LeBron James is serious about his money
Appearing on Dear Media’s Everybody’s Crazy podcast with his wife Savannah, LeBron shared how growing up struggling shaped his moves.
He said growing up “in the projects in Akron, Ohio, and not having sh*it gave him a scarcity mindset that he still has.
“It’s hard for me sometimes to take risks,” LeBronsaid, He also adding that he’d be “devastated” if he had to build his fortune from scratch again.
“I have a lot of more risky friends, and friends that are less risky,” LeBron said. “But for me, like, when I’m talking to my business partners and sh*t like that, financial advisers, you know, accountants. My financial adviser, the first thing I told him when he wanted to manage my money was ‘if you steal my money, bro, or if I’m broke, bro, I’m letting you know, bro, it ain’t going to be good for you.”
“I swear to God, I’m really like that, because I can’t start over. There’s no way. None of us sitting here can start over. I’m not Monopoly-ing this and I’m not starting back at, ‘Pass go and you collect $200 to start back at go. No, too far gone at this point.”
LeBron also spoke about how he and Savannah come from different family backgrounds.
“As far as a relationship, I think having a baby at a young age and us moving in together … [was different for me],” LeBron said
“My wife comes from a two-parent household and siblings in the house,” LeBron said. “I don’t come from that.”
He continued, “It was my mom and my uncles, and then just friends and girls and guys just coming in, you know? S, th*that’s what I grew up on. So, me settling down and deciding that she’s going to be the one that’s in the house, giving her the key or the garage door code, that s— was different, bro.”