Reading Log #3

Organized sports and AAU basketball were the two most important things that helped Lebron live a somewhat stable life. When he was little, Lebron played pee-wee football in Akron and enjoyed playing and making new friends. Eventually, later in high school, Lebron became an all-state wide receiver and could have gone pro in football, if he so chose. Organized sports taught Lebron a very valuable lesson. He learned and valued discipline. He was always disciplined in sports and he incorporated discipline into everyday life. AAU basketball, a huge, nationwide basketball program sucked Lebron in at an early age. AAU basketball is fun to play, mainly because you could play with whoever you want, play however you want, and its taken seriously too; not only by players, but college coaches as well. While playing AAU basketball, Lebron was flooded with college coaches that desperately wanted "the chosen one." Lebron met Sian Cotton, Dru Joyce III, Romeo Travis, and Willie McGee in AAU ball, all players he'd go on to play with at St. Vincent St. Marys High School