LeBron's First Stint In Cleveland Was UNREAL

LeBron's first stint in Cleveland often gets overlooked in the grand scheme of his career. But during that time he truly was a human highlight reel and an athletic marvel. Here's the story of the best young player the NBA has ever seen.

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[GameinHistory]

LeBron's first stint in Cleveland proves one thing: the Cavs wasted a generational talent with one of the worst supporting casts in NBA history. No wonder he left can you blame him?

[jamirimaj]

"It was unanimous.... 1-0" Damn Stern was different lol

[liooliva]

Bron took that horrible Cleveland team to the finals in year 4 at age 22 after torching the pistons in the conference finals with one game where he scored 25 straight in the 4th quarter to win. Same Pistons team who had won the chip a few years prior. Same chip that stopped the lakers from 4peating, with a roster that included Shaq, Kobe, Payton, Malone.

Teams wanted to draft him as a Junior in HS but the commissioner essentially said “ am I joke to allow a Fucking kid into my league “ and put a pin on that. Lebron instead averaged 31.6ppg his Senior year then got drafted #1 overall instead of going to college. Then averaged 21 his rookie year on grown men who did not want to see him succeed. Then averaged 27 his 2nd year followed by 31 his THIRD year goddamn. Followed by the finals that next year. That is the best young dude of all time. If that happened today people would think we were watching an alien

[YTForFunShorts]

They wasted 10 years Prime of that man.

[CommonSenseless]

I’m old enough to remember LeBron’s pre-draft hype, and yeah, it was absolutely insane. The fact that he exceeded his expectations is honestly his biggest flex.

[YUNNGP]

David Stern was a gangsta …”it was unanimous..one nothing” 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 basically I ain’t having that

[THEjustincredible]

0:42 yo David Stern was a mob boss idc 😂😂😂😂

[LamelKendrick]

pre Miami LeBron was by far my favorite

[DealGroups]

It amazes me just how much the NBA Media has continuously talked down upon LeBron’s career. I’ll never understand it

[patrickmilner]

Still crazy that us fans never got a Kobe vs LeBron Finals series

[SPIIIVA]

Thank you for documenting my childhood as a Cavs fan. The Orlando ECF loss was the first time i ever cried my eyes out due to sports 😂 i was like 12-13 lol

[FreeMylez]

The amount of people hating on this man in the comments is ridiculous. One dude said he's butt cause he hasn't won an mvp since he turned 30 like people didn't get voters fatigue after the 4th😂

[tyhfzbk]

cavs fan burning jersey and saying he was a traitor after everything they done for him the was so stupid
this is the same organization that gave lebron nothing after him taking a garbage team to nba final in age 22

[MCGZay]

Lebron has a hof career in every team hes played in...crazy if you think about it

[Magicgiddey]

1:58 three 3 point makes a game is crazy

[cesarcabanas]

This man's documentary is going to be legendary

[noyce.]

Nonstop really the gift that keeps giving.

All these "longevity" narratives really got casual fans forgetting young LeBron was a DEMON. Youngest to everything and then suddenly it's because he played more games.

[marcusg]

That Orlando magic team was doing Splash brothers stuff before Golden State. That season they set the record for most 3's in a game, 23 made 3's. Full of shooters. They were on fire 🔥 vs the cavs in that playoff. Was wild.

[Jayjayxxx]

38 8 and 8 is just insane especially on the magic that year bruh

[RioMangs]

The scrutiny he received for passing the ball in the Detroit game is all you need to know ab how off base the criticism of him has been. People were really bashing the dude for passing to a WIDE OPEN teammate when he was getting double teamed with another defender ready to come help right behind him. That is 100 times out of 100 the correct play and if he had taken the shot and missed nobody would let him hear the end of how he’s “not a team player.” When you’re great, people less great will hold your greatness against you.