New billionaire LeBron James says he wants to own an NBA team in Las Vegas

• Lakers star says he wants to own an NBA team in Las Vegas
• James, 37, became NBA's first active billionaire this week

Four-times NBA champion LeBron James, who this week became the first active player in National Basketball Association history with a net worth of $1bn according to Forbes magazine, is ready to bet big on Las Vegas, with ambitions of installing a NBA franchise in Sin City.

I wanna own a team," James said in a clip from his HBO television show The Shop that circulated on social media on Thursday. I want a team in Vegas."