Basketball star LeBron James enjoyed a memorable New Year's Eve after proposing to his girlfriend before the clock struck midnight.

The sportsman popped the question to his longtime girlfriend and high school sweetheart Savannah Brinson during a party at a nightclub in Miami, Florida on Saturday.

The Miami Heat star later told the Associated Press, "My girl, she's very excited. She would love to answer more questions about it than me. But she's happy, my family's happy and that's what it's about."

The couple are parents to two children.