I grew up without a father.
Lebron james's mother, Gloria James, never talked about the man who got her pregnant. /kloc-when she was 0/6 years old, she was pregnant with a child, but she didn't know what kind of storm she would encounter in the future.
Fortunately, Gloria's mother Frieda is a realist. Back in the past, if a young child like her was pregnant, in order to give the child a birthright, parents would always force the boy and girl who did the next thing to get married quickly, even though it was often a difficult life. But Freda didn't do it. She knows it's not easy for a woman to take care of her children alone, and it's even harder if two young people with no foundation are crowded together.
In the end, she didn't get even with the "perpetrators" angrily, nor did she let the children in her daughter's stomach flow away. Instead, Gloria gave birth to a baby and named it lebron james after her mother. History is really interesting. Without the enlightenment of Freda at that time, today's NBA would have lost the most sensational championship in history.
After LeBron was born, Frieda took her daughter and grandson together. Gloria is the second of three children and the only daughter of Frieda. She also has an older brother Terry and a younger brother Kurt. Their family lives in an old house on Akon Hickory Street. This street is full of poor people, who may live in the same situation. Life here is very harmonious. In case of big events and small feelings, neighbors help each other.
Frieda is a man who knows how to live. Although the house she lives in is very shabby, she keeps it clean, the walls are well painted, and colorful flowers are planted along the corridor at home. Those days were poor and peaceful. Even today, when Gloria mentioned their days in Hickory Street, she would proudly say, "That's our home."
If Gloria doesn't tell you, maybe you'll never know. Even the shabby house is not hers, but Frida rented it. Besides, they often can't afford the rent. If they can put it off for a day, they often make the landlord angry and nag endlessly, and the family will greet them with smiles.
Childhood is full of displacement.
A man broke into James's house. He is 20-year-old Eddie Jackson. LeBron was eight months old and Jackson became James' stepfather. But Jackson had no economic foundation, and soon Freda simply let Jackson move into her house and live under one roof.
When LeBron was almost three years old, he got his first basketball. It was Christmas Eve on 1987. It was the ball that changed LeBron's fate, but this night was also the most unfortunate moment for the James family.
LeBron happily set up a basketball court on the canvas bed and filled the net with a small ball. Around him, other Christmas gifts were scattered, but LeBron was unaware of it and just played basketball selflessly.
But at three o'clock in the morning, Frieda suddenly collapsed on the kitchen floor, unconscious. Goliath touched his mother's nose, and Frieda stopped breathing. That Christmas morning, LeBron, who was wrapped in diapers, was still excited to dunk on his toy basketball stand. He doesn't know what the death of his grandmother Frieda means to him. But after the death of Frieda, the "pillar" of the family, James' family life became more and more sad. When LeBron was four and a half years old, Gloria and her son left their home in Hickory Street and moved to nearby Elizabeth Park Street.
But they still don't have their own house. They just wandered into other people's homes. Once someone needs a house, they have to leave and come back when they have time. They have lived here for more than six years.
Say goodbye to the football field in pain and injury.
As a child, LeBron gradually showed his talent in sports. When he was 9 years old, there was a youth team under a football team in the south of Akon, and the coach was Kirk. When he is free, LeBron likes to play in this football team. It is at this time that Cork left a deep impression on LeBron: "This kid knew at a glance that he had never played an organized game before, so I let him play. He knows nothing about the rules of the game, but to my surprise, he knows everything as soon as I say it. I have never seen such a clever boy as him. "
So LeBron stayed and played for this team, with 6 games 18 touchdowns. He played many positions, but the best one was as a catcher. Cork praised: "LeBron's hand is very strong. If he didn't get hurt later and didn't play football, I bet his achievements in this respect will not be smaller than basketball. "
It was in this team named Southern Tour that LeBron felt the warmth of his family and left him with wonderful memories for a lifetime. This team is very important to me. LeBron still remembers that experience and relishes it. "The coach here and the parents of other children are very concerned about me, and my game here is also very interesting. At that time, my dream was to play in the NFL. "
However, after playing football for three years, LeBron injured his left hand in a game. If he wants to continue his football career, he must change from winger to quarterback, which is the last thing LeBron wants to see. In this way, he gave up football.
