Cavs Select LeBron James with the 1st Pick in the 2003 NBA Draft | June 26, 2003

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  • Throwback to 18-year-old LeBron James' interview after being picked No. 1 overall by the Cleveland Cavaliers in the 2003 NBA Draft.
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  • @mannybains1371
    @mannybains1371 Год назад +428

    I can tell this kid is going to be one of the greatest to ever play

    • @Explodingrock11
      @Explodingrock11 Год назад +37

      If my stupid ass internet wasn’t so slow I woulda made this joke first 😢

    • @AB-fv4ms
      @AB-fv4ms Год назад +12

      Nah no way. He will be a bust

    • @Fatboyjo2.1
      @Fatboyjo2.1 Год назад +9

      He going team hop and have 6 loses

    • @berylmirayu9019
      @berylmirayu9019 Год назад +2

      ​@@Explodingrock11😂😂😂😂

    • @vittorio177
      @vittorio177 Год назад

      He'll become the next Kwame Brown

  • @j0llyl257
    @j0llyl257 Год назад +119

    Skip bayless and his family all booing in the crowd 😂

    • @briananderson9650
      @briananderson9650 15 дней назад

      Skip donation the queen 😂. He just shuts down clown 🤡 talk about 🐐. We know thatsmj😮

    • @lameahhhh
      @lameahhhh 3 дня назад

      @@briananderson9650hating on a man you don’t know is embarrassing 😭😭🤣🤣

  • @AETERNVS
    @AETERNVS Год назад +137

    This is 20 years ago. Some of us weren't even born. He's still out there averaging career defyining numbers. We're all witnesses.

    • @Pdot608
      @Pdot608 8 месяцев назад +1

      Lol o was legit born 3 exact days after this June 29th a 2am

    • @finnvalor1915
      @finnvalor1915 3 месяца назад

      I was born a year later

    • @michaelvega6646
      @michaelvega6646 2 месяца назад +1

      I was 6 years old when this happened

    • @finnvalor1915
      @finnvalor1915 2 месяца назад

      @@michaelvega6646 I wasn’t even born yet lol

    • @michaelvega6646
      @michaelvega6646 Месяц назад

      @@finnvalor1915 I was born the year Tim Duncan of the San Antonio spurs was drafted and that was 1997

  • @SplashYT.
    @SplashYT. Год назад +66

    Bro turned out the be the best all around player

    • @thediseaseisthecure
      @thediseaseisthecure Год назад +1

      Greatest One Way player of all time
      💩

    • @SplashYT.
      @SplashYT. Год назад +16

      @@thediseaseisthecure bro is a certified hater

    • @martinasenov8373
      @martinasenov8373 4 месяца назад +8

      ​@@thediseaseisthecuregreats recognize greats thats why you will never be great

  • @TheOriginalPoon
    @TheOriginalPoon Год назад +74

    Imagine being one of those idiots in the crowd calling him overrated lmao

  • @fwaaron1
    @fwaaron1 Год назад +66

    this kid is gonna takeover the league

    • @kalebanth8323
      @kalebanth8323 9 месяцев назад +3

      We’ve seen this comment 1000 times already your an NPC

  • @mikesheppard5723
    @mikesheppard5723 4 месяца назад +18

    That's how he became an NBA superstar... and now he is a legend one of the greatest basketball players of all time

  • @RudieObias
    @RudieObias Год назад +77

    As a diehard Cavs fan, this was a great day for me too! Go Cavs!!

    • @j.c.2514
      @j.c.2514 Год назад +1

      his voice way diff now. All them roids he's done

    • @someones_here
      @someones_here 8 месяцев назад

      @@j.c.2514he was 16, he’s 40 now 😂💀

    • @someones_here
      @someones_here 8 месяцев назад

      Maybe if the cavs hadn’t been such a bunch organization, he could be the undisputed GOAT…

    • @j.c.2514
      @j.c.2514 8 месяцев назад +1

      @@someones_here Roids my boy. Roids.
      He still #2 All time in my Book next to MJ

    • @j.c.2514
      @j.c.2514 8 месяцев назад +1

      @@someones_here he was 18 almost 19. He's 38 now. Your voice don't change like that after 18 unless you are a heavy smoker lol. js

