LeBron James 2000 Freshman State Championship Basketball Game - His 1st Championship at Akron St. V

2000 Akron St. Vincent St. Mary Fighting Irish vs Jamestown Greenview Rams, Ohio Division 3 State Basketball Championship Game featuring LeBron James, Maverick Carter, and Dru Joyce. Played on March 25, 2000 at Ohio State's Value City Arena in Columbus, Ohio. Subscribe for more Ohio High School and Professional Sports!

[@maseratifresh2942]

Second team all Ohio as a freshman in high school is crazy he was 15 incredible

[@blessedbetit665]

Say what you want about LeBron, but dude came from a single teenage mother, Section 8, moving from neighborhood to nieghborhood, in Akron of all places. Thats already enough to defeat most people early in their lives. But he persevered.

[@tuckhorse]

You got to be

[@eyewatch2see77]

THE CHOSEN ONE

[@aarondavid5866]

preserved what nothing. except perfect basketball dna.. guys still a project 8 moron who cant and doesnt read. i can say alot more

[@tuckhorse]

@@eyewatch2see77 let's be clear chosen by third-rate this generation half-assed. Whatever you're called these Days who do not understand the definition of professional. But you people just keep going ahead using that crap as icing on your cake. I'm happy with my people and I'm glad you're happy with urs . Cultures should not be mixed. Damn European screwed everything up. 🇺🇲🤠👍

[@darnellharris159]

Yeaaaa sorry but people came from and come from worse situations.. LeBron had his coach help him and lived with him for awhile meaning life couldn't have been too bad.. js..

[@dantewilliams7458]

That’s crazy bron was just starting high school and mav was bout to graduate bron literally took his brothers with him

[@Antbeast23]

Dude lebron business partner was on the team too lol

[@blakkcostello1071]

That's why he GOAT

[@cchampaine179]

DUGH

[@sdn4134]

Right I didn’t even know that lol he literally has put Ohio on his back

[@CertifiedHuSTLer]

Duh!

[@sloansizzle4023]

You didn’t know that?

[@Oridginale24]

This was the last year that Lebron looked like a kid. Starting in his sophomore year, Bron looked like a grown 25yr old man.

[@doctordef324]

He started hitting the weights after freshman year!!!! Big dawg style!

[@marvinlawrence4831]

Dru Joyce game MVP

[@clinicaltranscription1190]

Sounds like you may already know him, but I was curious after seeing how good that little guy was, so just looked him up. Had a really good pro career in Europe. All-time league assist record, and has been a great college coach. He was lightin it up this game. Absolutely fearless. Looks like his father, Dru Joyce II, is the new head coach at Vincent-St. Mary..

[@fishbone3333]

Can you imagine being the Greenview coach after the game: Media: "What happened coach?" Coach: "Well, our game plan involved stopping the player of the year Maverick Carter and LeBron James, but we failed to account for the small child raining three pointers on us"

[@earllee9080]

Being from Columbus, and a 2001 graduate as well as a division 3 basketball player…. I can tell you. We never even heard of LeBron until the year after this, and even then, it was during the tournament “there’s this dude in Akron that’s a 6’8” point guard”. I believe they went on to lose the state game that next year, but it was that point where the hype machine started really, really rolling. This was the last season where his life was normal.

[@yung2o365]

So nobody read the newspapers? Lol

[@earllee9080]

@@yung2o365 ohio had a lot of talent in the 90s early 2000s, and we really didn’t hear about him… at this time, it was JJ sullinger, Devin Green, Andrew Lavender(Brookhaven as a whole) and Chris Quinn from our area. LeBron took off the next year in a major way. We wasn’t checkin for Akron at all before that.

[@phillipwhite5827]

​@@earllee9080🏀🏀💯

[@seanslawns]

You’re right about all of this @earllee9080 It was like 2003 before people started talking about him outside of bball circles.

[@Rakeemgrant]

​@@earllee9080Did LeBron play with Chris Quinn in Miami for a year

[@likeprincetj]

That’s crazy bro never went to college but played on a college floor

[@eyewatch2see77]

👍

[@doctordef324]

Damn somebody preserved this!!!!😮

[@Shane.Roberts]

Your the goat for this. Watching this game you can tell lebron was destined to be a nba star. It's crazy to see how good he was especially having other d1 players on his team.

