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LeBron James, overcome with emotion from passing Michael Jordan on the all-time scoring list, just wants to inspire kids like MJ inspired him

When LeBron James was a kid, he and his friends would walk the streets of Akron, Ohio singing as they went. As they trekked through the rain or snow to play basketball on outdoor courts, they would often find themselves crooning a familiar jingle to anyone who watched the NBA during the Hall of Fame career of Michael Jordan.

Sometimes I dream

That he is me

You’ve got to see that’s how I dream to be

I dream I move, I dream I groove

Like Mike

If I could Be Like Mike

Decades later, long after the first time James donned Jordan’s signature No.