LeBron James Wants To Own NBA Team ‘Sooner Rather Than Later’
LeBron James has stated his desire to own an NBA team, and he’s putting the plan in place already.
According to the Boston Globe, LeBron James has joined Fenway Sports Group as a major partner. As a result, he is a part owner of Major League Baseball’s Boston Red Sox.
FSG Also owns Liverpool in the English Premier League.
“My goal is to own a team, own an NBA team,” LeBron James said after the Lakers beat the Minnesota Timberwolves on Tuesday night.
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“I got so much to give to the game. I know what it takes to win at this level, I know talent and I also know how to run a business as well. So that is my goal. My goal is to own an NBA franchise, and you know it’ll be sooner than later.
“For me, and for my partner Maverick [Carter], to be the first two black men to be a part of that ownership group, in the history of that franchise, I think it’s pretty damn cool,” added James.
“It gives me and people that look like me, you know, hope and inspiration that they can be in a position like that as well, that it can be done. It gives my kids at my primary school more and more inspiration as well.
“It’s a pretty amazing thing and for me to continue to build my portfolio off the floor also in a beautiful game like baseball.”Â
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There is no doubt LeBron owning an NBA franchise would be a statement, one he fully intends to make. Last month, when soccer star Zlatan Ibrahimovich took a shot at his activism, LeBron responded by saying he ‘will never shut up’ about racial issues in the United States.
