LeBron admits he smoked marijuana in high school

[Blacknbengal]

CLEVELAND (AP) - LeBron James struggled with sudden fame after appearing on Sports Illustrated's cover as a 17-year-old and admits he smoked marijuana during his junior year in high school.

Those are two of the revelations in a book chronicling James' rise from Akron, Ohio, hoops prodigy to NBA superstar.

In "Shooting Stars," written by James and co-author Buzz Bissinger, James said the SI cover and the media attention he and his high school teammates received was difficult to handle.

"We had become big-headed jerks, me in particular," James said, "and we are to blame for that, but so are adults who treated us that way and then sat back and smugly watched the self-destruction."

In the book, scheduled for release in September, the NBA's reigning MVP recounts the media circus that enveloped his final two years at St. Vincent-St. Mary High School following his SI cover appearance. James said he and close friends Dru Joyce, Sian Cotton, Romeo Travis and Willie McGee — nicknamed the Fab Five — became "rock stars" and took advantage of their celebrity.

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Say JayR, you buying this book, right?

James feels he was unfairly targeted by the media, which he described as "excited spectators at a car crash" after it was learned that his mother, Gloria, obtained a loan to buy him a $50,000 Hummer for his birthday. He said the scrutiny was humiliating for his mother, who was living with him in a rental-assistance apartment.

"Was the vehicle excessive, with its bank of three televisions? Maybe. Probably. Of course it was," James said. "So were the BMWs parked in the St. V lot, belonging to fellow students. But nobody ever questioned those."

 

[usa today]

At least he's being real!

 

[XHALE9802]

mine is already on pre order.

 

[Tigerpride]

His mom...living in a rental-assistant apt got a $50K loan? :lmao: He could have kept that lie.

Also, maybe I am wrong for this but I know he is ghetto so I already assumed he smoked. :lecture:

 

[Smoke]

Shoulda got high at that Nike Camp.....wouldn't have gotten his arse YAMMED on


lol..just kiddin...but that is real talk tho....I hope folks don't think that EVERY NBA played DARE'd to be different



~walks out~

 

[DAHILL]

His mom...living in a rental-assistant apt got a $50K loan? :lmao: He could have kept that lie.

Also, maybe I am wrong for this but I know he is ghetto so I already assumed he smoked. :lecture:

Its been said PLENTY of times.... she got the loan based off the money the bank counted on James making when he left basketball... it happens alot of time BEFORE players get drafted.

 

[THE PVAMU]

Its been said PLENTY of times.... she got the loan based off the money the bank counted on James making when he left basketball... it happens alot of time BEFORE players get drafted.

Especially a local bank.......

 

[JayRob]

No big deal. Cigarettes kill millions more than marijuana. Only difference though is that marijuana is illegal and cigarettes are legal, eventhough it's far worse on ones health.

 

[THE PVAMU]

Ok I have an admission too......the second semester of my senior year in high school.........those Tropicana bottles I used to have dayum near everyday in home room and first period.....that wasnt Tropicana.....:goodbad:

 

[Journalist]

Its been said PLENTY of times.... she got the loan based off the money the bank counted on James making when he left basketball... it happens alot of time BEFORE players get drafted.

It happens every year around the NFL draft, so that's not a biggie.

 

[skyvolt2000]

Its been said PLENTY of times.... she got the loan based off the money the bank counted on James making when he left basketball... it happens alot of time BEFORE players get drafted.

And they will repo that azz when they don't right Lenny Cooke? Repoed all that stuff he showed off for ESPN The Magazine except his kid.

"So were the BMWs parked in the St. V lot, belonging to fellow students. But nobody ever questioned those."

Unless they were on the basketball team and not drug dealers, gang members or white kids-nobody gives a dang. He was the meal ticket to get that school attention not those guys, who nobody will remember 10 years later.

I'll pass on this book unless I need toliet paper. I'll get Derrick Fisher's book instead.

 

[SONNY]

I wish these fools would stop snitching on themselves.

 

[DAHILL]

I wish these fools would stop snitching on themselves.

how is he snitchin on himself?

He said he made a mistake when he was younger.... in that case you "snitch" on yourself all the time on this board talking about smokin weed. Hell I smoked weed in 9th,10th,11th and 12th grade and still made national honor society.

I dont advocate smoking weed but you know as I do, its definitely not going determine who you are as a person.

 

[GRAM4LIFE]

Exactly... I did the same exact thing.

 

[usa today]

Why should he fake about what he did in the past? No sense of lying acting like he's perfect, it's better for he to tell it than someone else!

 

[O44DOG]

Hell I smoked weed in 9th,10th,11th and 12th grade and still made national honor society.I dont advocate smoking weed but you know as I do, its definitely not going determine who you are as a person.

You handled business. The problem is with the 85% of the people who smoke morning noon and night and can't handle business.