LeBron James has been the face of basketball and of American sports for the entire decade. He is one of the most decorated athletes of this generation whose reach has expanded so much farther than just basketball.
In fact, his reach has expanded into other American sports as well. There has always been this pipe dream of LeBron James being an NFL player, and that legitimately could have happened.
LeBron confirmed on Uninterrupted that playing in the NFL was actually a thought that he had during the NBA lockout in 2011 and was training to potentially make a transition to the gridiron.