address their fans, set expectations for the coming season, and talk about other related stuff. The Los Angeles Lakers Media Day also followed a similar setup. And LeBron James was an active participant. In an NBA TV Q&A reel, the King can be seen naming his favorite player growing up, and it isn’t who fans think it may be.

The Los Angeles Lakers are set to begin the season at Chase Center against the defending champions, the Golden State Warriors on October 18.

The King will be playing in his 20th season. The 38-year-old forward seems to have defeated father time and is still going strong as ever. Last season, he averaged over 30.3 points, 8.2 rebounds, and 6.2 assists.

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LeBron James is arguably performing at the highest level and is still breaking NBA records. Somewhere in the mid-season, James is set to break the all-time scoring record, which is currently held by former Lakers legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. No one has come close to breaking the record for the past 33 years, but the King is set to make history this season once again.

LeBron James’ favorite player growing up was not an NBA player

In an NBA TV Q&A reel posted on social media, the King answered some tough questions in a rapid-fire setting.

James’ answers did turn some heads around. The most notable ones included the answers to his favorite food and his favorite player growing up. 

LeBron James is known for his famous catchphrase, ‘Taco Tuesday’. But when he mentioned that his favorite food is Italian, fans in the comments section went wild with it. Another shocker for the fans was that his favorite player growing up wasn’t even from the NBA, it was actually baseball star Ken Griffey Jr. 

LeBron and the Lakers’ future

But despite LeBron James’ individual success, the Lakers have fallen short of expectations. The 17-time champions failed to make a title run in the past two seasons. One of their superstars Anthony Davis has been injured throughout the majority of the games. The All-Star power forward missed 88 games over the last two seasons.

Their latest superstar signing, Russell Westbrook, also failed to make the impact that was expected of him for the team. Brodie struggled throughout his debut season, averaging 18.5 points, 7.4 rebounds, and 7.1 assists in 78 games last season.

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With LeBron James entering his 20th season, the team has perhaps just a couple of seasons to win another title before James revisits his contract in 2025.

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