After being the first overall pick in the draft in 2003 out of high school, LeBron James burst onto the scene and lived up to his high expectations by averaging 20.9 points per game en route to winning the NBA Rookie of the Year award. This is one of his rookie season jerseys, in a career that has seen him win four MVP awards and three NBA championships, including the most recent triumph with Cleveland in 2016 that got the city its first major sports title since the 1964 Cleveland Browns.

This offered Reebok size 50 red mesh road jersey was worn by James during his rookie season of 2003-2004 and has “CLEVELAND” across the front with his number “23” below in white and gold tackle twill. The left shoulder contains the embroidered NBA logo, while the lower front tail has the “REEBOK” manufacturers tag with attached “2003-04” year and “50 2LB” size tag. The back of the jersey has his name “JAMES” stitched across the back with the number “23” below, all in white and gold tackle twill. The sides of the jersey have a thick gold stripe edged with red and white stripes. The jersey shows moderate game use with even wear present throughout. There are numerous loose threads and softening of the tagging and fabric. This jersey comes with a LOA from noted NBA game used jersey expert Alan Meza, who notes in his LOA that “This is one of the finer examples of a LeBron game worn rookie jersey I’ve seen." There is also an additional LOA from noted game used jersey expert Dave Miedema, who notes that this jersey is "one of the very few I've examined that exhibits enough wear to be deemed Game Used instead of Game Issued."

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