• LeBron James' multimillion-dollar real estate portfolio is as impressive as his NBA career.
• His portfolio includes a $36.75 million Beverly Hills property where he's building a compound.
• He also purchased a home in Coconut Grove. Take a look at the homes he's owned over the years.

LeBron James has had a legendary run on the court. The four-time NBA champion has played for the Cleveland Cavaliers, Miami Heat, Los Angeles Lakers, and now the Philadelphia 76ers, winning titles with his first three teams.

His real estate portfolio has grown alongside his career. James has bought homes near most of the cities where he has played, building a multimillion-dollar collection of properties in the process.

Forbes estimates James' net worth to be $1.4 billion as of publication. Over the years, he has secured lucrative endorsement deals and business ventures with brands including Nike, Beats by Dre, PepsiCo, and Fanatics.

Now, James is reportedly living in a luxury building in New York City and commuting by helicopter to Philadelphia for 76ers games and to the team's practice facility in Camden, New Jersey (the flights are covered through his partnership with Fanatics) — a routine that has drawn criticism from some fans.

Take a look at some of the properties James has purchased over the years, from a custom-built home in Akron, Ohio, to a 13,000-square-foot mansion in Beverly Hills.

The NBA star's first real estate purchase was a home worth more than $ 2.1 million outside Akron, Ohio.

James was born and raised in Akron, Ohio, and the city remains a big part of his life.

In 2003, after the Cleveland Cavaliers drafted him at age 18, he purchased an almost seven-acre property in Bath Township, a community just outside Akron, for more than $2.1 million.

After tearing down the property's existing home, he built a 30,000-square-foot house in its place. The six-bedroom, fourteen-bathroom home includes a recording studio, a full barbershop, a home theater, a sports bar, and a two-lane bowling alley, Robb Report reported.

While James spends much of his time outside of Ohio these days, he's still very connected to Akron.

In 2018, through the LeBron James Family Foundation, he opened the I PROMISE School in partnership with Akron Public Schools. The public elementary and middle school serves at-risk kids, providing them with free meals and transportation. Eligible students also receive free tuition to the University of Akron.

James bought a $9 million home in Coconut Grove before it was cool.

In 2010, after seven years with the Cavaliers, James announced during a live, hourlong ESPN special that he would be joining the Miami Heat. The move became one of the most controversial moments in NBA history.

While many Cleveland fans saw it as a betrayal, Miami welcomed James with open arms. That year, he purchased a 13,930-square-foot, six-bedroom home in Coconut Grove for $9 million.

After four years with the Heat, during which James helped bring home two championships along with fellow superstars Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh, he listed his Miami home for $17 million. After returning to Ohio, the home eventually sold for $13.4 million, Realtor.com reported.

A Realtor.com listing shows the home was last sold for 18.5 million in 2023. It's no surprise its value has climbed. Over the years, Coconut Grove has become one of Miami's hottest and wealthiest neighborhoods, attracting high-profile residents including Citadel CEO Ken Griffin and Google's cofounder and former CEO Larry Page.

James liked Brentwood so much that he bought two mansions in the neighborhood.

James returned to his hometown to play for the Cavaliers in 2014. But when he bought a $21 million, six-bedroom mansion in Brentwood the following year, it sparked rumors that he could eventually move to the Lakers.

The 9,440-square-foot colonial-style home had eight bathrooms and amenities, including a basketball court, a home gym, and an infinity pool. James eventually sold the home for $19.6 million in 2021, Robb Report reported.

In 2017, James purchased a second Brentwood property for $23 million. The newly built mansion had eight bedrooms, marble floors, 14-foot ceilings, and a rooftop terrace overlooking Los Angeles.

The speculation about James joining the Lakers proved right in 2018, when he signed a four-year, $153.3 million deal with the team. In 2020, he led the team to an NBA title and became the first player in league history to win Finals MVP with three different teams.

James bought a Beverly Hills mansion for $36.75 million and is building a compound in its place.

In 2020, James made his biggest real estate purchase to date when he bought a 13,000-square-foot mansion in Beverly Hills for $36.75 million.

The mansion, which sat on 2.5 acres, was built in the 1930s and once belonged to Lee Phillip Bell, the co-creator of the soap operas "The Young and the Restless" and "The Bold and the Beautiful," Realtor.com reported.

In 2023, he demolished the existing home and began building a new compound from the ground up. According to Robb Report, the plans call for two homes: a roughly 16,000-square-foot, two-story main house with a 7,700-square-foot basement garage, pool, spa, and outdoor kitchen; and a 6,550-square-foot, one-story guesthouse with a basement theater and hot-and-cold plunge pools.