  • @Bymyself-qf2yu
    @Bymyself-qf2yu 3 месяца назад +6

    Bron really is the chosen one to be drafted to your home town team at 18 gave them winning seasons early unbelievable goat shit

  • @trentyates418
    @trentyates418 Год назад +19

    I have nostalgic vibes watching this, I remember as a kid, just watching lebron becoming a legend and being one of the best players ever

  • @MrHumble22
    @MrHumble22 Год назад +24

    Most absurd hype ever coming out & he actually surpassed the hype by Miles .. kinda crazy when thinking about it

  • @kjmontgomery4631
    @kjmontgomery4631 Год назад +45

    Pretty solid pick, it’s a gamble tho. Kid didn’t go to college

    • @ajayisbetter
      @ajayisbetter Год назад +4

      yea but you saw the kid in high school? I know high school is nowhere near close the nba but he was insane in high school

    • @OnewYork
      @OnewYork Год назад +3

      Lebron was better than those in "his draft class" that WENT to college ..

    • @thediseaseisthecure
      @thediseaseisthecure Год назад +1

      20 years later, still can’t get past page 3 of a book
      💩

    • @OnewYork
      @OnewYork Год назад

      @@thediseaseisthecure 👎
      YOUR ignorance is showing ..
      Lebron earned a 3.5 GPA while attending a private, parochial, "college preparatory" highschool, with a longgg history of ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE ..
      apparently Lebron got pass MANY pages in every book pertaining to ALL the companies he owns, AND all the business ventures he's created, AND all the partnerships Lebron has GREATLY impacted ..

    • @OnewYork
      @OnewYork Год назад +1

      @@thediseaseisthecure
      YOU cant get "past" hating ..

  • @Jsalcedo23
    @Jsalcedo23 Год назад +21

    The pressure he had since he was 16. Ended up being the best player to ever do it

  • @PracticeMakesPaper
    @PracticeMakesPaper Год назад +13

    Wow they was hating on Bron from the very first day

  • @hadog845
    @hadog845 5 месяцев назад +7

    still dominating the league👑

  • @abdulkarimsawas1041
    @abdulkarimsawas1041 Год назад +9

    Something tells me this kid is gonna be great and win 4 finals mvps 4 nba championships 4 mvps and break Kareem’s scoring record go to Miami heat in 2010 and go back to Cleveland on 2015 and go to the lakers at 2019 and be in the gost debate

  • @dudelike11
    @dudelike11 Год назад +9

    i’ve been waiting for this announcement

  • @jnkdevine4062
    @jnkdevine4062 4 месяца назад +13

    Announcer had no chill talking about those government assistance 😂

    • @neo5973
      @neo5973 2 месяца назад +2

      😂😂😂 he had some beef

    • @krypto_4702
      @krypto_4702 Месяц назад

      Now LeBron could buy that’s guys family 1000 times over

  • @studentofthesaviors.o.s
    @studentofthesaviors.o.s Год назад +18

    This is why im starting to think Lebron is the goat... Even at his drafting they are screaming OVERRATED and getting hate. Victor is having everybody lbending over for him, Jordan got cheers and congrats but from the beginning and even before... James has always had this hate towards him and exceeded expectations

  • @Phoenix0684
    @Phoenix0684 Год назад +11

    Something tells me this kid will break Kareem's record one day....its just a hunch tho

  • @Shotout424
    @Shotout424 Год назад +13

    Bold pick. We’ll see if he pans out

  • @pelonpelonete6476
    @pelonpelonete6476 День назад +4

    Whos here after bronny got selected by the lakers💛💜

  • @user-ui5cu5tf6q
    @user-ui5cu5tf6q Год назад +7

    They been hating booing him

  • @terrillanderson5414
    @terrillanderson5414 Год назад +9

    The Goat

  • @kazlocks8979
    @kazlocks8979 Год назад +15

    Legend 🐐

  • @Kjboiii
    @Kjboiii Год назад +9

    Yeahhh Bron🗣️🐐

  • @himbojuicer9617
    @himbojuicer9617 Год назад +5

    you can hear them saying overrated in the background I knew people hated born since Miami never knew they hated him since before he was drafted

    • @KxngKUDA
      @KxngKUDA Год назад +4

      He's been hated since high school. They said he could be drafted his junior year and make an impact. They called him the greatest HS prospect since Kareem. With that kind of hair he had MANY haters.
      The current players on the Cavs hated on him before he was drafted. Funny video, look it up😂

  • @kingkirhye3682
    @kingkirhye3682 Год назад +7

    Hopefully this guy will live up to the expectations

    • @OnewYork
      @OnewYork Год назад

      👑 Lebron 🐐 SURPASSED expectations ..