[@virgillesaca]

And he’s a freshman! So poised it’s crazy

[@li4life262]

It’s awesome that the commentators mentions Lebron as a freshman that he thinks he can play at the next level. Lol

[@dantheman8152]

This is incredible lol Lebron at 15!

[@ala2417]

Lil' Dru deserve a great deal of credit for keeping them together when they all wanted to go to Buchtel

[@beatrenegades]

I was in Columbus at the time, constantly on campus. Who would have known the chosen one would be right here in front of our eyes the whole time.

[@adultcartoonsandcereal15]

Maverick was hooping 😂

[@quamyphil]

the last game Lebron ever got called for a travel...I played St. V the next season in a pre-season tournament. Came back to VA and told my friends I just played against maybe the best basketball player who will ever live. They thought i was nuts. But I wasn't necessarily wrong. What a talent.

[@eyewatch2see77]

*@quamyphil* you mean the last game you got called for LYING

[@cornellblevins1778]

Stop 😢 😭

[@doitall36]

You have to be a miserable and jealous hearted person to come with a comment like that..Easy to hide behind the Internet and talk about Superstars

[@maseratifresh2942]

17 pts ppg as freshman on varsity crazy

[@gacoachtrainer9315]

Look at the talent jump. From cooking high school kids his freshman year to cooking nba hof the summer he graduated high school.

[@sammurphy3343]

Lebron's face hasn't really changed over the years lol. Clearly identifiable a mile away.

[@tech_ninja]

Maverick carter was his teammate. Damn.

[@Los150]

Bron could’ve played in the NBA as a junior

[@Speed_Racer.]

That’s why they use to call him “The Manchild”.

[@jtothac5364]

He would’ve been the #1 after his sophomore year if it were allowed

[@brandonbrown7019]

Nba players were hearing about lebron was he was 15-16… nba players were hearing about a 15/16 year old kid that “ can play in an nba all star game right now”.. Paul Pierce told a story about when he first heard about LBJ

[@haydenairhart2768]

Young King in the making right here. This is proof how special LJ actually was and is. Bball IQ through the roof. Humble and confident. Demonstrates poise and mature beyond his years

[@donaldwhite369]

That's every star

[@ReoLeo-ov7xh]

@Hayden Airhart 👍 👑 Lebron the GREATEST (highschool to 2023)

[@doctordef324]

The media wasn't onto bron at this point!!! 😂

[@luerodgers1795]

I LOST IN THAT AREA 1 POINT 1978 MY SENIOR YEAR 😎 AGAINST AKRON CENTRAL HOWARD 🙏 BROKE MY HEART LIFE FACTS LESSON 🙏 TOLEDO SCOTT BULLDOGS IT WAS A BLESSING 🙏

[@BrandonWS324]

And you still can't spell THERE correctly?

[@twittersdailytrends14]

Shooting Stars on Peacock brought me here!

[@dantewilliams7458]

Bron high school childhood friends can be better than the Lakers right now

[@leolovelife]

Well tell them to get off their ass and make millions to play and have fun. Also stop the genocide in Yemen.

[@dantewilliams7458]

@@leolovelife I’m sure they’re happy with they’re life right now

[@youneedhelp1151]

@@leolovelife yea they will after they eat your A hole

[@Malaki727]

Shut up no they can't. You sound stupid

[@johnnycage6681]

You sound foolish

[@matthewlee4697]

I honestly didnt know maverick carter was on a basketball team with lebron back in high-school

[@allurbancentralinterviews]

Same 😮

[@matthewlee4697]

@@allurbancentralinterviews definitely threw me off when i found out lol but it all comes full circle considering maverick is now a business partner with lebron.

[@eyewatch2see77]

Maverick carter and Lebron went to the same high school .. they both played highschool football & basketball .. Randy Mims and Lebron knew each other from childhood also. (they both attended Mavericks childhood birthday party too) Lebron, Randy and Maverick were ALL together when they first met RichPaul in 2002 .. all 4 of them have been business partners since 2006 (the FOUR HORSEMAN)

[@phillipwhite5827]

​@@eyewatch2see77Facts 🏀🏀💯

[@7arryG]

The commentary talking so much about dru Joyce height is pretty annoying and unprofessional.

[@MarkWestbrook-kq9wr]

The year 2000 Zion was born now he's in the NBA

[@Obstakill]

I never knew where maverick carter came from. I know now. This makes Bron a even more of a real nugga than I thought...

