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USA Today
09-07-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
Davante Adams has incredibly bold take about how good LeBron James could've been in NFL
Adams had some seriously high praise for LeBron as an all-around athlete LeBron James certainly chose the right career path when he pursued basketball over football in high school, but there will always be the question of 'what if?' What if he committed to football instead of basketball? Could he have played in the NFL? After all, he was a two-time All-Ohio wide receiver, scoring 27 touchdowns in his career at St. Vincent-St. Mary High School. It's been debated several times and Davante Adams has no doubt James would've excelled as a football player. Not only that, but he thinks he would've gone on to become one of the best wide receivers or tight ends in NFL history. 'He would've been one of the best receivers, tight ends of all time. No question," Adams said on the "Dan Patrick Show" Wednesday. "I don't know if you've ever seen him play football – yeah, he can fly, too. That's the thing. He's one of the fastest NBA players probably of all time. I've never seen somebody cover space on the basketball court, maybe John Wall or Derrick Rose. Somebody like that, but he's up there with all of them.' James is listed at 6-foot-9 and 250 pounds, so he would be a different specimen catching passes on the outside, or even playing tight end. Rob Gronkowski, for instance, was 6-foot-6 and 265 pounds during his playing days and he's considered a massive tight end. It'd be hard for a 5-foot-11 cornerback to cover someone with James' height, strength and leaping ability, which is what made him such a special football player in high school. There's no question he could've played high-level college football and probably would've had success in the NFL if he chose that path, but he picked the right career, to say the least. It's still fun to think about what could've been if he laced up his cleats on the gridiron instead of basketball shoes on the hardwood.
USA Today
11-06-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
Lakers great believes he could've been an NFL tight end
Lakers great believes he could've been an NFL tight end Many people know about LeBron James' stint as a football player in high school. He played wide receiver for St. Vincent-St. Mary High School, and he was even recruited by some prominent schools, including the University of Notre Dame. Ultimately, a wrist injury sidelined James during his senior year of high school, and he decided to place all of his focus on basketball. But some may not know that Shaquille O'Neal, another Los Angeles Lakers superstar, was once a football player. He claims he was a very good gridiron player, but that he quit because he realized he could make a lot more money playing basketball. Via Washington Post: "I was a tight end in high school," he said prior to Super Bowl XLI in 2007. "No line play for me. No, no, no. Tight end. I would have been a tight end if I'd kept playing, too, because of my exceptional hands and foot speed. But my junior year -- of course, I was all-world -- some little scrawny dude hit me in the knee after I had scored. And that was it. Done. I thought, $2 million a year to play football or $80 to $100 million to play basketball? This is what we call a no-brainer." He recently appeared on the "New Heights" podcast, which is hosted by star Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce and his brother, former Philadelphia Eagles center Jason Kelce. On the show, O'Neal elaborated on why he quit football while implying he still would've made it as a tight end in the NFL. 'A lot of people don't know this that when I was coming up, football was my sport. I was football all the way and I was really good. I used to tell people [Ed] 'Too Tall' Jones was my father. I played nose guard on defense and I played tight end on offense and I used to bring the pain. All the kids in school they used to talk trash and this was in the days when you could rough people up and try to hurt them, and I was that guy. And then one day my junior year I scored, and a little freaking dude hit me on the side of my knee and I was out for about eight weeks. So football was my thing, and then my father came in the house one day and smacked me in the back of the head with a paper and was like, 'you need to [expletive] stop playing football and focus on basketball.' And when I opened up the paper, Jon Koncak had just signed $15 [million] for three [years]. So I'm like, first of all who is Jon Koncak? And my dad was like 'I got some tickets we're gonna go watch him.' I was living in San Antonio at the time so the Hawks were playing the Spurs and no disrespect to Jon Koncak, he was in the NBA, he was a pro, he was a good player, he made a lot of money, but I was doing the things in high school like he was doing in the pros. And I was like [expletive], if this dude is making 15 for three, my dream was to make $8 million for 10 years, that was my whole dream coming out. I wanted to make $8 million for 10 years and I had a little setup. I wanted a Mercedes Benz, I wanted a Jimmy Bronco like that was my whole thing. So I started playing basketball, but I used my football pain experience when I was playing basketball. Like when I turned with the elbows up, I'm trying to knock your teeth out of your mouth. People always go back to the Hack-a-Shaq and they're like 'he got fouled a lot,' I never felt it. That's because of my football prowess and my football experience. I think if I would've stuck with football I probably would've definitely made tight end. I hate when people look at me and say 'Oh, you'd be a good offensive lineman.' I'm not a lineman, I'm a showman.' Tight ends over the years have evolved and become bigger and more athletic. However, O'Neal as an NFL tight end would've represented a drastic step forward in that evolutionary process. At 7-foot-1 and anywhere from 300 to 400 pounds, he could've perhaps been Rob Gronkowski on steroids if he had applied himself. He would've been able to easily hold off pass rushers, and his speed and athleticism would've made him prolific as a pass-catcher. However, given O'Neal's amazing success in the NBA, which includes four championships, three finals MVP awards and two scoring titles, it's safe to say he chose the correct sport.
