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The greatest basketball player, Michael Jordan, dominates everyone around him. However, with his business opportunity, he couldn’t replicate the success. After becoming the majority owner of the Charlotte Hornets, Jordan didn’t get a lot of prosperity. Eventually, he sold most of his stake in the Hornets, which is all the rage right now.

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Probably being a legendary basketball player doesn’t guarantee success in management. Amidst all this drama, there’s a high possibility that LeBron James might want to own an NBA team too. James has always been very vocal about his ambition. He had made it very clear that he doesn’t want to purchase an existing team but wants to own an expansion team, based in Las Vegas.

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Is LeBron James set to follow Michael Jordan again?

Fans cherish MJ for his persona and fierce competitiveness. This has helped him win many individual and team accolades as a star. Yet, in this prospect, Jordan didn’t achieve much. Despite wanting it so much, he never got to taste?success as an owner and reportedly sold his shares worth $3 billion recently.

So when King James, like Jordan, wants to own his own NBA team, people are not surprised. It also looks like it’ll be a reality soon. Amidst all the Hornets-Jordan chaos, a video clip has surfaced on social media alleging something that looks like LeBron’s dream.

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Las Vegas might get to see its very own NBA stadium, and a district worth $10 billion soon. The clip also claims that it’ll be for an expansion team.

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If this is true, it could be a very exciting piece of news for LeBron’s fans and basketball fans in the city.

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NBA fans expressed their excitement

As the video clip went viral on Instagram, fans flooded the comment section to share their thoughts. Here are some reactions:

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“You forgot to mention that LeBron is going to be an owner of this team.”

“That LeBron James will be the owner of that franchise. He?s already working on it.”

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During the 2023 NBA All-Star Game in Salt Lake City, James reiterated he would love to own a franchise in Las Vegas because “Vegas is a really cool city, and they’re doing some great things in sports these days.

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“I?m so happy this is coming to Vegas! We are so lucky!”

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“The circle is almost complete”“I?m all for an expansion NBA team here”

NBA has a good presence in the city with its annual Summer League. Do you think LeBron James will own a team based in Las Vegas soon? Let us know in the comments.

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Bagavathi Eswaran

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Bagavathi Eswaran is a senior NBA writer at EssentiallySports, having a strong passion for the sport since the age of ten. As a former college player, Bagavathi has been following the NBA for more than a decade and has found his calling in writing about the sport. He has used his expertise in covering the NBA, as well as other arenas of the sport, to write more than 1400 articles at ES. Bagavathi's pieces on the increasingly dominant presence of European basketball and those following the journey of women-ballers are particularly noteworthy. Along with being a full-time writer, he is also a part of a group of young coaches groomed as trainers by Junior NBA. Bagavathi has trained players from schools and colleges, as well as underprivileged students who can attend the camps for free.

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