[@October.409]

So they made it to state as freshman😳

[@jamesprall9964]

Made it every year of highschool

[@teamjam6220]

Won as frosh, soph and senior

[@AdamKlownzinger]

I never knew he was a 6’2” guard as a freshman. Interesting. There’s a pattern of really good athletic big guys or outside shooting big guys being guards when they enter high school but having a huge growth spurt.

[@Mjh97]

You going too go down a rabbit hole

[@blacksheep9278]

@@Mjh97not even

[@Wjdjfks]

Watching this after I saw the shooting stars movie made me so happy and dru went off😂

[@jim878]

Gregg Haines was the man!!

[@louishamilton9648]

LeBron didn’t even know he was LeBron

[@abouttime2569]

That ''Little Guy'' saved Lebron's legacy

[@dantewilliams7458]

Isn’t it crazy how y’all would stoop so low to even push a false narrative even about his best friend grow up

[@abouttime2569]

@@dantewilliams7458 It is a joke. Calm down. Are you that sensitive?

[@Mileswayv]

Wow this is rare

[@petepeters419]

This is more entertaining than the WNBA lol

[@superdopehiphop]

“LeBron can’t shoot” yet he’s showed he can swish 3s since freshman year of HS (including his first two 3s of this State Finals as a 14/15 year old!). False narratives on him been there for 20+ years! 3 deep jumpers through first 10 mins including 2 threes. LeBron sick vision since early teenager too. Unreal. He’s been throwing dimes to 3 point shooters before it was even a thing!

[@claytron3000]

He had a different shooting motion back then. You can tell at 10:57. It looked more smooth and effortless, like a set shot. By the time he reached the NBA and played for a few years, it became this weird “aim and heave” motion. Looks like a shooting coach messed with his form.

[@yung2o365]

@@claytron3000 I believe it's more a strength issue...he's gotten significantly stronger and it alters his "closer" shots. It's why deep threes look effortlessly and midrange shots look like he's trying to handle fine china lol

[@AAli-tx7tz]

I did a double take like nah that's not Kodak Black playing with Bron! 😂 I gotta put the reefer down...😅

[@doctordef324]

DAMN, 5'2...!! BRO was small!!!! Looking like a 5th grader out there..😮

[@thunderboltpenetrator8498]

State champ too… how did you do? Bahahah😂

[@doctordef324]

@@thunderboltpenetrator8498 nah, it's cool, I'm just saying the dude was a mighty mini... didn't know he was 5'2...

[@icommentsometimes]

He grew to 6 foot though!

[@doctordef324]

@@icommentsometimes !! Impressive!!!😲😲😲

[@HomerSimpson2121]

Never flipped once. Man how times have changed…

[@TBurr030]

Lmao yo I never knew Mav Carter hooped at SVSM wit Bron. & he was a bucket lol

[@jeronehaywood855]

Maverick is bron's boy. That means he is loyal.

[@thetrussell7385]

I never realized he was on the team

[@bradtdarius]

Maverick Carter was the Ohio Div. 3 Player of the Year during this season. Carter was an outstanding high school player.

[@thetrussell7385]

@@bradtdarius crazy things the movie never touched on

[@joelshrallow8567]

@@thetrussell7385 Exactly. Wtf? He was top players in the state my senior year and I'm a NE Ohio Native of the same age.

[@superdopehiphop]

@@thetrussell7385 to be fair the movie barely ever touched on freshman season and I imagine Maverick and LeBron became closer later on in life to certain extent since he was 4 grades higher then him

[@mauricemallari6365]

Didn’t know that Mav had game lol

[@VXLLLX]

Little man saved them!

[@tongasamoa89]

Bruh Ma’v is older than bron I didn’t know that

[@chrisf7012]

SVSM had amazing ball movement. Now Lebron dribbles til the shot clock runs out LOL

[@nanagyambibi7426]

Bron as a freshman was all state 2nd team?…..curious who was on the first team? lol

[@fishbone3333]

Dru Joyce - Freshman -- looks like a little kid LeBron James - Freshman - grown ass man

[@trekent4748]

Mav was lookin 40 in High School😂😂

[@ta2490]

What sneakers do the SVSM players wore in this game?

[@novelaego2404]

they all different sneakers on

[@AD3Basketball]

Maverick Carter was first team what….Dru was hooping and Lebron was still getting all the minutes 😂😂😂

[@mattm8932]

Cool find

[@kingdomcitizenship5613]

Maverick was the man lol

[@KingZay10]

Anyone notice how they lined up for free throws? Never seen that before

[@KingZay10]

22 min mark

[@daytimestudios3678]

Wow LB is only a freshman HS? Crazy!