You help start a normal student life.
Without Frank Walker, LeBron's life direction might be completely different from what it is now. This is not a simple guess, but LeBron's own personal feelings.
Walker is a staff member of the Akon Housing Association. He used to play for the Southern Rangers. After retiring, he volunteered to coach the youth team of this team after work. He likes sports very much. He can coach football and basketball games. This is where Walker met LeBron. At that time, LeBron was still thinking about whether to play football or swing between basketball, so sometimes he played football and sometimes he played it twice on the basketball court.
On one occasion, Walker noticed that LeBron didn't go back to school after the Christmas holiday. LeBron was in the fourth grade at that time. Walker is very anxious about this. He doesn't know why LeBron didn't come to class. By asking the parents of other children, Walker learned that LeBron and his mother Goliath had unusual feelings, and he also knew that Goliath was a stubborn person and would not be easily persuaded by other people's opinions.
So, he went to LeBron's house for a "home visit", only to find that Gloria and her son were displaced everywhere and had no house to live in, but Gloria could not bear to leave LeBron, and wanted her son to accompany her every day, so she simply refused to let him go to class. Walker was in a hurry, but he could only patiently convince this eccentric mother. Finally, they reached a plan-Walker took LeBron to his house to take care of food and education, while Gloria was not allowed to see children at ordinary times, but only on weekends.
In this way, LeBron started a new life in Walker's home. Walker is as strict with LeBron as he is with his three children. He made a duty list for four children. Whoever should clean the bathroom must not be lazy. LeBron goes to school, does his homework and eats at a fixed time every day, and is allowed to be with his mother on weekends.
LeBron said that without Walker's education, he might be finished. "For me, this is a new starting point. In the fourth grade, I missed 87 days of classes, and in the fifth grade, I didn't miss a day of classes. I like the Franks. It's like my home. Without them, there would be no me today. "
Talent began to appear and quickly became the leader of the stadium.
Walker not only gave LeBron a warm home, but also a good basketball education.
During the summer vacation, Walker held a basketball camp, and his sons Jr and LeBron both participated. One day, 10-year-old LeBron and Jr confronted each other on the court. Although Jr is not as tall as LeBron, he has trained under his father for several years, and he has a good grasp of basketball. LeBron didn't have much basketball skills at that time.
As a result, Jr kicked LeBron's ass. He proudly said to his father afterwards, "I beat LeBron as easily as a 2 1 year-old man beat a 7-year-old child." Walker solemnly told Jr that he played better than LeBron because he was exposed to basketball education very early, so it was nothing to be proud of. Walker was not disappointed in LeBron. Instead, he put his arm around the boy's neck and said it was great that LeBron played like this when he first came into contact with basketball. Then I will teach him patiently.
Walker is very optimistic about this clever boy. In this basketball camp, he taught LeBron carefully. Walker, like many coaches, thinks that LeBron is too smart to know anything, and there is absolutely no need to say it again. Moreover, Walker noticed LeBron's strong personality: "He hates losing. If he loses in the game, he will stay and train until he loses next time. "
At the end of the training camp, LeBron showed amazing basketball talent and he made rapid progress. Those little players with better foundation than him are not as good as LeBron. When he faced JR again, LeBron seemed comfortable this time. He easily defeated Jr. Although he knew LeBron had a good basketball talent, Walker was still surprised. He thinks LeBron's ability to learn new things is not only fast, but also very profound. Just like a chess master, he can always think of the next few steps in advance before the next move on the court, while ordinary children can only think of what will happen next.
Even more amazing, LeBron showed his talent as a leader at an early age. He not only works hard on the court, but also plays the role of a guest coach, instructing his teammates how to play. So when LeBron was in the fifth grade of elementary school, Walker asked LeBron to be the assistant coach of the fourth grade team and asked him to help direct the game.
At that time, Walker asserted that the child would definitely get ahead in basketball. "He knows the true meaning of the game. He knew it when he was very young."