James is living in New York during the basketball season, while his wife, Savannah, and their daughter remain on the property as construction continues.

In October, the couple gave Vogue a look inside the property. Among their most treasured features in the home is an OxyHealth hyperbaric chamber, the Vitaeris 320 model, which, according to the health website Regenerated, can cost between $ 18,000 and $23,000.

President Trump made his feelings known about LeBron James' antics during the national anthem, and James has now responded.

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La stella dei Sixers si chiama Tyrese Mexey

Solo due partite, tanto basta per capire che LeBron James non ha voglia di scherzare a Philadelphia. Una media di oltre 15 punti, quasi 10 rimbalzi e 6 assist. Andate a vedervi le cifre a fine carriera di alcune tra le più longeve star del passato. Si, gente di “poco conto” tipo Karl Malone, Vince Carter o Patrick Ewing. Il Prescelto sta in universo a parte, non solo per le cifre. Anche per condizione atletica e intensità di gioco. Anche Jaylen Brown non è partito male, nonostante incastri e gerarchie abbiano ancora bisogno di tempo per acquisire fluidità e automatismi. Joel Embiid? È sembrato rassicurantemente in forma. A rimbalzo può dare sicuramente di più (come cantava qualcuno…), ma le ginocchia sono quelle che sono. Tuttavia, al momento, non sembra esserci discussione alcuna, la stella della squadra è un certo Tyres Maxey. E da queste fasi iniziali, i compagni di squadra sembrano anche averlo accettato di buon grado.

Talento irreale, guardia tiratrice “elettrica e veloce”. Fate conto un Robert Pack (esplosivo playmaker di Denver degli anni ’90) che corre alla velocità del suono palla in mano per tutto il campo, solo che Maxey ha una completezza offensiva degna di un Mitch Richmond nel picco di carriera. Nel ha messi 32 nella rimonta di stanotte contro Cleveland. Ne aveva segnati 28 nella serata di apertura contro New York. Sempre il miglior marcatore dei suoi. Somiglia sinistramente ad Allen “The Answer” Iverson per velocità sul primo passo, capacità di superare il difensore dal palleggio, abilità nel segnare in traffico. Fisico scolpito nel granito, grande esplosività, pazzesca velocità di base, eccezionale palleggio. Una superstar fatta e finita. Tyrese “The Second Answer” Maxey?

Ottimo esordio, ma con sconfitta, per Paul George

I Celtics hanno perso contro i Detroit Pistons nella prima gara di stagione. Ma Paul George, dopo anni in cui ha spesso arrancato (causa anche frequenti guai fisici), è parso davvero tirato a lucido. Ed è un’ottima notizia per Boston, anche perché sopperire alla dipartita di uno del calibro di Jaylen Brown non è certo la cosa più semplice del mondo. Nella serata di apertura, George ha segnato ben 38 punti, record per un esordio in maglia bianco verde, con un’interpretazione del gioco dal perimetro di livello “Ray Allen”. Per lui 7 su 12 da tre e la sensazione di poter trovare la retina tutte le volte che alzava il braccio dopo uno scarico di un compagno.

Le primavere, ben 36, non sono più così poche e non si può certo sperare che ritorni l’iradiddio che era in maglia Indiana Pacers. Tuttavia, se rimane sano, Paul George può essere particolarmente efficace nella filosofia offensiva di coach Mazulla, alleggerire le spalle di Tatum e White in attacco, garantire un altro punto di riferimento che può essere decisivo quando conta per davvero. Sarà in grado di far dimenticare ciò che Brown faceva in campo? No, quello no. Intanto, dovrebbe iniziare a non farlo rimpiangere. Compito complesso.

Cunningham: il ritorno di Gran Hill?

Ricorda molto Grant Hill per il modo in cui attacca il canestro dal palleggio, con (molto) meno stacco da terra, ma più visione di gioco rispetto all’ex stella dei Pistons. Ha letteralmente diretto l’orchestra di Detroit come se fossero alla prima de La Scala, portando la squadra alla vittoria proprio contro i Boston Celtics. Ha chiuso con 22 punti e 8 assist. Certo, ha tirato maluccio sia dal campo (8 su 18) che da tre (1 su 6). Mani fredde, cuore caldo. Ha giocato una gara sempre in controllo, ha organizzato l’attacco, messo in ritmo i compagni (Jalen Duren dovrebbe fagli una statua…), leggendo in modo appropriato ritmi e spaziature.