[@antona599]

Lebron^*

[@dictionary9150]

lil drew went off with them threes

[@superdopehiphop]

Is this the game he hit like 6 3s?!?! I thought that was another year?

[@gavindiolamou203]

@@superdopehiphop yep and it was actually 7 threes

[@salem927]

What number was lebron here?

[@litoxxlito_axx7318]

53:15 the commentator called it😅😅

[@mrstanbmw]

never understood the hate towards this guy he just maximize everything God gave him

[@eyewatch2see77]

EXACTLY!!!

[@stevengallant6363]

Lebron has to stop being so woke. That Wokeness BS turns a lot of people off.

[@dantewilliams7458]

Envy

[@eyewatch2see77]

👍Maverick Carter / Lebron James 👍

[@trelltoobrxzy6065]

LeFreshman

[@seanslawns]

How about lil dru Joyce 7-7 from 3 Amazing LeBron was 13 or 14 and he was the best player in the state of Ohio

[@carlfair32]

Referees was terrible. They for sure wanted the team in white to win.

[@aaronapodaca4487]

Dru Joyce 111

[@oskinooa]

Bron look like he 30 in high school

[@AdamKlownzinger]

I don’t like LeBron even a little bit on a personal level but I like that he’s went out of his way to take care of his boys from way back at his time at SVSM.

[@_tyleake]

You don’t like someone you don’t know and don’t know him personally so how is that even possible 😂

[@stevengallant6363]

@@_tyleake Lebron's Virtue Signaling wokeness turns a lot of people off

[@dantewilliams7458]

@@stevengallant6363but you here

[@litoxxlito_axx7318]

01:04:53 crowd went crazy

[@ltdee1970]

That Lebron James kid is a nice player with hard work he will be very good college player like Jay Burson.

[@virgillesaca]

Lmaooo

[@shotoutgames8823]

Lebron started practicing his flopping pretty early I see

[@ChandlerPlayed]

you're looking at a 15 year old kid hating LOL. Bron been him still is

[@jtamazing7876]

Looks like Lebron could have played in the NBA even at this age.. nice video

[@johnnythekid4601]

At 14??? What are you smokin?

[@kenben6240]

@@johnnythekid4601tighten up peasant

[@Ryan-rp4yv]

@@johnnythekid4601 he was 15-16 in 2000

[@jtamazing7876]

@@johnnythekid4601 you must be a jordan fan 🤣🤣🤣

[@ramelnotramel]

@@Ryan-rp4yv He had to be 14 because Mav Carter was on the team and he’s 5-6 years older than LeBron… So Mav was like 19-20 🤦🏾‍♂️

[@CoachTYY13]

Aly (the possession ends here Samabali

[@valentinejules8672]

Maxim marcial both his brothers syllas brothers

[@matthewwarner2091]

All hail the King 👑⛹🏾‍♂️

[@ramelnotramel]

Maverick Carter is 5-6 years older than LeBron, that mean he was 19-20 because Bron was 14 😳😭

[@doctordef324]

Yeah, he probably got held back a year. Or late birthday September to December..

[@claytron3000]

@@doctordef324Maverick was 19 here, Bron was 15. Bron graduated in his age-19 year, while Maverick graduated in his age-20 year. You know what’s funny, though? Maverick keeps telling stories about their high school meetings as if he’s only 2-years older than Bron. And several sites says he was born in 1982, not 1980z

[@matthewwarner2091]

Whatever happened to M. Carter? & did any other guys playing have a great college career or go pro? I only know about King James.

[@keyjugg]

Dru joyce had a good college career at university of Akron under coach dambrot, aly and mav played college too for little bit.

[@DUHPAWZ2579]

Jay Burson was my penpal in 4th grade when he played at Ohio State

[@aaronvaldes3104]

01:04:47 6 for 6

[@14isoldenough]

What happened to their coach?

[@keyjugg]

He left to go coach university of Akron after this game and later recruited dru joyce and Romeo trav to play for him

[@_tyleake]

@@keyjuggthis is false he didn’t leave until the next year

[@dantewilliams7458]

@@_tyleakeno he left after LeBron 10th grade year

[@budz5838]

Bron is DONE HAHAHA 😂

[@md4111]

Recorded with a potato obviously

[@dreamchaser1419]

@32:13 Worst call ever

[@usa5439]

Why does the face look photoshopped

[@WanderleiSilva29]

11:57.... wide open.... baseline.... How was that opportunity missed?

