LeBron James has
had an interesting week. A few days ago,
he slammed former Bulls’ and Lakers’ coach and current Knicks’ VP Phil Jackson
for referring to his friends/business partners as a “posse.” Today, I read that James has contributed $2.5
million to underwrite an exhibit about Muhammad Ali at the Smithsonian National
Museum of African American History and Culture.
This is not your typical jock going through the motions.
That would be
Derrick Rose, who talks a lot about his son and is known for the occasional
symbolic gesture. But I have a hunch
LeBron James is giving serious thought to life after basketball. At the very least, he could be another athlete-entrepreneur
like Michael Jordan or Magic Johnson.
Only, why stop there? James regularly
comments on the real-world issues and just the other week was out campaigning
for Hillary Clinton. Perhaps Ohio’s most
famous native son is thinking of a career in politics himself.
The only
question I have is where he would start.
It doesn’t take too much imagination to see him running for mayor of
Cleveland or governor of Ohio. I can
definitely see him moving on to the Senate and, after that, maybe a certain
house on Pennsylvania Avenue. I mean, an
NBA career with the Knicks didn’t stop Bill Bradley from going to the Senate
and running for President. Just saying.
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