  • @Ben-sg4hp
    @Ben-sg4hp Год назад +6

    Wow, never saw this one coming.

  • @ChefJibril
    @ChefJibril Год назад +5

    I feel like he might end up being the best ever lowkey

  • @michaelvega6646
    @michaelvega6646 День назад +3

    21 years later his son bronny joins the nba with him

  • @starguy2544
    @starguy2544 Год назад +3

    20 years ago is crazy

  • @youtubespamaccount1632
    @youtubespamaccount1632 Год назад +27

    I want to see what he can actually do on the court

    • @OnewYork
      @OnewYork Год назад +1

      👑 2001-2023 all those years of GREATNESS
      "on the court" 🐐

  • @mauvelauritzen
    @mauvelauritzen Год назад +50

    Imagine if the cavs actually drafted him. Would be crazy

    • @curry8633
      @curry8633 Год назад +1

      huh

    • @mauvelauritzen
      @mauvelauritzen Год назад

      @@curry8633 if they drafted Lebron history would be rewritten

    • @coopj1187
      @coopj1187 Год назад +1

      @@mauvelauritzenhuh

    • @curry8633
      @curry8633 Год назад +3

      @@mauvelauritzen i'm sorry i'm probably ruining a joke but the video shows them drafting lebron

    • @mauvelauritzen
      @mauvelauritzen Год назад +3

      @@curry8633 this video is a similation

  • @PeanutButterAndJellyBros
    @PeanutButterAndJellyBros 10 месяцев назад +14

    The GOAT!

  • @gelo2672
    @gelo2672 2 месяца назад +1

    This kid is gonna be leading scorer. You heard it from me first

  • @KmBBallin
    @KmBBallin День назад +2

    And so a legend was born

  • @SplashYT.
    @SplashYT. Год назад +51

    He's a solid role player, this draft class is pretty in the middle of the pack.

    • @ProGoat1
      @ProGoat1 Год назад +1

      Yk that Melo and that Dwade kid or that Chris Bosh could become special

    • @BanjiStillLoading
      @BanjiStillLoading 7 месяцев назад +3

      @@ProGoat1Nah darko milicic has the most potential

  • @randywheeler705
    @randywheeler705 Год назад +2

    I remember like it was yesterday R.i.p * David Stern * 😭 Lebron James 🎊 Draft day 1st pick 2003 ( CAVS )

  • @gazardiel3463
    @gazardiel3463 11 месяцев назад +2

    He will be the GOAT in the future and break the Kareem scoring records

  • @27RAIDERMAN
    @27RAIDERMAN Год назад +1

    20 years ago today

  • @christurner2684
    @christurner2684 Год назад +6

    Lefirstpick🐐👑, damn dawg I was in pampers eating my animal crackers watching Elmo in ‘03😂😂😂😂

  • @OnewYork
    @OnewYork Год назад +2

    👑 Lebron 🐐

  • @lesliejacoby9137
    @lesliejacoby9137 Год назад +6

    This would have been the easiest draft to rig because it wouldn't be unbelievable if the Cavs got the 1st pick this year. I'm not saying it was but imagine if he went to Denver or the Pistons but the home town kid is too good of a story to pass up.

  • @ivansingh7572
    @ivansingh7572 Год назад

    i hope he turns to be a great player and break records lets see

  • @grantwheeler3
    @grantwheeler3 4 месяца назад +1

    He looked like he was 24-25 here, definitely didn’t look 18

  • @parischickvintage9530
    @parischickvintage9530 10 месяцев назад

    The king is born 🎉

  • @2fastg35
    @2fastg35 2 месяца назад

    I am from the future. This young man will be an athletic legend.

