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Tnws keeb kwm ntawm LeBron James yeej tsis tau nug, tsis tau Los Angeles Lakers superstar tau tswj kom rub tawm lwm qhov kev ua tiav uas tsis muaj qhov sib piv.
Hnub Tuesday, James tau qhab nia 38 cov ntsiab lus hauv 133-130 swb tawm tsam Oklahoma City Thunder kom dhau Kareem Abdul-Jabbar raws li NBA tus qhab nia txhua lub sijhawm. Cov ntaub ntawv ntawm 37,387 cov ntsiab lus tau sawv ze li 40 xyoo, thiab tam sim no tsuas muaj xya lwm tus neeg ua si hauv 10,000 cov ntsiab lus. Rau James, nws yog ib qho exclamation point ntawm ib tug resume uas muaj xws li 19 All-Star tshwm sim, 18 All-NBA xaiv, plaub pab koomtes MVP khoom plig thiab plaub NBA championships.
“Kev muaj peev xwm ua tau nyob rau hauv lub xub ntiag ntawm cov lus dab neeg thiab zoo li Kareem txhais tau ntau heev rau kuv; Nws yog ib qho kev txo hwj chim heev, "hais tias ib tug kua muag-eyed James thaum lub sij hawm nres peb lub hlis twg los ua kev nco txog qhov tseem ceeb. "Kuv yuav tsis tau nyob hauv ib lab xyoo ua npau suav no txawm zoo dua li hmo no, yog li ntawd, fuck txiv neej, ua tsaug rau koj."
Raws li tus tseem ceeb raws li James tau nyob hauv lub tsev hais plaub, nws tau ua kom sib npaug ntawm nws. Txawm tias muaj hnub nyoog 38 xyoo, nws tau nyob qib 1 ntawm Forbes' cov npe ntawm cov nyiaj tau los siab tshaj NBA players Thaum Lub Kaum Hli, nrog rau tag nrho cov nyiaj tau los ntawm $ 124.5 lab ua ntej cov nqi se thiab cov neeg sawv cev 'rau lub caij 2022-23. James tau ua tau zoo ua tus neeg ntaus suab paj nruag, khwv tau $ 80 lab tawm ntawm lub tsev hais plaub ua tsaug rau cov txiaj ntsig zoo nrog Nike, AT&T thiab Beats By Dre, thiab lwm yam. Nyob rau hauv tag nrho, nws cov hauj lwm pretax khwv tau yuav tsum mus kom ze $ 1.3 nphom hauv 2023.
Nws qhov chaw qab zib tiag tiag, txawm li cas los xij, tau ua tus ua lag luam, uas tsis tshwm sim hauv Forbes' khwv tau kwv yees. Ntau lub npe James 'kev pom zoo, suav nrog lub tuam txhab ua haujlwm qoj Tonal, tau suav nrog kev ncaj ncees raws li kev them nyiaj. Nyob rau hauv 2015, nws txawm taug kev deb ntawm kev sib tham nrog McDonald's teem kom them ib daim ntawv tshaj tawm $ 15 lab nyob rau plaub xyoos los koom nrog Blaze Pizza saw raws li tus neeg ua lag luam. James cofounded lub tuam txhab khoom noj khoom haus ua kis las Ladder thiab tseem tsis ntev los no tau nqis peev hauv Major League Pickleball franchise, German chaw tsim khoom Canyon Tsheb kauj vab thiab cov pa roj carbon-nruab nrab mis hom Neutral Foods. Xyoo 2020, nws tau koom nrog kev lom zem kev tsim kho thiab tsim khoom ib pab tub rog hu ua SpringHill Co. Tus nqi kwv yees li $ 725 lab. hauv 2021 deal, nws tau pab tsim Qhov Chaw Jam: Ib Txoj Cai Tshiab thiab HBO documentary What's My Name: Muhammad Ali. James tseem yog tus tswv lag luam loj tshaj plaws.
Qhov ntawd tig mus rau James lwm qhov kev qhuas-dhau los ua thawj tus neeg ncaws pob ncaws pob billionaire. Forbes kwv yees nws muaj nqis rau sab qaum teb ntawm $ 1 nphom, ua tsaug rau cov ceg txheem ntseeg hauv SpringHill, Boston Red Sox thiab Liverpool FC tus tswv Fenway Sports Group, Blaze Pizza, vaj tsev thiab nws cov nyiaj tau los. Tiger Woods thiab Michael Jordan tsuas yog lwm tus neeg ncaws pob kom ncav cuag tus neeg nplua nuj, nrog rau qhov kawg ua li ntawd ntau tshaj kaum xyoo tom qab nws so haujlwm ntawm NBA. Yim xyoo ua ntej nws dhau los ua ib tus neeg nplua nuj, James tau xav txog qhov muaj peev xwm hauv 2014 GQ kev xam phaj. “Yog nws tshwm sim. Nws yog kuv qhov tseem ceeb tshaj plaws, .. yog tias kuv tshwm sim los ua ib tus neeg ncaws pob billions, ho. Hip hip hlo! Au kuv tus Vajtswv, kuv yuav zoo siab heev,” James hais thaum lub sijhawm.
Nws tseem tsis tau ua tiav, tsis hais, ntawm lossis tawm ntawm lub tsev hais plaub. James tau qhib siab tham txog nws txoj kev xav kom muaj ib pab pawg NBA, uas yuav ua raws li nws tus GOAT tus khub Jordan, uas tau yuav Charlotte Hornets (yav dhau los hu ua Bobcats) hauv 2010. Tom qab kev nthuav qhia ua ntej hauv Las Vegas lub Kaum Hli dhau los, James qhia nws qhov kev txaus siab nyob rau hauv kev coj lub dag zog los coj ib tug expansion team muaj.
Txog tam sim no, James tab tom twv nws lub sijhawm kom txog thaum nws tus menyuam yug thawj zaug, Bronny, los txog hnub nyoog rau NBA. James tau rov hais dua nws yuav kaw nws txoj hauj lwm los ntawm kev sib koom lub tsev hais plaub nrog nws tus tub. Bronny tau tsim nyog rau NBA Draft hauv 2024. James tau kos npe rau ob xyoos, $ 97.1 lab daim ntawv cog lus txuas ntxiv nrog Lakers thaum Lub Yim Hli, uas suav nrog kev xaiv neeg ua si rau 2024-25.
"Kuv paub tias kuv tuaj yeem ua si tau ob peb xyoos ntxiv," James hais tom qab hnub Tuesday qhov kev ua si.
Tau qhov twg los: https://www.forbes.com/sites/justinbirnbaum/2023/02/08/how-lebron-james-became-the-nbas-top-scorer-highest-paid-player-and-first-billionaire/