PLN#3 LeBron James

In the book I am reading about LeBron James, towards the end of the book as LeBron reaches a superstar status, the OHSAA begins to keep a closer eye on LeBron to make sure that he doesn’t “loose his amateur status.” This means that LeBron cannot accept any gifts from stores or get paid to do anything, but several controversies about these rules came up as LeBron got better and better as a senior. The first situation was when LeBron’s mother, Gloria, bought him a new car, a hummer to be specific. This hummer cost a grand total of 90,000 dollars and led to an OHSAA investigation to make sure this hummer was not a gift from an agent. Normally this would not be an issue, but considering that the hummer was more than every house on LeBrons street, this became an issue. But LeBron handled the situation well and no suspension was handed to him but unfortunately now the OHSAA would keep a closer eye on LeBron now. Finally later in the book, LeBron was hanging out with some friends and shopping in his home town when he came across his favorite place, a throwback jersey store. LeBron entered the store was given 2 jerseys that cost 900 dollars for free and got in trouble with the OHSAA for “losing his amateur status and received a 3 game suspension but everything ended well for LeBron and he finished his senior year and was drafted 1^st overall in the 2003 NBA draft.

Level 1: How do Fortunato and his "friend" know eachother from before this incident?
Level 2: Why is there bad blood between these two men?
Level 3: What did Fortunato do to his "friend" to make him kill him?

As LeBron James entered highschool, he was just a normal kid who happend to be talented at basketball, but by the end of highschol LeBron had the status of a celebrity and was faced with lots of difficult dicisions. Even though he was only in highschool, LeBron was not a normal kid. LeBron averaged about 40 points per game and was regarded as the best highschool basketball player to ever play the game. Due to his well deserved celebrity status during his senior year, LeBron was faced with lots of  tough decisions. Even though some of these decisions were no big deal to us, they were a huge deal to state officials such as the OHSAA and Clair Muscaro. One of these decisions  was buying the hummer, because LeBron had done so well in school and handled the past year so well, Gloria, his mother decided to buy him an $80,000 hummer (which was more than every house in LeBrons neighborhood). Clair Muscaro had been keeping a close eye on LeBron and when the hummer was purchased, he assumed it was a gift from an agent and he immediatly launched an inverstigation. Even though LeBron was innocent it was the wrong decision to buy the hummer and even though he is a good person he made a bad decision and should have purchased the hummer after the season so no one would assume it was a gift from an agent.

LeBron James

LeBron James, arguably the best basketball player to ever play the game, has had one of  the most succesful careers at just the young age of  of 25. In this book LeBron James is born into a very poor family with  no father. Luckily, his mother meets a man named Eddy Jackson, Eddy is very caring and he cares a lot about LeBron. As LeBron gets older his family moves and moves and then moves again and at age 7 his grandma, Gloria, dies. After shes dies the James house is destroyed and they find a new home with friends and with family. Finally at age 12 LeBron and Gloria find a permenant home and young LeBron begins to play organized sports. LeBron, being extremely authletic was not just the best player on his basketball team but was also a football star, in fact many say that football was his best sport. As LeBron got older, Gloria struggled to raise him to he went to live with family friends. Missing 81 days of school in 4th grade with Gloria, he missed 0 days of school with his new family. As LeBron entered high school he moved back in with his mom. LeBron attended St Mary-St Vincent Academy, a school highly comitted to academics and not known for sports, but Lebron and his friend "lil" dru, Sian, and Willie changed that. The "fab" five brought the school 3 state titles in the division 5A. LeBron James's career continues with the Miami Heat.