Story on his new house. No pics, but still it sounds

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"The King's castle: theater, bowling alley, casino March 27, 2007 AKRON, Ohio -- LeBron James' 35,440-square-foot house under construction in nearby Bath Township is shaping up as a castle fit for a king -- with a theater, bowling alley, casino and barber shop. The house in a suburban location 20 miles south of Cleveland is due to be finished next year. It is being built on 5.6 acres of land purchased, along with an 11-bedroom house, in 2003 for $2.1 million. The Cleveland Cavaliers All-Star and Akron native, whose stated goal is to be the world's first billionaire athlete, razed the house to clear the way for the new one. A first-floor master suite, which includes a two-story walk-in closet, will be about 40 feet wide and 56 feet long -- bigger than half the houses in Bath Township. The house has a dining hall, roughly 27 feet by 27 feet, a "great room" at 34 feet by 37 feet and a bigger, two-story "grand room," according to the Akron Beacon Journal, which reported on the blueprints. The "family foyer" off the six-car garage near the elevator will be dwarfed by a "grand foyer" inside the front entrance with a sweeping, divided staircase leading to four second-story bedrooms. An outer wall will feature a limestone sculpture -- a bas-relief of LeBron's head, wearing his trademark headband. The property is an oddly shaped tract wedged among lots that average 2.3 acres and houses that average 3,209 square feet. His property is 300 feet wide at the street and 677 feet deep. The house already has begun to draw the curious. "People who come to photograph it are disrespectful," said Tom Bader, one of nine immediate next-door neighbors. "They park their car in the middle of the street -- with their doors open! And you're sitting behind them! All I wanna do is go home after a hard day's work." Sometimes Bader must wait to turn into his driveway because gawkers have driven up, hoping for a better view of James' place. "As far as LeBron the man goes, I think he's an outstanding individual," said Bader, a graduate of James' alma mater, St. Vincent-St. Mary High School in Akron. "He's great for Cleveland. I'm proud to have him. I have no issues with LeBron James at all. The problem is the baggage that he unintentionally carries with him." Bader has discouraged his children's dream that James might have them over to shoot hoops. "I said, `Honey, I don't think that's going to happen. Besides that, don't ever, ever invite LeBron over to our house to play ball because he's going to twist his ankle and I will have my house eternally egged.'" While waiting for the home to be finished, James splits his time between a huge apartment in downtown Cleveland and a relatively modest four-bedroom house in Medina County west of Akron. He paid $580,000 for the house in 2005. ------ "

http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news?slug=ap-lebronshouse&prov=ap&type=lgns

3/29/2007 10:26:32 AM

you got that much money, you might as well enjoy your life

course in regards to the 2 story closet...couldnt you just build a big ass one story closet

3/29/2007 10:29:03 AM

nothing says pimp like a 2 story closet

3/29/2007 10:30:28 AM

nothing ruins the pimpness like AKRON ohio

3/29/2007 10:31:08 AM

its pimp

till you fall off the fucking top floor when you just woke up trying to find some jordans

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"a bas-relief of LeBron's head, wearing his trademark headband. "

extremely lame

[Edited on March 29, 2007 at 10:35 AM. Reason : *]

3/29/2007 10:33:20 AM

i can see it now

with the ladders on wheels like in old libraries

3/29/2007 10:34:17 AM

Why would you put a barber shop in your house?

Especially if you have basically a buzz cut.

3/29/2007 10:36:11 AM

for real, I'd get a massive pool before a edge-up shop

3/29/2007 10:37:52 AM

if i was going to build a 35,000sq ft house i would want to have more than 5 acres

[Edited on March 29, 2007 at 10:41 AM. Reason : ]

3/29/2007 10:37:56 AM

^^^ So his crew can come over and hang out in the barber shop without a whole bunch of tools trying to autographs. Also just because it sounds cool I guess.

[Edited on March 29, 2007 at 10:38 AM. Reason : 6]

3/29/2007 10:38:46 AM

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"Why would you put a barber shop in your house? Especially if you have basically a buzz cut."

i dont think you understand the lengths many of these guys go to to keep the cut (face and head) tight and trim.

it can be close to a daily event.

