As LeBron pointed out during their chat, Savannah grew up with married parents and four siblings. Meanwhile, the future NBA legend grew up without any siblings and was raised by his single mother, Gloria James.

LeBron explained during the episode that growing up “in the projects in Akron, Ohio, and not having s—” led him to grow up with a scarcity mindset he says he still carries today.

“It’s hard for me sometimes to take risks,” the NBA star said, adding that he’d be “devastated” if he had to start over financially.

“I have a lot of more risky friends, and friends that are less risky,” LeBron said. “But for me, like, when I'm talking to my business partners and s— like that, financial advisers, you know, accountants, all that type of s—. My financial adviser, the first thing I told him when he wanted to manage my money was if you steal my money, bro, or if I'm broke, bro, I’m letting you know, bro, it ain’t going to be good for you."

He added, "I swear to God, I’m really like that, because I can't start over. There's no way. None of us sitting here can start over. I'm not Monopoly-ing this. I'm not starting back at, ‘Pass go and you collect $200 to start back at go,’ No, too far gone at this point.”

LeBron is entering his record-setting 23rd NBA season, which begins this month amid speculation that it could be the all-time NBA leading scorer’s final year in the league.

Source: https://people.com/lebron-james-reflects-on-first-settling-down-with-wife-savannah-exclusive-11828426

30 comments

  5. I get it. At the same time: no way will LeBron every have to start over. Even if he loses everything, he can go buy a lebron game used jersey, then sign it and sell it for 50x. Or just go to a stadium in LA, sit there all day, and charge people 100k for signatures on anything they bring in, pictures, and 10 minutes chatting with him.

    For sure there are enough fans who would pay that. There’s too many ways to make money if you are one of the most iconic sports stars of all time

  11. i think people are forgetting this was probably when Lebron first entered the league and didn’t know he’d be worth so much. I mean he retained his relative cheapness but i think he knows by now that spending a couple grand on an outing isn’t gonna make him go broke, he probably makes that amount an hour lol

  14. I grew up with nothing and now I got a little something. I’ve lived with nothing and I could do it again. I would be worried about my kids that have only lived one way but for me I’ve been there and I know I could dig myself out of it again.

  18. Ohtani trusted someone who he knew well and the dude straight up stole millions from him. When it’s that kind of money, some people let their greed override their common sense.

  20. That mindset never leaves you. No matter how much you earn, or save, it never goes away fully. You can justify doing nice stuff for your family no problem. But when you spend money on yourself? Oh does it pop up.

  21. He’s talking about when he was on a rookie contract and the lion share of his income was the Nike contract. He had just had Bronny Jr. at 21 years old.

    Relax, folks.

  22. Giving me some Michael Scott vibes: “You cheated on me? When I specifically asked you not to?”

  23. Reminds me about D Wade saying Lebron not using using his phone unless he’s on wifi to not waste his data hahaha.

  28. One of the big reasons he’s still financially sound is that he doesn’t have a parade of kids by different women.

Leave a Reply