CLEVELAND (AP)—Get this: LeBron listens to Barry Manilow. Or Brian Manilow.
A big fan of all styles of music, Cleveland’s superstar always gets readyfor games by listening to hip hop. On Thursday before facing the Denver Nuggets,James walked into the Cavaliers’ locker room wearing headphones and bouncing asa track by rap star, Jay-Z, one of his good friends, blared in his ears.
James said Jay-Z is almost always his choice before taking the floor, but hehas diverse musical taste and enjoys R&B and alternative rock. He was asked ifhe ever listens to sports talk radio on his way home after a game.
“Never,” he said. “Ever.”
James was then informed that Nuggets star Carmelo Anthony, his longtimefriend and U.S. Olympic teammate, admitted last year that he had Barry Manilow’smusic on his iPod.
“I probably got a little of that,” James said. “I bet you I can find iton my iPod.”
“I bet you couldn’t,” a reporter said, challenging James, who then reachedinto a bag holding his personal player.
“Let’s see,” James said, scrolling through the menu. “Go ahead, ask aquestion. I’m going to look for it.”
A few moments later, no luck.
“Nope,” James said. “No Brian Manilow.”
As the room broke up in laughter, James corrected his error.
“Oh, Barry Manilow,” he said, smiling. “I was talking about his cousin.”
James then continued his search, and sure enough, he came up with some BarryManilow tunes, showing “Copacabana,” “Mandy” and “I Am Your Child” on hisvaried playlist.
“I got everything,” he said. “I got all music. I’m just going to listento Jay-Z for right now.”
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