Nalod wrote:The current level of philanthropy of top stars in the league today both speaking with their wallets and their minds.

Lebron alone has pledged $41mil to his school in Akron. What an amazing achievement to undertake to help at risk students! On top of his his scholarship commitments its an impressive.

IM in awe of his transformation over the years both as a player and as a man. He has matured making a difference in his world.

I point him out above others who bot today and in the past has done good things, including Melo.
Contrast to Jordan who chose to stay quiet as not to upset the sale of basketball shoes.
In my book.

I am hoping he starts the trend as investing in education the way he has is the key. Not only education though but also offering help to parents to get their GED and job placement showing me he and all those involved understand the importance of not when the Kids are in school but the overall environment.

Lets all hope some sort of blue print is formulated out of all this. My personal view would have been to create businesses and let the businesses fund the school. I need to see how he will be able to maintain funding for the school as well as the college tuition. But he has taken 10 years to develop this so I believe every step has been measured.

His legacy may reach farther than bball when its all said and done.