In June 2003, four months before he would first step onto an NBA court, LeBron James appeared as a guest on HBO’s On the Record with Bob Costas – and the host did not pull any punches. Following a brief introduction, Costas immediately hit LeBron hard. “How does it feel,” he began, “to know that if you are not eventually a Hall-of-Fame caliber player...a lot of people will say you were a bust?” LeBron paused. “I take it one moment at a time.”
LeBron has delivered countless moments of wonder for NBA fans in the 20-plus years since that interview, with many of them immortalized on some of his best basketball cards. The image on this card, which portrays LeBron rising to shoot in the face of the Detroit Pistons’ Ben Wallace, is one of the most iconic in modern hoops collecting history. Though the King is in the twilight of his stupendous career, issues such as this PSA 8 2003 Topps Chrome Black Refractor rookie /500 #111 will remain some of the most coveted basketball cards ever produced long after he supplies his final memorable moment on the court.
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