LeBron James Not Athletic Enough In Eighth Grade Says HS Teammate Romeo Travis

A photo of a page on LeBron James’ eighth-grade yearbook went viral on social media after it showed an apparent mishap of having the four-time NBA MVP’s name misspelled and attached below another student’s picture. But as if the photo and the name blunder were all enough to constitute the stroke of disaster, another kid, as shown just quite above the young LeBron's photo, was named the most athletic boy in class instead of James.

While most see the old record as downright ridiculous, James’ high school teammate and long-time friend Romeo Travis strangely backed up the yearbook’s claim that the “King” was not the most potent athlete in his grade.

The page exhibited Virgil Robinson as the most athletic eighth-grade boy, and Travis justified it by saying that the kid played three sports at that time. Robinson went on play football at Bowling Green.

LeBron James got back immediately to dispute Travis’ statement in jest. In a since-deleted Twitter post, the Los Angeles Lakers superstar argued, "Man knock it off Rome! ... I don't care if he played 1 million sports, wasn't more athletic than me in 8th grade."

The light-hearted exchange between the two sparked a more fun discussion among onlookers. Portland Trail Blazers star guard CJ McCollum tried to initiate the fun by jokingly asking Robinson to reveal his side of the story. “We can’t just take y’all word. We need to hear from Virgil,” he said.

The subject of whether James was the most athletic or not in his class in 1999 is perhaps a topic of discussion that will last until we do not know when. But no one could discord that later in his years, the Akron, Ohio raised player has become one of the most able-bodied sports figures in his generation.