Cade Cunningham non ha bisogno di segnare per incidere, è quel tipo di giocatore davvero poco egoista, che fa rispendere i compagni. All-aroud dalla tecnica sopraffina, tratta bene la palla, può agire in modo naturale come portatore primario, ma sa anche muoversi lontano dalla palla. Il tiro da fuori, appunto, continua a essere altalenante. Anche nella sua miglior stagione dal perimetro, non è andato mai oltre il 35%. Se migliora anche in questo fondamentale, può puntare all’MVP, se non come premio in sé stesso (qualcuno tra San Antonio, Oklahoma City e Denver potrebbe avere qualcosa da ridire), almeno come livello di gioco. Ma Detroit deve continuare a far bene.

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Hours after President Donald Trump ripped his national anthem golf swing antics, LeBron James appeared to double down by working on his golf hip turns during Thursday's night's anthem before the Philadelphia 76ers faced the Cleveland Cavaliers.

In what was a clear shot back at Trump, LeBron, who wouldn't dare disrespect the Chinese anthem, was seen standing normally during the national anthem before sending a signal back to Trump that sure looked like hip turns that golfers would use during warmups.

The Philadelphia Inquirer called hip turns "stretching." The golf world knows better.

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Earlier Thursday, Trump unleashed on the Chinese sympathizer.

"While listening to our National Anthem, LeBron James disrespects our Country! I said right from the beginning that he’s no good, a TOTAL DISGRACE," Trump wrote on Truth Social. "LeBron James should apologize to all of those Great American Warriors and Heroes who died for the American Flag, and all that our Country stands for!"

This is the video that had Trump, a noted golfer fanatic himself, fuming mad.

During a campaign stop Thursday night, Trump continued to hammer away. "What about LeBron James? Did you see that deal?" Trump asked voters in Iowa. "He's practicing his golf swing. I said, what the hell is that? I don't understand it."

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"Slow news day at the office," LeBron said after the game when asked about Trump's Truth Social post that clearly got his attention.

Enes Kanter Freedom has come forward with new allegations regarding the culture of the NBA during his playing career and sent a warning to the WNBA amid his ongoing feud regarding the league's gender eligibility policy.

Freedom's new statements come one day after the WNBA tried to direct him to sit in a private luxury suite at Game 3 of the WNBA Finals in Atlanta instead of the courtside seat he purchased, amid security concerns. The change in arrangement resulted in a highly-publicized encounter with police at the entrance of State Farm Arena, which resulted in Freedom leaving the venue entirely amid disagreements over where he wanted to sit.

Now Freedom is revealing that his former Boston Celtics teammate Dennis Schröder privately questioned LeBron James’ motives as an activist, and that his Celtics teammates once shunned him for making an appearance on Fox News in his final year in the league in 2021.

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According to Freedom, he asked Schröder that season what James was like as a teammate and how he viewed James’ public advocacy.

"He said, 'Whatever is LeBron doing is for LeBron.' I was like, enough said. We don't have to say a word anymore. Because, uh, I used to respect him a lot, you know, uh, for what he'd done for Black community. Uh, but when one of his former teammates said, you know, all his advocacy is for, is for LeBron, um, that's where, that's where he lost me."

Freedom also criticized James’ conduct during the national anthem before Philadelphia’s season opener against the Knicks on Tuesday. Video showed James making apparent golf and shooting motions during the performance, prompting criticism from President Donald Trump on Thursday.

"But I mean, everybody knows LeBron James... I call him the dictator of the NBA. And I think President Trump said the best. You know, he disrespects our country and disrespects our flag," Freedom said. "LeBron James is the reason the NBA is woke still. I promise you, once he retires, NBA is not going to be as woke as now."

In terms of the league's "woke" culture, Freedom also recalled an incident in his final year when he was praised for doing a television appearance on CNN, but shunned for going on Fox News to discuss the same topic of human rights abuses in China.

"I actually attended a show on CNN. The next day I walk in the locker room, they were saying, 'Good job last night, we watched your interview, keep doing what you're doing," he said. "The next morning I walk in the locker room, nobody said a word to me. They were not even looking at me. I was getting these dirty looks. I asked one of my teammates, I'm like, what happened?"

Freedom said a teammate explained that the objection was to the outlet carrying his message.

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"They said, well, we watched your interview again last night. I'm like, okay. It's not your interviews, it's who you did it with. I walk on the court, one of my assistant coaches came up to me and whisper— he was whispering in my ear, hey man, me and my family watched you last night, good job. I'm like, why are you whispering?"

According to Freedom, the coach feared a backlash of his own.

"He said, because I don't want your teammates to know that I watch Fox News. I was like, why? They said, well, because none of them will talk to me the rest of the year."

Freedom said he explained to teammates that appearing on the network did not mean endorsing a political party, and that he wanted his human rights advocacy to reach a wider audience. But they weren't receptive to that reasoning, he claims.

