Has Lebron worked extremely hard? The answer no doubt is yes. He couldn't have become what he was without it.

But Lebron was also blessed with what might be the best basketball body that has every existed. He certainly has cultivated that over the years, but he has more God Given talent than maybe anyone ever has. So at age 14 he received a scholarship to attend an extremely fancy Catholic School. Not only that but they wanted him so badly they had no issues giving his 3 other buddies scholarships. During this time he was given money from a number of sources (did random people give you money when you were a freshman in high school). But as a freshman in high school he was the best player on a state championship team. His sophomore year he was first team all-country and by his junior year he was the best player in the country.

Now I have a brother that busted his but and spent almost every waking hour playing basketball from the time he was very young through high school. He was a good player, but he was not tall enough to play college ball anywhere. Compare that to Lebron James who probably put in similar work and was the best player in the country and was receiving benefits for being good at basketball when he was 14. Obviously one had God given talent that the other one did not have.

Now was he born into a great family? No. His mom was 16 year-old when he was born and they were poor for his early childhood. Am I saying I would trade him places? No. I wouldn't. I'm sure he suffered some very painful moments when he was a child. But by the time he was 14 people recognized what a talent he was and were throwing scholarships and money to him in hopes of getting anything they could from the future superstar. Lebron James had more money as an 18 year-old who hadn't stepped foot on a basketball court than Charles Barkley earned in his entire career. Do you think Barkley would say he earned that money? No. He was given that money not for what he had done but for what he could become. Since then he has been handed endorsements, told GMs what to do, demanded coaches be fired and on and on and on.