James joined Old Drew's AAU team and started spending more and more time with them. That summer, they participated in the local youth AAU championship and ultimately ranked seventh out of 62 competing teams. The following year, they took part in the higher-level national youth AAU championship and finished tenth among 72 teams.
James transformed from a football prodigy into a basketball prodigy, defeating every opponent he faced in the championship.
At the beginning of the following year, when the school's teachers handed out cards to the students, asking them to write down three things they wanted to do when they grew up.
James wrote, "NBA player, NBA player, NBA player."
He left Kelker's home because his life officially took off that year.
He needed to be with Drew, to be with that little Drew who dared to challenge anyone.
As the golden days of the past flew through his mind, James realized that what he was doing today had already been foreshadowed in the past.