In dorm rooms and common areas on college campuses across the country, students congregated to watch LeBron James’ first professional basketball game some 21 years ago.
Shockingly, as he scored his first two points on a baseline jumper in Sacramento, there were no boos — at least not to recollection.
James has amazing recall, and even while he claims he couldn’t have predicted his NBA career could turn out as it has — the 40,000 points, the championships, the moments forever etched in our brains — he seems to recall people rooting for him to fail.