Episode 278: Best #1 Picks in Sports History

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Grant Napear

Football, Basketball, Sports

4.7 • 944 Ratings

🗓️ 31 October 2023

⏱️ 19 minutes

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This past Sunday Lebron James played the Kings, and it marked the 20th anniversary of Lebron's first ever NBA game. It made me think, is James the best top pick in sports history? What about Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Peyton Manning, Alex Ovechkin, Chipper Jones, Sidney Crosby, Magic Johnson or maybe Tim Duncan. It is certainly interesting to go back in time and try and rank the number one picks who became superstars! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:48.6	you know on Sunday night when the Sacramento Kings play the LA
0:51.4	Lakers there was a other story, a sidebar to this game and it was
0:56.0	LeBron James who 20 years ago Sunday played his first ever NBA game, 2003, against the Kings at Arco Arena.
1:06.3	And there's no question that when you look at the number one picks
1:09.8	in the history of sport, not just the NBA
1:12.7	LeBron is arguably the most hyped high profile
1:17.7	athlete to ever enter professional sports in America.
1:22.4	I mean everyone knew about LeBron he was a household
1:25.2	name and he was on the cover of Sports Illustrated as a 17 year old and the caption
1:31.7	was the chosen one that compared him to Michael Jordan
1:36.0	his games on high school were being shown on national TV and when the Cleveland
1:41.4	Cavaliers won the lottery, well, they won LeBron James from nearby Akron, Ohio.
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