Genius! James: I only had a basketball trainer in the second, third or even fourth year of the NBA

James talked about his lack of a special basketball trainer to help him train his ball skills when he was a child.

James said: "I never had a 'basketball trainer' until I entered the second, third, or even fourth year of the NBA, that I had a 'basketball trainer'. What I call basketball training is playing on the court, and it's just playing. Five-on-five, two-on-two, or three-on-three, and the 33-point or 21-point games we played when we were kids.

I counted as a team myself and was defended by everyone. If I scored, I could go and get two free throws, and then my ball was mine. Then I started a lot of creative training, being able to practice dribbling, shuttle between three or four people, dribble behind the back, and then shooting, and having physical confrontation with my friends, which is really helpful."