The Los Angeles Lakers played against the Golden State Warriors in a preseason match on Friday night. It’s not uncommon for star players to only play limited minutes in preseason matches, so if you bet on this match, there’s a lot of uncertainty in the final outcome because you don’t know if the big names in the game will play. TPP Advice on NBA Betting SitesBut that being said, I’m still not sure why it’s at all normal for a star player to leave the bench at halftime, put on a sweatsuit, and return with dinner in hand. But that’s exactly what LeBron James did on Friday night.
LeBron played 18 minutes of efficient basketball, then quickly changed into street clothes and brought his dinner to the bench. pic.twitter.com/weYUkcy69p
— Lakers All Day Every Day (@LADEig) October 14, 2023
Some Lakers announcers and legends called LeBron’s behavior unprofessional and disrespectful to his teammates, including Michael Cooper…
“I didn’t like it,” Cooper told The Showtime Podcast“I didn’t like that. Again, he’s LeBron James. But you’ve got to have some respect for the game. He’s sitting there. I don’t mind him eating, but he should eat in the locker room. And when you’re out there with the team, you can’t just sit on the end of the bench and eat.”
But then the internet did what it always does: spread conspiracy theories. A fan on Twitter pointed out that LeBron had been eating with his left hand the entire time, but he’s right-handed. The internet was abuzz with everything from “stuntman” theories to the idea that because he was eating with his left hand, he was ambidextrous and could finish in the ring with either hand…
He’s left-handed, so he eats with his left hand and finishes well with his left hand. When he was a kid, all his favorite players were right-handed, so he made himself right-handed. Same with Kyrie, he’s actually left-handed, but he got punished for it as a kid.
— JAYYFRMCPT (@JoeGoldberrgg) October 16, 2023
The internet is always looking for ways to downgrade LeBron even further, or maybe it’s just hypothesizing that the great Luka D will one day get his turn…
