More Than Just Basketball: LeBron Gives Game-Worn Sneakers to Special Olympian

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Yesterday LeBron James made headlines for something other than his usual extraordinary play on the court.

Aside from stating that he doesn’t know who Under Armour is (come on Bron we know that you’re very familiar with Steph and his sneakers), he also had a really touching moment during the game in Boston yesterday.

During halftime in yesterday’s game the Celtics recognized Special Olympian Aaron Miller, who was at the game, for winning MVP at a recent Special Olympics competition in the city. Miller, 16, reportedly was born with severe brain damage and was told by doctors he would be physically and mentally paralyzed for life. But after “thousands of hours” of surgery and physical therapy, he competes on his school’s golf and basketball teams. After the teams came out of the half LeBron James walked over to Miller and greeted him with a hug and congratulatory thumbs up. Miller was also wearing the Nike LeBron Zoom Soldier 8 FLYEASE which was created specifically for disabled athletes. To make things better LeBron also gave his game-worn LeBron 13s to Aaron after the game.

Say what you will about LeBron, but when things like this happen you realize that this is more than just about basketball. The connection between the fans and the players runs much deeper than just the sport and moments like this make you realize that.