NBA: LeBron James remembers the day he met Michael Jordan: “I didn’t think…”

Many basketball lovers are engaged in the discussion about who is the greatest player of all time among LeBron James It is Michael Jordan. However, the friendship between the two athletes happened long before the football star Los Angeles Lakers enter into NBA. The current number 23 revealed that he was a big fan of the club’s iconic number 23 Chicago Bulls and remembered what it was like when he met his idol for the first time.

“I remember like it was yesterday the first time I saw Michael Jordan. I simply couldn’t believe what was happening. That guy was like Jesus Christ to me. I was in Chicago, along with Maverick (Carter) and another friend of ours. I had actually gone there to train. When we arrived, we heard someone say that Michael went there often. Before training, he used to do weight training where we were.”said James, during his program “Uninterrupted”.

“One ironic thing is that I didn’t know anything about bodybuilding at the time. Man, I was still in school, maybe my second year of high school. I didn’t understand any of this and I didn’t think about it either. But we walked into the place, and no one told me that Jordan was in that place in person. And he was doing what I heard before, working out before playing.”continued.

“So we walked into the venue and saw Charles Oakley (Jordan’s longtime teammate). I thought it was really cool, because I didn’t know him at the time either. Then, he moved, and there was Michael sitting next to him. I could only think ‘Oh my God’. I couldn’t believe it. As I always said, I grew up like everyone else. Jordan was also my idol. I didn’t even think he was real, to be honest. I only saw him on TV and that’s where I thought he would always be. And then I saw him, and boy, was I ecstatic. Seriously, if God wanted to take me away with him right then, I would be very satisfied with my life. I swear”concluded LeBron.