"In NBA circles, we don't talk about Fox News, we don't watch Fox News, and if you do, you will realize that you are going to get cancelled and you're going to get hated on," Freedom said.

But Freedom also claimed that those beliefs are different in private, for some, claiming that that some players privately support conservative causes and President Donald Trump but conceal those views because they fear how they would be treated.

But Freedom claimed some NBA players privately support conservative causes and Trump while concealing those views because they fear how others would treat them.

"But there are many people actually that supports the conservative movements, supports the Republican Party, uh, many of them actually supports President Trump, but just because of they know that they will get canceled and they will get hated on throughout the whole year, they're just hiding it. I mean, you're not even allowed to say you watch Fox News," Freedom said.

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Freedom said he has encountered similar reluctance to speak publicly among former NBA colleagues discussing his current campaign to push the WNBA to explicitly restrict eligibility to biological females.

He said some initially questioned his tactics, but expressed support after he explained his intentions.

"I don't want to give their name because I know, I just know that as soon as I expose their name, then there will be a lot of questions," Freedom said.

According to Freedom, those conversations included players telling him "we cannot help you," while also saying, "but now we understand what you're doing and we support you and we will pray for you."

Freedom also pointed to a podcast conversation with Michael Porter Jr., saying Porter initially had questions about the campaign and understood his position better after they discussed it. He did not identify the other players he said privately supported him.

Meanwhile, Freedom named Kevin Durant, Patrick Beverley, Matt Barnes and Stephen Jackson among the current and former NBA players he said have criticized him, challenging them to discuss their disagreements directly.

"Invite me to your podcast and let's sit down and talk. And let me explain to you why am I doing the things that I'm doing. Don't just go on Twitter. Don't just go on social media and just tweet about it. You know how to, you know, you have my number."

His campaign to join the WNBA has now culminated in two hostile incidents at WNBA arenas after he was ejected from a Chicago Sky game in August, and then faced police resistance while trying to enter State Farm Arena on Wednesday night.

Freedom said one of the reasons that sitting courtside on Wednesday was so important to him was because he wanted to make sure that his shirt, which read "What is a woman?" would be as visible as possible during the game. Asked whether he wanted television cameras to capture his "What is a woman?" shirt from courtside, he acknowledged that visibility was part of his thinking.

"I mean, that was one of the reasons maybe. My main reason was I wanted to support the WNBA," he said.

But he said accepting the suite was never an option.

"They were trying to put me in a prison box. And I mean, everyone knows me that I'm not going to bow down or kneel to someone who is trying to silence me," Freedom said.

The Atlanta Dream and State Farm Arena said the arrangement responded to safety concerns Freedom himself had raised with authorities and basketball officials. They said the suite would have additional security and was intended to protect him and other guests.

Although Freedom objected to being surrounded by police at the entrance, he acknowledged that the officers treated him courteously.

"They were very, actually very kind. They were trying to do their job, and I was being very very nice to them as well," he said. "This is not their fault."

He nevertheless rejected suggestions that he should have accepted the seating arrangement or handled the encounter more diplomatically.

"I think I handled everything perfectly," he said.

Freedom also pushed back against accusations that his campaign is a publicity stunt, pointing to threats he said included references to Charlie Kirk’s shooting.

"I think people need to understand I'm getting death threats every hour. I mean, I showed you that the text messages, you know, yesterday that people are sending me pictures and videos of the moment that Charlie Kirk got shot and said, you are next," he said.

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"So I'm not that crazy. I'm not going to put my life on risk just to get attention."

Freedom said the campaign would end if the WNBA explicitly restricted eligibility to biological females. The league has already declared Freedom and fellow former NBA player Royce White ineligible, while its collective bargaining agreement limits participation to women without specifying sex assigned at birth.

"I'm literally telling the league that define what a woman is, or add the word biological in your collective bargaining next to the word female. I will disappear the next day," Freedom said.

But he said he was finished initiating further discussions with league officials.

"If they would like to sit down and have a conversation with me, listen, I love diplomacy," he said. "But I'm done reaching out. So if they would like to reach out, uh, go ahead. You have my number."

Despite the league’s eligibility determination, Freedom said he still intends to attend the next draft and continue preparing for it. He also claimed the campaign could expand to include additional male professional players, whom he did not identify.

"If they don't draft me and if they don't change the rules, now they have to deal with 6 other male professional players," he said.

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"And if not, again, this is not a threat, next year will be very interesting."

President Donald Trump called on LeBron James to apologize Thursday after video showed the Philadelphia 76ers star moving his arms and practicing shooting motions during the national anthem.

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