LeBron James was honored as Sports Illustrated’s 2012 Sportsman of the Year Wednesday night in New York. King James had an amazing year which included winning the regular season MVP, his first NBA championship and NBA finals MVP and an Olympic Gold medal. The event took place at at the eSpace club in Manhattan and was attended by family and friends, including his mother Gloria James, fianceé Savannah Brinson, Jay-Z and Beyonce and Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski.
Lebron accepted the award from Coach K and when asked if there was anything he’d tell his 17-year old self after being on SI’s cover in 2002, it was this:
Side note, Savannah looks AMAZING in Pucci!
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