3/29/2007 10:39:20 AM

I hope he blows out his knee climbing the steps to the second story of his closet.

How many fucking clothes can one man wear?

Imagine how rich he would be if he wasn't getting constantly held down by the man.

[Edited on March 29, 2007 at 10:41 AM. Reason : .]

3/29/2007 10:40:45 AM

looks like he might stay with the cavs after all

3/29/2007 10:42:55 AM

This is what is wrong with sports.

He is making more than the president of our country.

3/29/2007 10:54:14 AM

he is a better basketball player than george bush

3/29/2007 10:58:04 AM

Yeah, the acreage seemed VERY small considering the size of the house.

And I agree, our military / doctors / president should definitely make more money. I've no problem w/ LeBron's paycheck, but some seriously important people in our world don't make nearly enough, and we'd be screwed without 'em.

3/29/2007 11:05:14 AM

the reason lebron makes that much money is because he makes even more than that for the cavaliers by putting butts in the seat every night, seling jerseys, etc...also any road games essentially sell out versus the cavs just for people who want to see lebron

certainly his impact is not as important as a teacher or doctor...but the market dictates his wages

he's essentially an entertainer...dont julia roberts and tom cruise get like 25 million dollars a movie or more

3/29/2007 11:07:53 AM

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"And I agree, our military / doctors "

these guys can go to the grocery store and by a loaf of bread, lebron cannot

3/29/2007 11:11:25 AM

But does his house use at least 20 times the energy of the typical american house?

3/29/2007 11:12:05 AM

probably a lot more than that

3/29/2007 11:14:08 AM

but he doesn't parade around making movies that tell me that I am destroying the world.

3/29/2007 11:19:13 AM

course every time lebron makes a big dunk, everybody in the building is like 'ooooooooohhhh!!!' which releases co2

3/29/2007 11:23:05 AM

Don't forget that Clinton has made like $50mil on book deals and lectures since being president.

^I lol

[Edited on March 29, 2007 at 11:23 AM. Reason : ^]

3/29/2007 11:23:26 AM

You guys should check out this website. Deon Sanders goes around to several athlete's homes kinda like MTV Cribs. Make sure to check out Deon's house. His seems to be the largest.
http://www.seehowtheylive.com

The barber shop comment made me think of this. Deon has one in his house

3/29/2007 11:53:14 AM

keep it up until the pics come out

military/doctors/lawyers/engineers/presidents should def make what a Lebron makes. Tell me how many doctors you've heard of that come close to that salary, much less endorsements.

3/29/2007 11:54:41 AM

ahaha

Deion's kids' Power Wheels has a system

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"doctors/lawyers/engineers/presidents should def make what a Lebron makes"

I'm an engineer...and I guess I'll make that type of money when I can get 25,000 people to come watch me do calculations every other night

[Edited on March 29, 2007 at 11:56 AM. Reason : ]

3/29/2007 11:55:15 AM

Lebron should't make that much money. No athlete should. There should be a cap. Same with entertainers. It's ridiculous

3/29/2007 12:00:17 PM

and he's what...

the 5th highest paid player on his team


(for now...)


rookie contracts are a bitch, but endorsements are pretty sweet

3/29/2007 12:00:52 PM

Beardawg, this is not intended as a racist comment, but how many white people do you know that would put a barber shop in their house? Not many, if any at all, but I guess it's a good thing that they take pride in the way they look.

3/29/2007 12:02:48 PM

^^^Why are you against letting the market decide what people make? If you don't want entertainers and athletes making millions, then don't go to games/concerts or watch them on TV. Don't buy their gear/CDs. Then convince the world to agree with you and there you have it. They don't make $.

[Edited on March 29, 2007 at 12:04 PM. Reason : ^^^]

[Edited on March 29, 2007 at 12:05 PM. Reason : sp]

3/29/2007 12:04:32 PM

good luck convincing nike to invest 100 million dollars in a teacher or doctor to sell shoes and clothes

3/29/2007 12:04:57 PM

deion crib is fucking ridiculous

As in fucking half the shit in his place is retarded...that guy has waaaaaaaay too much money.