  • @Mike2Icyy
    @Mike2Icyy Год назад +9

    This kid gonna a huge bust

  • @madsportsph
    @madsportsph 3 дня назад

    Dude has potential becoming one of the greatest.

  • @lekrzna5217
    @lekrzna5217 Год назад +3

    Lets go lebron

  • @CrazyFella230
    @CrazyFella230 Год назад

    I can tell this kid will break Kareems record finish top 10 in assist and top 75 in rebounds.

  • @kjjr6713
    @kjjr6713 Год назад +1

    Besides us getting Mobley I can’t name a better cavs draft moment!

    • @rileyomari5190
      @rileyomari5190 Год назад +2

      Kyrie?

    • @kjjr6713
      @kjjr6713 Год назад +1

      @@rileyomari5190 yeah what about kyrie. Statistically dg clears him in every year even before ky got Lebron. Also he left us because he wanted to b the guy how that work for him😂

    • @soulzy3596
      @soulzy3596 9 месяцев назад

      @@kjjr6713Kyrie and Bron won y’all only chip show some respect. You ain’t winning a ring with no Mitchell or garland

  • @orlandohenderson2185
    @orlandohenderson2185 Месяц назад +1

    20 years later a billionaire with 4 rings, 4 league mvp's, 4 finals mvp's and da all time leading scorer, now i see why yall hate him so much, clearly exceeded expectations, in which we should embrace but instead we hate it, what a world we live in!!!

  • @adrianlazaro8292
    @adrianlazaro8292 Год назад

    straight posture

  • @valerieleach4026
    @valerieleach4026 2 месяца назад

    The best of the best!!!💪🏽❤️👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

  • @lairjmjcccb
    @lairjmjcccb Год назад +2

    👑🐐

  • @JWex-jy7sk
    @JWex-jy7sk Год назад +4

    Don’t stop the video there. Let’s see who the Pistons are going to with at #2?
    They desperately need help at PF so I think they’ll go with that young kid out of Georgia Tech Chris Bosh to help fill that void!

  • @davem3708
    @davem3708 Год назад +2

    So cool.

  • @areallylongnameisneededok
    @areallylongnameisneededok Год назад

    Imagine if history was different and the Nuggets or Grizzlies got the first pick and Cavs got #3. Grizzlies got the 2nd pick in this year draft but traded with Detroit who took Darko. Nuggets and Cavs had the same record prior to this draft.

  • @christianchadd
    @christianchadd 3 дня назад

    21 yrs ago

  • @Dragon-tc6ud
    @Dragon-tc6ud День назад +3

    here after bronny

  • @DevanteSHELTON
    @DevanteSHELTON 4 месяца назад +1

    LEBRON JAMES
    WITH CAVS
    11 SEASON
    9 PLAYOFF
    MISS PLAYOFF 2
    1 NBA TITLE
    FINAL APP 5
    FINAL RECORD 1-4
    ALL STAR 10
    ALLS TAR MVP 3
    MVP 2

  • @Coopdonjuan214
    @Coopdonjuan214 Год назад +1

    The rest is HISTORY

  • @thesportsfein
    @thesportsfein Год назад

    I feel like he gone be good idk I just got a feeling !!

  • @Takecareofyourbusiness
    @Takecareofyourbusiness 2 месяца назад +1

    THE ONLY GOAT

  • @SplashYT.
    @SplashYT. Год назад +5

    They started chanting overrated🤡🤡🤡

  • @_chrisgm
    @_chrisgm Год назад

    I have a hunch that the 1st, 4th, and 5th picks would be in one team an win a championship.

  • @CXLYBCRZ
    @CXLYBCRZ Год назад

    Damn, this was the year i was bron.

  • @skoal91
    @skoal91 3 месяца назад +1

    He may not have replaced Jordan as the goat based on everyone’s opinion but no one in any sport other than maybe Tiger Woods has lived up to the hype the same way. Great player and easily the greatest of his era.

  • @popcornchicken5552
    @popcornchicken5552 Год назад +2

    Idk why the cavs went with this kid. They already had Carlos Boozer.

    • @Prd64twl
      @Prd64twl Год назад

      Good Afternoon 🍿...Do you know what gang stalking is?

