HAIL KING JAMES
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May of 2003 Lebron James signed his first Nike contract for $93 million. For 19 years Lebron has come out with 19 Lebron shoes, Lebron 1-19. Since his first contract Lebron then signed another contract with Nike instead of it being a couple of years he signed a lifetime deal with $30 million per year. He has the biggest single athlete contract in Nike history. Who would've thought that an inner-city kid from Akron Ohio would become a billionaire by the time he would turn 65 years old just on his shoe deal? Since I was in middle school, I have collected a various amount of Lebron James shoes and sold about $3,000 worth of his shoes.
LEBRON AIR ZOOM I
4X MVP 4X FINALS MVP 4X NBA CHAMP...... LeBron James!
Shoe of topic is the LeBron Air Zoom I also known now as the LeBron 1.
November 2003 Nike introduced the world to Lebron's first shoe. The design of the shoe is to resemble the Hummer H2 that Lebron had in high school, there was a big controversy on how Lebron got that Hummer due to the fact that he was considered poor and was even suspended from playing in high school games because it looked like he was accepting money illegally. To prove to the haters Nike came out with this design to remind everyone that no matter what Lebron was always going to be special. This shoe would start the beginning of Lebron's shoe legacy just like how Michael Jordan started.
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