{"id":1388953,"date":"2021-07-22T13:36:20","date_gmt":"2021-07-22T17:36:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/?p=1388953"},"modified":"2021-07-22T13:36:21","modified_gmt":"2021-07-22T17:36:21","slug":"lebron-james-has-officially-become-nba-first-billion-dollar-man","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/news\/lebron-james-has-officially-become-nba-first-billion-dollar-man\/","title":{"rendered":"LeBron James Has Officially Become the NBA's First Billion Dollar Man"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

LeBron James<\/a> may never match the six NBA titles<\/a> or the record six NBA Finals<\/a> MVP awards of Michael Jordan<\/a>, but he can now at least say that he's done something MJ never did as he's become the first active NBA player to surpass $1 billion in career earnings. But not only that, James is the first player in a U.S. team sport to crack the billion-dollar mark while still active and only the sixth active athlete ever to do so. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It's not that Jordan hasn't made $1 billion in his lifetime as he's actually made more than double that amount. It's just that he didn't do so during his playing days and still wouldn't have even taking inflation into account. But with Nike's Jordan Brand and his many other business ventures, MJ has made a pretty decent life for himself in retirement. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

As for LeBron, who actually wants to follow in Jordan's footsteps one day as the owner of an NBA franchise, the money is only going to continue to roll in as he still has a few years left in the NBA and, like MJ, will keep on banking when his playing days are behind him. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

LeBron James has already made more than $346 million in the NBA and still has another $85 million coming his way<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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