The Most Expensive Assets Owned by LeBron James That Cost More Than Your Life

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In 2003, when LeBron James began his NBA career being drafted to Cavaliers, which ironically was his home team growing up in Ohio, he actually bought the Bath Township property located in Summit County just northwest of Akron. He reportedly spent $2 million on it at the time in October of 2003, but made millions of dollars in improvements throughout the next few years following. The mansion itself includes 19 rooms, which includes 6 bedrooms, 8 bathrooms, a bowling alley, recording studio, home theater, sports bar, aquarium, and barbershop. The ridiculous crib is now worth more than $9 million.
LeBron now has 3 mansions total, including this one in Akron, Ohio, and two in Los Angeles. While he was a member of the Miami Heat, where he began winning NBA championships and evolved into the player we see today, he actually lived in a large home located in Coconut Grove, South Florida. The mansion actually sold for $13.4 million after he returned to Cleveland, so he no longer has that one, but now being a member of the Los Angeles Lakers, he has two mansions to choose from out there. He originally had a home worth $21 million that he purchased in 2015 Right before James decided to sign with the Los Angeles Lakers, he actually purchased his second home in LA for $23 million. It's definitely ridiculous, but nothing compared to the $154 million that he'll actually make over the next four years just off his contract in the NBA alone. Eight bedrooms, 11 bathrooms, a movie theater, gym, and of course a pool, LeBron is going to be living luxurious throughout his tenure with LA. So a $9 million mansion in Ohio, $13 million crib in Miami, and over $44 million on homes in Los Angeles, LeBron James is definitely living like a king with a ridiculous almost $70 million spent on his mansion collection. LeBron James' $20 million health and fitness.
So obviously to play with the best in the world and continue to dominate, even at 33 years old 15 years deep into the league, LeBron James spends approximately $1.5 million a year on just his health and fitness alone. But being in the league for those 15 years, that's over $20 million spent invested into his body and craft alone. LeBron's close friend and business partner Maverick Carter actually said he spends around $1.5 million a year just on his body to stay in the best shape possible. This actually includes cryotherapy, hyperbaric chambers, personal chefs, trainers, all just to maintain a strict diet and routine. He's actually replicated gyms from the organizations he was a part of, whether it was Miami, Cleveland, now even Los Angeles. He's actually replicated all the equipment they have in their team's gym into his own house. Basically, LeBron has all the science of how to sleep, masseuses, and everything possible. Basically, everything he does in his life is constructed in a way to benefit him playing basketball long term, and to basically stay on the court being as healthy as possible, and to absorb punishment when he goes into the basket and gets crushed by people. Not many athletes have this type of dedication and work ethic, in combination with will to invest more than they have to, and themselves at this point in their careers. But that basically explains why the longevity of LeBron James being the best player in the league for such a period of time is unbelievable and legendary.
LeBron James $8 million school. Now, because James knows what it's like to actually be an at-risk student himself, as a fourth grader, he actually said he missed 83 days of school, while he and his mother moved from one couch or spare room to the next. He basically gives all the credit to his mentors, some of whom he'd actually met at school, with a turnaround that helped him attend every single day of fifth grade, which was also the first year he ended up playing organized basketball. Now, 240 third and fourth graders will actually make up this class at his I promise school, which actually opened over the summer in James' hometown of Akron, Ohio. Now, the school itself is actually a little unusual. It's a public school formed in collaboration between LeBron's Foundation and Akron Public Schools. It basically includes a long school day of eight hours, a support circle for students after lunch, GED courses and job placement for parents as well. All are basically driven by LeBron's mission to help kids overcome what he faced as a low-income student in Akron. Now, with LeBron James winning three NBA championships, four league MVPs, constantly making the All-Star game each and every single year, he called this school opening the greatest moment of his entire career. When interviewed about the entire situation, LeBron James said himself, walking these hallways and seeing when I was driving here, just the streets that I walked, some of the stores are still up when I was growing up, it's a moment I'll never forget. And hopefully the kids starting with the 240 kids that we have going here right now starting today will never forget it either.