This is so awesome:

[tblue37]

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LeBron James is a 17x All-Star, 4x NBA champion, and has made over $1 billion throughout his career.

The part you didn't know?

@KingJames is also going to send thousands of kids to college tuition-free, changing lives & transforming his hometown.

Here's the incredible story 👇

There's a whole thread about what he is doing & how amazing it is.

[a kennedy]

1. Ah, love him, and who was the bitch telling him to shut up and dribble?? Oh that's right the faux

news Laura Ingraham. 🤮 🤮 🤮

[Haggard Celine]

2. Glad he's got his head on straight.

He knows he would never be able to spend all of that and have a normal life. It's obscene for anyone to spend a billion dollars on himself!

[rurallib]

3. Been a huge fan of his since he came on the scene and went pro

From that day forward he has walked the talk and made huge differences in peoples lives.

[Skittles]

4. outstanding

yes indeed

[pwb]

5. Good for him.

Good deeds seem rare. Sounds like a story so good cable news would ignore it.

[housecat]

6. An exceptional man and a role model

[malaise]

7. He walks the walk

Rec

[marble falls]

14. From my home town, he's done more than any one else I've heard of. I've been impressed ...

... him from the moment he became a pro player. He's been paying for other's educations from the day he signed. I cannot think of anyone else who's done so much for education of individuals, and out of his own pocket.

[malaise]

15. Really great news

[marble falls]

16. The first thing he did when he got drafted was pay for the education of four of his team ...

... mates who didn't get scholarships. And several of those became involved with educating children. He's never been touched by even a hint of scandal or excess. This is a kid who had sports representatives chasing him in the halls of high school at St Vincent's.

He very easily could have been ruined, he was poor as a child, but he stayed true.

[malaise]

17. That's lovely to know

Thanks marble falls

[niyad]

8. Excellent

[dchill]

9. K&R - even though I did know that!

[Hekate]

10. Heartwarming piece of news!

[marieo1]

11. Go LeBron

I have had fun watching LeBron play over the year - there is no one better. I am so proud of him and a bonus........he is a humanitarian, too. Wish other super rich people would follow his example. Thank you, LeBron for the years of exciting times you have given me. You are the greatest.

[calimary]

12. That's the kind of thing I love to see.

When the super rich actually help those who aren’t.

I’m NOT interested, OR impressed, with richies who fund think tanks and political institutions - usually on the wrong side of the aisle.

[marble falls]

13. Lebron James is a wonderful human who has done a lot of good directly for other people.

[usaf-vet]

18. This is the good that a billionaire with compassion for others can do.

Where are the other billionaires? Out playing with their riches and trying to outdo NASA. And give other millionaires and billionaires amusement rides. Only a few Americans can afford the price of admission.

"One small step for man, one giant leap for" the ultra-ultra-rich.

For an estimated ride lasting less than 20 minutes, they can look down from space at the needed poor and middle class who can only dream of a better life.

@KingJames is also going to send thousands of kids to college tuition-free, changing lives & transforming his hometown.

Fulfilling dreams of thousand of needy kids and, by extension, the families. Well done, sir, well done!

[Beartracks]

19. Whaaaat? Why doesn't he just build a space ship and go into orbit?

OK, just kidding. This is amazing.

Don't get me wrong, I'm all about space exploration (if not space commercialization), but we need WAY more of what LeBron is doing!

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[spooky3]

20. Good point! And James was hysterical in Trainwreck. Nt

[TeamProg]

21. Elon Musk? Not so much.. n/t

[seta1950]

22. Love lebron

Other billionaires could use him as an example, instead of going to space 🤨