Was LeBron James’ first NBA game against Jabari Smith Jr’s dad?
LeBron James is in his own right, one of the best players in the game and one of the greatest to ever play in the NBA. The Los Angeles Lakers superstar has had a legendary career packed with the team and individual accolades including four NBA Championships, four MVP awards and 15 All-Star selections, and has broken multiple NBA records along the way.
The legendary veteran has enjoyed a career spanning two decades, and yet it only feels like yesterday when he made his NBA debut for the Cleveland Cavaliers – as he was recently reminded by Jabari Smith Jr. The Los Angeles Lakers defeated the Houston Rockets in their meeting earlier this week, and while LeBron put on quite the show by racking up 48 points in an incredible performance – he also went viral following the game courtesy of an interaction between him and Jabari Smith Jr.
It was during a break in the game when the Rockets forward addressed LeBron in a very straightforward fashion and said that James had played against his dad in his first NBA game ever. When a stunned LeBron asked him “Really?”, Smith Jr said that his dad was on the other team when James’ Cleveland Cavaliers went up against the Sacramento Kings in 2003.
The interaction went viral on social media in next to no time, as fans were stunned by the unbelievable longevity that LeBron has shown throughout his career.
Yes, it turns out that LeBron James did go up against Jabari Smith Jr’s father in his first-ever game in the NBA.
Indeed, a rookie James faced up against Jabari Smith when the Cavaliers met the Kings in their first game of the 2003/04 NBA season – highlighting what an incredible asset James has been to the NBA for over two decades.
LeBron recently became only the second player ever to rack up 38,000 points in the history of the NBA, and is currently closing in on Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s long-standing record of most points in NBA history.
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