Exactly 10 years, four MVP awards, two championships and one
Decision ago, LeBron James made his NBA debut against the
Sacramento Kings. It was Oct. 29, 2003, and nobody was sure how
James, the most highly touted rookie anyone could remember, was
going to handle the pressure.  Outwardly, James projected calm
in advance of his first ever NBA game. Even at that early stage,
LBJ had adopted a relaxed demeanor.  lebron eyes on Make A Gif
If the 18-year-old phenom had any hidden butterflies, they had
to flutter around in his gut a little longer than usual that
night, thanks to the demands of television.  Per Brian Windhorst
of ESPN  James' first Nike commercial, depicting the pressure of
his first NBA game and filmed at Arco a month earlier, is
running 'round the clock on TNT and ESPN. Talk shows and
columnists are running amok. Some 45 minutes before the game,
hundreds of fans press up to the court, straining to watch James
warm up.  Another sellout crowd is rattling the building, but
TNT's early game goes into