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UpdatedMya Smiley is a student at the University of Akron thanks to an assist from LeBron James, and she is determined upon graduation to become a social worker that helps foster kids.
Many athletes have excelled in one or more of these areas. But few have done all of them as well as James, who passed Kareem Abdul-Jabbar for the NBA's career scoring record on Tuesday night. James now has 38,390 points, three more than Abdul-Jabbar retired with. “Even before I got into the NBA, I knew I wanted to find a way to give back to my community,” said James. Although James bounced from home to home during his childhood, and experienced financial insecurity for many of those years, he also was given enormous support from friends, neighbors and educators.
James has made over $400 million in NBA salary during his time with Cleveland, Miami and the Los Angeles Lakers. Another $100 million is on the way in the next 2-1/2 years or so.
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