Whilst no earth-shattering revelations emerged from our chat, there were a few interesting nuggets. When we discussed London 2012, I asked LeBron how confident he was of Team USA retaining their Olympic gold medal.

"Very," he said with a deliberately smug look, drawing laughs.

"I love you guys, but you guys aren't going to get the gold medal from us! It's going to stay in the States, I'm sorry."

And regarding NBA stars getting beaten by "regular people" (the tape-confiscation fiasco and my brother schooling Devin Harris) he had these words: "It may happen. BUT...I'm gonna let you guys know something - there will be more guys getting dunked on than dunking on LeBron, and there will be more guys losing to Devin Harris in a one-on-one than him losing to somebody else."

So, would he like to prove that by taking on Stuart when he's over for the Olympics in three years time?

"The 11 guys I bring over with me - let him get 11 guys and we'll prove to him what real game is."

Deal!

Stu can guard LeBron, I'll get Kobe, my mate Anthony can get Chris Paul...and Michael is like 6' 5" so he can mark Dwight Howard. Let's get it on!

Back to reality, and as the LeBron circus left Palace to head back to town for another store appearance, the gym was still buzzing following its brush with basketball greatness.

"That was surreal right there," Midnight Madness finalist Amir Boucenna told Basketball 24/7.

"Seeing him in the flesh - he's a big man!"

Meanwhile, 19-year-old Jordan Parrish admitted: "I was a little star struck!"

And Courtney Van-Beest told us: "It really put things into perspective for me, just to see LeBron in action, to speak to him and hear from him. I'm definitely gonna go a bit harder [at the Midnight Madness final] for LeBron."

After a crazy night of Midnight Madness action (and not getting home until 3am), it was up bright and early the following day for more LeBron activity.

This time he was at Lilian Baylis school in Lambeth...a grim, post-apocalyptic-looking site in the middle of a huge housing estate which is currently undergoing a massive regeneration programme. It was here that a certain other number 23 unveiled a Jordan-branded basketball court in 2006..and where it was announced this time around that a new bball facility is to be constructed, with financial help from Nike and the NBA.

It was funny watching LeBron interact with the children down there. He is literally like the Pied Piper...with kids following his every move, staring up at him in awe. In fact, it wasn't just kids - plenty of adults were getting in on the act as well!

The LBJ weekend culminated in the screening of More Than A Game at the May Fair hotel.

As someone who's watched pretty much every basketball documentary ever made - from Hoops Dreams to Through The Fire - I can tell you that this was the most emotional one I've ever seen. Instead of focusing purely on LeBron, the film follows him and his young team mates from humble beginnings to national stardom. Maybe it was the free drink at the pre-screening, but it honestly had me on the verge of tears a few times.

As the end credits rolled, LeBron, Dru and director Kristopher Belman came out for a Q & A session with Vis (of Ace and Invisible fame), whose "is dunking better than sex?" question LeBron deftly managed to sidestep!

From there it was onto the club, where LeBron and his crew posted up in one corner...his security brushing aside all photo requests except for Matthew Bryan-Amaning's - which he brought me in on too!

"I would like to say a big thank you to Nike for all the access they gave us - in particular Simon Wainwright, who I already owed big-time following a fear-of-flying-related incident!

Full video from the weekend coming real soon.

I better go hit the gym now...I have a game in three years I need to prepare for!!

Vistaprint Coupon - Sunday, October 25th Yes basketball is fun, and I agree with it.

Ash Brummitt - Wednesday, September 9th Nice work, Hope Lebron comes back for some more London action very soon.