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"My goal is to own a team, own an NBA team," he
said after the Lakers beat the Minnesota Timberwolves at the
Staples Center on Tuesday night.
"I got so much to give to the game, I know what it takes to win
at this level, I know talent and I also know how to run a
business as well. So that is my goal. My goal is to own a NBA
franchise, and you know it'll be sooner than later."
The Boston Globe reported on Tuesday that James had joined FSG
as a partner, making the four-time National Basketball
Association MVP a part-owner of Major League Baseball's Boston
Red Sox.
FSG also owns Premier League soccer champions Liverpool.
"For me, and for my partner Maverick (Carter), to be the first
two black men to be a part of that ownership group, in the
history of that franchise, I think it's pretty damn cool," said
James.
"It gives me and people that look like me, you know, hope and
inspiration that they can be in a position like that as well,
that it can be done. It gives my kids at my primary school more
and more inspiration as well.
"It's a pretty amazing thing and for me to continue to build my
Portfolio off the floor also in a beautiful game like baseball."
(Reporting by Alan Baldwin, editing by Christian Radnedge)
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