    • @surplus2188
      @surplus2188 5 месяцев назад

      Dude from Ohio Niqqa

  • @Pasakorn-vb5mt
    @Pasakorn-vb5mt Год назад +1

    That is 2000s Era
    The hype was unreal 🔥

  • @CarlosAlexandre-tk8hm
    @CarlosAlexandre-tk8hm 4 месяца назад +1

    Será que esse garoto vingou ? Kkkk king James 😱

  • @YvngGoat_
    @YvngGoat_ Год назад +1

    1:23 Been getting hated on since before we have Iphones and Social Media.

  • @superseahawk4296
    @superseahawk4296 Год назад

    this quality is nasty lmao

  • @EmmanuelMerriweather
    @EmmanuelMerriweather 6 месяцев назад

    🔥🔥🔥

  • @Pdot608
    @Pdot608 8 месяцев назад

    I legit was born 3 days later now I’m 20

  • @cairosilvacairo1505
    @cairosilvacairo1505 Год назад

    20 years ago was out

  • @quintonchapman1776
    @quintonchapman1776 Год назад +1

    People weren’t booing wemby like this but they are calling him a bust and overrated on social media but he can block them or not pay them any attention lebron had to hear it in person 😂that’s worst than online trolls

  • @darthvader-cs4iw
    @darthvader-cs4iw Год назад

    Let's hope he doesn't go Bust like many others

  • @brycetalsky8227
    @brycetalsky8227 День назад

    Damn his voice really changed

  • @wok7563
    @wok7563 10 месяцев назад

    got high expectations for this kid

  • @brandonthomas024
    @brandonthomas024 Месяц назад

    Wonder what he's doing now

  • @thetannernation
    @thetannernation 10 месяцев назад +1

    The crowd chanting overrated??😂😂😂😂

  • @jerbsherb4391
    @jerbsherb4391 Год назад +1

    Food Stamp Lebron was crazy

  • @kush_khandelwal
    @kush_khandelwal Год назад +3

    That didn't age well, chanting overrated for one of the top 2 players of all time

    • @ajayisbetter
      @ajayisbetter Год назад +2

      I mean some kids say he’s the goat with no one coming close

  • @BrokeTheSeal
    @BrokeTheSeal 3 месяца назад

    The Cavs lost for years before he was born, knowing they would get the first round pick when he was a senior in high school. Epic

  • @abdkhan033
    @abdkhan033 Год назад +1

    something tells me this kid will beat kareem for all time scoring

  • @ginpachi-sensei9823
    @ginpachi-sensei9823 9 месяцев назад

    And thus began the Great Lebron Era
    *arittekino yumewoo kaki atsume~*

  • @JamOscuro
    @JamOscuro Год назад

    That suit tho.

  • @rhinobros9295
    @rhinobros9295 Год назад +5

    This guy is gunna be a bust

  • @user-cg4be6js8d
    @user-cg4be6js8d 6 месяцев назад

    „With the first overall pick in the 2003 nba draft the Cleveland cavaliers select LeBron James“ or smth like that

  • @lavender123u
    @lavender123u Месяц назад

    Now he's possibly retiring 😢

  • @user-mm9jd8pp5t
    @user-mm9jd8pp5t Год назад +1

    LeBron James drafted by the Cleveland Cavaliers.

  • @the77th
    @the77th Год назад

    I think he’s the next Zion!!!

  • @sads05
    @sads05 7 месяцев назад +1

    This kid might go ok not sure tho

  • @american6437
    @american6437 2 месяца назад

    The crowd chanting overrated has to be the worst aged take of all time

  • @TheMrprobadass
    @TheMrprobadass 5 дней назад

    They should picked Darko.

  • @jordanshallcross5495
    @jordanshallcross5495 Год назад +2

    What a terrible pick! Darko Milicic was the clear cut #1 pick, this dude will be out of the league in 5 years. Another awful decision by the Cavs, this will no doubt set their franchise back multiple years!!! 😡🤬

    • @SplashYT.
      @SplashYT. Год назад +1

      Yeah! They will never make it anywhere with this pick!!! They should fire the GM, this guy is a bust! Fake stats!!

  • @Paddy585
    @Paddy585 Год назад

    This draft class is pretty mid tbh like this is a pretty big gamble on a high school kid