Los Angeles Lakers star and all-time great NBA player LeBron James has been in a giving mood a whole lot recently. That’s typically the case given the off-court work he’s done since entering the Association as a teenager all the way back in 2003.
The Duquesne men’s basketball team found this out big time immediately ahead of their first-round matchup with BYU in the NCAA Tournament.
LeBron legitimately gifted the entire team a pair of his LeBron James XXI kicks. The four-time NBA champion had a pair of his white and blue sneakers delivered to the 11th-seeded team. It was a pretty cool scene. The players were super excited.
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Back in 2015, James signed a lifetime contract with Nike that could end up paying him out north of $1 billion throughout the duration of the deal.
In terms of what he gifted the Duquesne basketball team, here is a look:
Duquesne heads into Thursday’s game against BYU with a 24-11 record. They are 9.5-point underdogs. Perhaps, these new kicks will prove lucky for the mid-major program.