LeBron James Speaks On Jay-Z Has Had On Him

LeBron James speaks on the impact his “big brother” Jay-Z has had on him over the years. Speaking with Rich Kleiman during the CNBC Sport x Boardroom Game Plan Summit at Fanatics Fest NYC on Thursday (July 16), James, currently a free agent after confirming he would not be back with the Lakers come next season, the four-time NBA champ made it clear just how much HOV has inspired him over the years. As James, now 41, recalled, he first met the 25-time Grammy winner when he was merely 16 years old. Immediately, James recognized a confidence in Jay that stuck with him. “He moved how a person that knows who he is and what he brings to the table is supposed to move,” he said Thursday. “And from the business side, to the way he talked, to the way he greeted people. It was just an aura about him and a professionalism in his respective genre that we all kind of learned, and we all kind of took to this point now. James went on to cite HOV as “one of my biggest inspirations

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