[Bette]

At 23, James is the voice of the US team. On a team filled with All Stars and egos, James says he can treat them like green rookies if they screw up. Its his voice that will be heard on the court, yelling and screaming.
James guarantees "absolutely" that the US will bring home the hoops title. Nothing gets the sports world in a tizzy like a guarantee.
Over the last 6 years US teams have failed. Having been to one Olympics, James knows the forces of national pride that will oppose his team. But hoops is America's gig and a loss by a team of supremely gifted players will hurt, and it should. "It's the gold or failure," says James.

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[Lefty Noob]

So the guy who's currently on the shelf, injured, is guaranteeing a gold medal. Nice.

[Seahawker 562]

LeBron is the man so much charisma and skills

[bears9]

I am not a big LeBron fan, I thought the only thing this team was missing was a leader, people were saying it maybe Kobe, other people said it would Kidd, guess what it's LeBron, great job LeBron.

[Lefty Noob]

I, on the other hand, like Lebron, but I'm not crazy about this move. Let your play speak louder than your mouth, Mr. James.

[Bette]

I understand he has a sprained ankle and will be out only a short time.
What you maybe aren't getting unless you read the whole article, is the strong sense of patriotism and love of country that comes through. James wants to bring pride back. Our last basketball teams were pitiful. James aims to change that.