CLEVELAND, Ohio — LeBron James won’t let his good friend Odell Beckham Jr. borrow his crib, but sold him on The Land.

“Yeah I asked if I could borrow the house and he said it’s too big,’’ Beckham said at his introductory press conference Monday about LBJ’s Akron mansion. “I was just trying to get my bearings straight and see what’s what and this is his home. He gave me a little bit of advice here and there.’’

When James posted on Instagram a photo of Beckham in a No. 13 Browns jersey with the caption, “OH MY!!!! S*#% just got REAL!!” after the trade, Beckham commented, “Lemme hold the crib down.’’

That got a hard no from the Lakers star, but Beckham, who appeared on the debut of James’ HBO series “The Shop’’ in August, did get rave reviews from James about his new digs.

“He just said you’re going to love it,’’ Beckham said. “He was like, ‘yeah, you’re going to love it.’ That’s the key word. That’s like my idol, that’s the person I look up to the most. That’s my guy. To see what he did to bring a championship here, I just want to be able to do that same thing.’’

Besides, if The Land was good enough for LBJ, it’s good enough for OBJ, right?

“At the end of the day, I know where I’m at in life,’’ Beckham. “I don’t need to be in New York, I don’t need to be in L.A., I can be in Sheboygan, Wisconsin, it doesn’t matter where I’m at. I’ve created what I would call a legacy, so it never really crossed my mind, ‘oh, we’re going to Cleveland’ or worrying about marketing or worrying about any of that. I care about football. I care about winning.

“I didn’t step into this game to be famous, that’s just what fell into my lap. We talked about legendary, we talked about a legacy, we talked about gold jackets, that’s our conversations. It never was about the money, it never was about any of that, it’s about being a legend.’’

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