Over 23 NBA seasons, LeBron James has played every role, except for role player. He’s been a phenom, a villain, a prodigal son and a power broker. Along the way he’s starred as himself in numerous commercials and film projects, directing untold more social media spots.
“I feel like every season for me is just like a movie. Every season is like a movie, and I’m, like, living in it,” James said on his show The Shop a few years ago. “I’m the star.”
In Friday’s Club Sportico essay, as James goes through free agency one more time, we called up two top Hollywood screenwriters who know how to write the final act of a sports movie, so they could give their advice to the NBA’s reigning main character. Would it make story-sense for James to go home again? Or should his last chapter be written with a new team, maybe featuring stars who have already played key roles in his story?
Here is an excerpt of that essay ✍️:
Towards the end of his previous stint in northeast Ohio, James opened the I Promise School. He was already thinking about what his legacy would be. “The basketball thing, I love it and I enjoy it, but to give back and open up a school, that’s something that will last way beyond my years,” he said in 2017.
