Nearly two decades ago, LeBron James was drafted by his hometown Cleveland Cavaliers. The promising star would go on to become one of the greatest basketball players of all time.
Back in 2002, James tried to declare for the NBA draft before graduating high school. At that time, the Houston Rockets held the first pick in the annual event. Though his petitioning was unsuccessful, it would be interesting to see how King James’ career would’ve changed in this path.
To propose a plausible answer, the tool Basketball GM was used to replicate this scenario.