LeBron James Engaged: NBA Star Talks Proposal To High School Sweetheart (VIDEO)

Even pro-basketball stars get nervous around women.

NBA star LeBron James will appear this Sunday on Oprah’s “Next Chapter,” and in a preview clip, James tells the host about the lead up to his proposal to his high school sweetheart, Savannah Brinson.

“I was nervous. It felt like before a finals game,” James told Oprah.

James proposed to Brinson at a New Year’s Eve celebration last year and, just like for a finals game, he asked his teammates to help him prepare for the big moment. Throughout the party, fellow Miami Heat star Dwayne Wade held the $300,000 engagement ring that James planned to give to Brinson.

“I didn’t want her to bump up against me and felt [sic] the ring,” James said.

Brinson said “yes” to the proposal and flaunted her sparkler at a Heat game after the New Year. James and Brinson have yet to announce a date for their wedding.

The pair have been together for eight years and have two sons together, Bryce and LeBron, Jr.

James is one of many celebs who is engaged to a “regular” person. Click through the slideshow below to test your knowledge of celeb-‘regular’ people pairings.

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  • QUESTION: Which actor is currently engaged to a yoga instructor?

    A) Seann William Scott
    B) Matthew McConaughey
    C) Aaron Paul
    D) Alec Baldwin

  • Alec Baldwin

    “30 Rock” star Alec Baldwin is a href=”http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/04/02/alec-baldwin-engaged-hilaria-thomas_n_1396555.html” target=”_hplink”set to/a exchange vows with Hilaria Thomas, a href=”http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/04/02/alec-baldwin-engaged-hilaria-thomas_n_1396555.html” target=”_hplink”a yoga instructor and co-owner/a of New York’s Yoga Vida yoga studio. The couple confirmed their engagement in April. Baldwin was previously married to actress Kim Basinger, but their a href=”http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/story?id=5832850page=1″ target=”_hplink”marriage ended in divorce/a in 2002.

  • QUESTION: Which actress will marry a long-time “Conan” writer?

    A) Ellie Kemper
    B) Sienna Miller
    C) Jessica Simpson
    D) Halle Berry

  • Ellie Kemper

    In December 2011, actress Ellie Kemper a href=”http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20552003,00.html” target=”_hplink”announced her engagement /ato Michael Koman, a long-time writer for Conan O’Brien.

  • QUESTION: Which star plans to marry a NYC head-hunter for an IT company?

    A) Rosie O’Donnell
    B) Sienna Miller
    C) Jessica Simpson
    D) Halle Berry

  • Rosie O’Donnell

    Talk show host Rosie O’Donnell met girlfriend Michelle Rounds, a href=”http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/entertainment/2011/12/meet-michelle-rounds-rosie-odonnells-fiance/” target=”_hplink”a senior resource developer/a at a New York City IT company, in a Starbucks coffee shop in 2011. The pair announced a href=”http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/12/05/rosie-odonnell-engaged-ro_n_1130038.html” target=”_hplink”their engagement /ain December.

  • QUESTION: Which actor is engaged to an activist and director?

    A) Chris O’Dowd
    B) Edward Norton
    C) Matthew McConaughey
    D) Aaron Paul

  • Aaron Paul

    Actor and “Breaking Bad” star Aaron Paul a href=”http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/09/aaron-paul-engaged_n_1194764.html” target=”_hplink”announced his engagement/a to activist and director Lauren Parskeian in January. Parsekian is the a href=”http://www.eonline.com/news/breaking_bads_aaron_paul_engaged/285091″ target=”_hplink”creator and co-founder/a of the a href=”http://www.kindcampaign.com/about/?page=meet” target=”_hplink”Kind Campaign/a, which aims to treat victims of bullying and crimes committed by girls against other girls.

  • QUESTION: Which actress is currently engaged to a jewelry designer?

    A) Jessica Simpson
    B) Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi
    C) Anne Hathaway
    D) Sienna Miller

  • Anne Hathaway

    Actress Anne Hathaway will be a href=”http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/11/30/anne-hathaway-engagement_n_1121462.html” target=”_hplink”tying the knot with longtime boyfriend /aAdam Shulman, an actor and jewelry designer. The couple a href=”http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20541941,00.html” target=”_hplink”announced their engagement/a in November 2011.

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