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  • Two decades before Cleveland's first NBA title, LeBron James walked onto a JCC court

    Bob Jacob and Ed Wittenberg, Cleveland Jewish News JNS.org|Jul 1, 2016

    The seed for the city of Cleveland's first professional championship in a major sport in 52 years may have been planted at the Shaw Jewish Community Center on White Pond Drive in Akron, Ohio, nearly 20 years ago. That's when a tall, lanky kid from Akron named LeBron James walked onto the hardwood court and changed the game of basketball forever. Coach Keith Dambrot, now the head basketball coach at the University of Akron, conducted those sessions that attracted between 50 and 100 players....