Riding around his own house to get places on a hover round


redonk

3/29/2007 12:05:21 PM

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"Beardawg, this is not intended as a racist comment, but how many white people do you know that would put a barber shop in their house? Not many, if any at all, but I guess it's a good thing that they take pride in the way they look."

what the fuck does that have to do anything? and anytime you say "this is not intended as a racist comment" then it automatically looks like a racist comment.

somebody needs to post that white people/black people video

[Edited on March 29, 2007 at 12:13 PM. Reason : thats better]

3/29/2007 12:08:19 PM

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"but how many white people do you know that would put a barber shop in their house?"

how many black people would put a barber shop in their house? probably just the ones worth 100 million dollars

lebron has a bowling alley too? UNCLE TOM!

3/29/2007 12:11:02 PM

It's definitely not a racist comment, but now there are some people on here that once you mention race you outcasted and considered a devaint. I could go farther into it, but you are basically incorrect in your assessment that once someone says "this is not a racism comment" that it automatically is. The disclaimer is for idiots like yourself who want to make it a big deal.

3/29/2007 12:11:50 PM

just because the market dictates what they make doesn't mean it's right. I'm a lebron fan, so I'm not trying to hate on the guy, but it's excessive without a doubt. I'm as big a sports fan as the next guy, but our priorities in this country are extremely fucked up.

3/29/2007 12:18:44 PM

this is not a racist comment

but i'm going to stereotype an entire group of people based on the color of their skin

not racist though

3/29/2007 12:19:55 PM

^ FTW

3/29/2007 12:21:33 PM

^^^sure...i agree that people like teachers are generally underpaid while we put a bigger emphasis on entertainers and pro athletes

course lebron could have studied in school and been a teacher

no teacher can do what he can do on a basketball court

3/29/2007 12:23:12 PM

^I agree with you, no doubt about it. I just think it has become pretty ridiculous as far as the amounts that pro athletes are getting paid

3/29/2007 12:25:39 PM

well, what do you think should be done about it?

3/29/2007 12:32:00 PM

3/29/2007 12:32:52 PM

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"nothing ruins the pimpness like AKRON ohio"

Is his entire house made of rubber?

3/29/2007 12:39:04 PM

I really hate when people bitch about what athletes make. The marktet decides what they make. They generally get what they are worth.....unless you are a knick. But even then, somebody decided they were worth X amount of dollars. Teachers should get paid a little more...but an athlete's impact is generally much greater. Get real. That isn't the PC thing to say, but whatever

3/29/2007 12:49:50 PM

^obviously you haven't been paying much attention to baseball free agency this year. Gil Meche deserves $55 mil?

I'm not trying to be debbie downer, but half these guys are out at strip clubs makin it rain because they have more money than they know what to do with while teachers work their asses off just to eat.

3/29/2007 12:56:56 PM

Actually it's not a racist comment, I'm referring to culture capital. It's a sociological term used to refer to the "soft skills" to vary between races. This I know because I am currently in SOC 305 and we are currently debating the hip hop culture.

/rant

Back to the subject at hand, it is ideally better to earn what you make (i.e. teacher works harder than NBA player, ergo should make more) but it never works like that. Get yo money playa!!!

3/29/2007 1:02:26 PM

I don't think nba players should make 30k a year, but hell, can't they cap that shit at like 5 mil a year? Use the extra revenue to lower ticket prices so I can see lebron vs agent zero for less than a buck fifty a seat

3/29/2007 1:04:33 PM

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"teacher works harder than NBA player"

?

you act like these guys just spend money all day...they busted their asses to get where they are, and they still do

[Edited on March 29, 2007 at 1:06 PM. Reason : .]

3/29/2007 1:05:48 PM

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"The Cleveland Cavaliers All-Star and Akron native, whose stated goal is to be the world's first billionaire athlete"

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"It is being built on 5.6 acres of land purchased, along with an 11-bedroom house, in 2003 for $2.1 million. "

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"razed the house to clear the way for the new one. "

so he paid 2.1 million dollars almost 400k per acre in fucking CLEVELAND?

looks like he is going to reach that goal of being the first billionaire athlete real soon

3/29/2007 1:06:35 PM

its not like he's going to live frugally in a cheap apartment until he technically hits the 1,000,000,000 dollar mark to say "haha you see that"

3/29/2007 1:07:46 PM