LeBron James has never made it a secret, from the start, what he's about.
Empowerment.
He's repeatedly shown he doesn't always view authority structures the way traditionalists might, nor does he necessarily believe in all of the boundaries society has arbitrarily set for elite athletes. He's shown that by trusting childhood friends rather than more experienced experts to handle his marketing and business affairs. He's shown that by exercising his free-agent rights to leave Cleveland when that didn't conform with conventional wisdom of what a hometown hero should do.
He's shown that by choosing to return to Cleveland, in part, because he preferred to serve as the CEO of a Cavaliers (re)startup than remain a middle manager in the more established Miami Heat company, with its more rigid chain of command. He's shown that by recently accepting the position of vice president of the players association, even with all his time-consuming commitments. And he's shown that, mostly, by emphasizing again and again he plays for the pleasure of fellow labor—his teammates—rather than at the pleasure of mana ...
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Like It or Not, LeBron Is Going to Make His Voice Heard, and Why Shouldn’t He?
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