“LeBron James wins an Emmy for The Shop”: Lakers star joins Kevin Durant, Kobe Bryant as an award-winning producer

LeBron James

LeBron James is mostly known for being successful on the court, but James is now expanding his success to the TV world as well.

LeBron serves as the host and producer of a series on The Uninterrupted called The Shop. After winning an Emmy last year for his documentary on Muhammad Ali, LeBron now has a second Emmy after The Shop won an award.

The King of the NBA world has repeatedly emphasized his drive to be more than just a basketball player, and his awards as a producer and host prove this fact. With James being incredibly active on social media, he couldn’t help but feel hyped after winning the award.

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LeBron James Joins Kobe Bryant & Kevin Durant As NBA Players To Win Emmy As A Producer

NBA players aren’t known for their work as producing award winning series, but lately there have been a few more of them. Kobe Bryant was the first to take up the mantle. His short movie “Dear Basketball” was sensational on its way to winning an Emmy Award.

The film talked about Kobe’s love for the game, and how he had to walk away from it as his body started failing him. It was emotional and deserved the award.

Kevin Durant also joined in on the fun when he produced “Q Ball”. This was a documentary about convicts struggling to find their place in the world and how they turned to basketball to help them out.

LeBron’s series was more of a casual, relaxed, “sit down and talk ball” kind of production. The show won the award for “Outstanding Edited Sports Series.” LeBron’s takes on the show are always entertaining. It’s function is always to be a casual show that fans can tune into at anytime.

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Post Edited By: Ashish Priyadarshi
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Ashish Priyadarshi is The SportsRush's content manager and editor. Ashish freelanced for 1 year in the NFL division before taking on an editorial role in the company. He then tacked on managing content while adding on a writing role in the NBA division. Ashish has been closely following the NFL and NBA since the 2012 season when the Patriots lost the Super Bowl and Derrick Rose was at the height of his powers. Since then, Ashish has focused on honing his knowledge for both leagues in, even writing crossover pieces. In his free time, Ashish is an avid basketball player, he loves to watch movies and TV shows, immersing himself in the cinematic world. Ashish studies computer science and data science at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and would love to mesh his love for sports with his technical skills.

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