Fox News
18-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Fox News
Kamala Harris paid LeBron James' entertainment company $50,000 for 'campaign event production,' records show
LeBron James' endorsement of Kamala Harris last year came with an added bonus for him. Records show that on Jan. 28 the former vice president paid James' entertainment company $50,000 for "campaign event production." James and his longtime business partner, Maverick Carter, founded the company, Springhill Entertainment, in 2020. Carter and James have been linked since high school. The two played basketball at St. Vincent-St. Mary High School in Akron, Ohio, and are also minority owners of the Boston Red Sox and the English soccer club Liverpool. Records show the campaign had seven such "campaign event production" payments, each to a different recipient, including one to actress Jennifer Garner for $35,000. The largest payment went to Production Management One, Inc. for $258,993. The NBA's all-time leading scorer has long been critical of President Donald Trump, and James urged his followers to "vote Kamala Harris" the week before the election. "What are we even talking about here?? When I think about my kids and my family and how they will grow up, the choice is clear to me. VOTE KAMALA HARRIS!!!" James posted on X. When former President Joe Biden decided on Harris as his running mate in 2020, James voiced support. "Congrats and well deserved Sen. Kamala Harris!! Love to see and support it! Appreciate you JB," he wrote at the time. The four-time MVP endorsed Hillary Clinton for president during the 2016 election and campaigned for her in Ohio while he was still with the Cleveland Cavaliers. James previously called Trump a "bum" when Trump rescinded a White House invite to Stephen Curry. "Going to White House was a great honor until you showed up!" he said at the time. Trump also once said it "wasn't easy" to make James "look smart." When Trump said he was losing interest in the NBA after players knelt during the national anthem, James said, "I really don't think the basketball community are sad about losing his viewership." Follow Fox News Digital's sports coverage on X, and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter.
Yahoo
07-02-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Drake Switches Up ‘Nonstop' Lyrics to Take a Jab at LeBron James
The deterioration of Drake and LeBron James' friendship appears to be part of the fallout from the Drizzy and Kendrick Lamar feud. Drake hit the stage for night two in Perth of his Anita Max Wynn Tour on Wednesday (Feb. 5), and in fan-captured video, flipped around some lyrics to 'Nonstop' during the show to slight King James. More from Billboard Drake & Kendrick Lamar's Rocky Relationship Explained Kelly Clarkson Announces 2025 Las Vegas Residency: See the Dates Benson Boone Is Still Rocking That 'Extremely Restricting' Blue Jumpsuit: 'It Hurts' 'How I go from 6 to 23 but not LeBron, man,' he raps on the tweaked version. The original featured on 2018's Scorpion had Drake rhyme, 'How I go from 6 to 23 like I'm LeBron?' Even James' former teammate and current ESPN broadcaster Richard Jefferson had some fun with Drake's tweak on X, sharing a gif in response. Drizzy previously called out those who switched sides on him during the Kendrick Lamar battle at the top of 2025 on his 'Fighting Irish' freestyle, which was uploaded to Conductor Williams' YouTube page and quickly taken down. 'The world fell in love with the gimmicks, even my brothers got tickets, seemed like they loved every minute/ Just know the s–t is personal to us and wasn't just business/ Analyzing behavioral patterns is somewhat suspicious,' he raps on the track. James was among those in attendance at Kendrick Lamar's Pop Out concert on Juneteenth in L.A. last year, rapping along to Drake diss tracks such as 'Euphoria' and 'Not Like Us.' The Fighting Irish also happen to be the mascot for James' St. Vincent-St. Mary High School, which he attended in Ohio during the early 2000s. LeBron has yet to address any of the speculation surrounding his relationship with Drake and whether that's changed in the recent months since the Kendrick Lamar feud. Best of Billboard Chart Rewind: In 1989, New Kids on the Block Were 'Hangin' Tough' at No. 1 Janet Jackson's Biggest Billboard Hot 100 Hits H.E.R. & Chris Brown 'Come Through' to No. 1 on Adult R&B Airplay Chart
