LeBron James has flourished in his previous Olympic appearances, winning gold with the U.S. men’s basketball team in 2008 and 2012, and bronze in his 2004 debut in Greece.Two decades later, this Olympics, his last, is shaping up to be one of encouragement and poise, and may even include another visit to the podium. In 2024, the NBA star is literally the standard-bearer – chosen by his fellow athletes to represent them by being one of the two people carrying the U.S. flag in the opening ceremony.
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U.S. basketball star LeBron James first played in an Olympics 20 years ago, after his rookie year in the NBA. Paris will bookend that by being his last run for gold. What will his legacy be?
Another basketball great, Stephen Curry, was the one who nominated him. “He has represented what it means to be excellent both on and off the court in his commitment to service and to uplifting the community in all ways that he knows how has been a lifelong…
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