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LeBron James on his Michael Jordan motivation: ‘I’m chasing that greatness’

James was coming off his third National Basketball Association championship.

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After capturing for a National Basketball Association title in Cleveland, LeBron James is not over in terms aiming for the bigger prize.

“First off all Coach K and Gregg Popovich are two my favorites of all time”, James said in the ABC interview.

“My career is totally different than Michael Jordan’s”. “I’m giving my body and giving my mind the best opportunity to just keep going while I can”.

He also clarified his statement about chasing ghosts.

And LeBron James, absent from Rio after six consecutive runs to the NBA Finals with the Heat and Cavaliers, may be coming back.

No one can ever say that LeBron doesn’t inspire many, including other athletes, to step up and give back to their communities. National Basketball Association rumors circulate that he might have hinted wanting to join the Spurs, praising the team, Greg Popovich and Kawhi Leonard. “I can’t be there on a day-to-day basis”. What he did was unbelievable, and I watched it unfold.

Last year, James inked a major Hollywood deal by partnering his company, SpringHill Entertainment, with Warner Bros, which means he has plenty of other TV and film projects to complete before putting in a bid for an National Basketball Association team. Or, as they could all be free agents by 2018 would they all join together to make the San Antonio Spurs the super-team of the future?

It’s hard to argue Popovich’s place among today’s coaching fraternity having won five titles and led the Spurs to at least 50 wins in 17 consecutive seasons.

At an event hosted by the LeBron James Family Foundation last week in Sandusky, Ohio, James welcomed more than 5,000 kids and their families to a local amusement park for a fun-filled day as part of the initiation for new members of his “I Promise” campaign.

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