BOSTON – In the early spring of 2006, an unexpected, 8-year-old visitor showed up at a Cleveland Cavaliers’ practice, eager to meet and shoot a few baskets with a few of his NBA idols.
One of those idols was LeBron James, who, 12 years later, still remembers the brief, post-practice interaction he and his teammates had with the youngster. Though, he only recalls two vague details: “That he was eight and he shot around with us.”
Little did that 21-year-old version of James know at the time, that young boy would be shooting around with him once again in the spring of 2018.