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LeBron getting deep…

Even though Lebron James is an absolute GOAT on and off the basketball court, he still remembers his roots, and if his recent speech on the set of Space Jam 2 is anything to go off, he’s not gonna be forgetting them any time soon. Giving the speech on his last day on set, James opened like never before as he got super deep with the cast and crew.

“I’m gonna be honest completely with you guys, when I found out about the project, I was like it’s Space Jam!” LeBron said. “It’s a movie that I grew up watching. People in the movie that I idolize. I was like absolutely, I gotta do it. There’s no way I can turn down Space Jam.”

“I’m just a small kid from Akron, Ohio —a very small town outside of Cleveland. From a single-parent household, I’m the only child, my mother had absolutely nothing,” James continued. “She was walking around high school when she was 16 years old and she was pregnant with me as a high school sophomore. So, I’m really not supposed to be here.”

“Growing up in the inner city, as an African-American kid, there’s no way you’re supposed to f*cking make it out,” he continued. “And, the fact that I’m who I am as an African-American adult now with three kids of my own, and I made it out of the situations that I was in. This sh*t is like extra credit for me man.”

Wow, its super dope to see LeBron get vulnerable like this. Clearly, the OG Space Jam meant a lot to him growing up, and to have a part in the sequel is absolutely everything to him.

Little is known about the plot and cast of the new film, but so far we know that James will star alongside fellow NBA superstars Damian Lilliard, Klay Thompson, Anthony David and even acting heavyweight Don Cheadle, with Creed director Ryan Coogler set to write and produce. But just going off what we know and Lebron’s speech, it’s clear a lot of heart is going into this movie, and it’ll be more than a worthy follow up to the 1996 classic.