Four times NBA champion, quadruple regular season MVP but also double Olympic champion with the United States: Lebron James is undoubtedly one of the best players in basketball history. Looking for a second title with the Lakers, the King said he could have play… in the NFL in 2011, during the NBA lockout.
“If I had had a better quarterback in high school, I might have continued to play football. But I took too many hits and leaned for the basketball court“. Lebron James has many talents. Incredible athlete, James preferred to dominate the NBA rather than a career in American football. Selected by Cleveland in 2003, “The Chosen One“quickly established himself as the best player in the league. While still not winning a title in 2011, Lebron said at the”Monday Night Football“that two NFL teams had offered him a contract during the NBA lockout.
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Indeed, the Cowboys and Seahawks were very interested in the basketball star and they even sent him a jersey. “I thought about it a lot… I still have the jersey they sent me. I wanted to be a red-zone specialist like Gronk (Editor’s note: Robert Gronkowski, American footballer playing for tight end)“said Lebron.
Most Lebron James refused the offer of the two teams, to the great misfortune of the brothers Eli and Peyton Manning who hosted the show. “A good tight end. 2m03, 113 kg. I would have done so many touchdowns with LeBron. […] 75 touchdowns !“joked Peyton, famous quarterback who has been MVP five times.
Lebron James eventually continued to hit the courts and went on to win four titles with three different franchises.