[@josephheidkamp6776]

Give me Fred Saunders, 'Easy' Ed Ratleff, Nick 'Spoon' Wheathersoon,.......Smitty & Lump........against this team.......any time, any day. Ohio's real best

[@christopherhorn1161]

Refs was already cheating for him

[@dantewilliams7458]

Clown

[@Antbeast23]

Cotton and Carter had no skill man. These guys missing free throws and easy shots. Lebron and dru Joyce carried the team with better teammates they would of blown them out earlier

[@mattwatters5702]

Thug from the beginning with an attitude. I think this was the last year he actually went to school.

[@dantewilliams7458]

Shut up clown

[@theevster3413]

The fuck

[@Coachriq214]

@@dantewilliams7458 brje

[@antona599]

It’s a time where Lebrun didn’t have the spotlight on him. Imagine being under a microscope since then!! We liked him better before he was a puppet for the left but the man has always been the best since high school and it’s blatantly obvious.

[@Tinokash]

That’s why I feel bad for bronny. He got talent but because of his dad he’s been under the microscope since 8th grade 🤦🏽‍♂️

[@joelshrallow8567]

Actually your wrong. Zion is the HS G.O.A.T.

[@superdopehiphop]

@@joelshrallow8567 not even close. LeBron Kareem Wilt Shaq Russell Big O Magic Johnson all dwarf him and that’s just a few.

[@Jjonescp3]

You don’t even know him personally and you calling him a leftist puppet smh … The funny thing is there are zero puppets for the right huh? Name one

[@tedcasttv6253]

MJ IS THE GOAT ! NICE STORY THOUGH BRON

[@maelguiraud3568]

yet you are here and not on an mj vid.

[@tedcasttv6253]

@@maelguiraud3568 what does that even mean I’ve been following Bron since SVSM days your logic is what again ? If I think MJ is the goat I can’t watch Lebron videos lol 😂

[@slimmdz]

😂 I love LeBron career but yeah, nice story 😂

[@tuckhorse]

Hey the Flopper. So is this where he learned how to flop

[@mattm8932]

Time to grow up

[@tuckhorse]

@@mattm8932well ma'am I am not an adult flopinin in a pro sport

[@tuckhorse]

@@mattm8932 time to look up to men an not tall boys

[@realng1836]

Time to grow up I bet your in your 40s still being childish

[@tuckhorse]

@@realng1836 65 this year and never flopped. As kids I remember seein 1st profession flop..We laughed so hard. Couldn't believe anyone would do such a thing....times change different sport different people and culture. Still funny as crap to watch this guy flop .. He should have taken lessons from Mr. Jordan.

[@notoriousc-ny3206]

I’m early into this game but notice Lebron didn’t play defense in high school either lol. What a bum. MJ=GOAT

[@MtpMuzik]

u really came to lebrons highschool clips just to dickeat jordan thats crazy

[@alexvega8940]

lebron a better defender than mj at their peaks lmao. bron the goat, so clear now

[@notoriousc-ny3206]

@@alexvega8940 lebron isn't top 3. Defensively he isn't as good as Jordan was.

[@alexvega8940]

@@notoriousc-ny3206 lebron was a better defender than jordan 😭. not having him top 3 is jus hating at that point. he’s the goat

[@notoriousc-ny3206]

@@alexvega8940 based on what? Jordan made 9 1st all defensive team. Lebron made 5. Jordan averaged 2.3 steals per game, Lebron 1.5. They both have .8 blocks per game. Jordan outshines Lebron in every category and it’s not even close

[@youtuber3328]

lebron james has had an overrated career not facing legends like hakeem olajuwon jerry west larry bird magic johnson michael jordan kareem abdul-jabbar oscar robertson wilt chamberlain and bill russell

[@Jjonescp3]

Stupid comment.. just say your a hater and keep it moving …

[@youtuber3328]

@@Jjonescp3 i didnt don't and won't HATE any of those players AT ALL and i did do and/or PROBABLY will really LOVE legend hakeem olajuwon ALMOST as much as 3 even more elite players being kareem abdul-jabbar wilt chamberlain and bill russell

[@NewUS-zm4nd]

before turning into ccp operative

[@mattwilliam5522]

The beginning of a flopping legend

[@ChandlerPlayed]

beginning of the goat