{"id":39685,"date":"2013-05-18T23:14:05","date_gmt":"2013-05-18T23:14:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bilcomprd.wpengine.com\/?p=39685"},"modified":"2023-11-21T11:03:34","modified_gmt":"2023-11-21T19:03:34","slug":"before-they-were-nba-stars-lebron-chris-paul-give-a-speech-to-a-beardless-james-harden-young-steph-curry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ballislife.com\/before-they-were-nba-stars-lebron-chris-paul-give-a-speech-to-a-beardless-james-harden-young-steph-curry\/","title":{"rendered":"Before they were NBA Stars: LeBron &#038; Chris Paul give a speech to a beardless James Harden &#038; young Steph Curry"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"omc-video-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"width:100%; height: 100%\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vEVxI7_7GE0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen width=\"600\" height=\"420\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>LeBronJames.com just released some footage from the LBJ archives showing LeBron and Chris Paul telling a bunch of campers at the LeBron Skills Academy including a beardless (almost beardless) James Harden and a young Steph Curry with 2 strong ankles what it takes to be a winner.<\/p>\n<p>Seeing Harden without a beard makes the video worth watching but the speech by LeBron is pretty good too.<\/p>\n<p>Be sure to check out <a href=\"http:\/\/lebronjames.com\">LeBronJames.com<\/a> for more upcoming \"secret videos.\"<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ballislife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/lbj_harden.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-39687\" src=\"https:\/\/ballislife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/lbj_harden.jpg\" alt=\"lbj_harden\" width=\"573\" height=\"321\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LeBronJames.com just released some footage from the LBJ archives showing LeBron and Chris Paul telling a bunch of&hellip; 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