LeBron James is known for his maneuvering ability on the hardwood, but trying to show off like a Gen Z on social media is not his area of expertise. In doing so, he eventually made himself a mockery, and the whole purpose went horribly wrong.
What actually happened?
The Los Angeles Lakers played the Sacramento Kings as a visiting team in Golden 1 Center, where LeBron managed a pregame photo of an empty house depicting the word “King,” his moniker. He even posted it on his Instagram account. The problem is that the actual word was ‘Kings’; the surname of Sacramento. James did a noob play by editing the letter ‘S’ out.
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The doctored picture came to light eventually, as netizens noticed the spot on ‘S’. King James became a laughingstock as a result of his desperate attempt to appear cool. Though, the Lakers legend didn’t take it personally or even removed the image from social media.
https://twitter.com/hmfaigen/status/1605768052380876800?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1605768052380876800%7Ctwgr%5E850cc9353f27225af5f9b8a7e183ecfc0b0d0a37%7Ctwcon%5Es1_c10&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fclutchpoints.com%2Flakers-news-lebron-james-subtle-edit-on-ig-post-draws-mixed-reactions-on-nba-twitter
What are the fans’ reactions to this?
Fans didn’t hesitate to create harmless fun out of it, although Lakers lost the game against kings. There were mixed reactions from fans, but any kind of disrespect or bullying wasn’t involved.
That’s hard but he should’ve got a professional to do it 😂
— LAvsEverybody (@LAvsEverybody) December 22, 2022
Lebron after learning how to edit photos pic.twitter.com/XFi7E8Fjh6
— Lando (@LtwoP) December 22, 2022
No way this man has all that money and couldn't even get a graphic designer to do this lol. He just did it on his own phone
— Dillan (@dabubbles15) December 22, 2022
Cuz he’s the King 👑
— ²³𝙻𝚎𝙱𝚛𝚘𝚗𝚌𝚑𝚒𝚝𝚒𝚜🏀☄️🌎💞 (@BronGotGame) December 22, 2022
That’s why he’s the second greatest player of all time. Keep on going King
— KlawWrld (@kawhi_ring) December 22, 2022
wait… this is kinda cold lol pic.twitter.com/dywPGm1F7Z
— Thunder Film Room (@ThunderFilmRoom) December 22, 2022
https://twitter.com/jose_marinjr/status/1605776637680685059?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1605776637680685059%7Ctwgr%5E850cc9353f27225af5f9b8a7e183ecfc0b0d0a37%7Ctwcon%5Es1_c10&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fclutchpoints.com%2Flakers-news-lebron-james-subtle-edit-on-ig-post-draws-mixed-reactions-on-nba-twitter
Damn, if we lose, this is gonna look bad
— Ravens and Lakers fan (@Kevohoop) December 22, 2022
Fans exploded in funny reactions to this bizarre incident by the ‘King’ James.
