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Anthony Davis is officially up for grabs, and the rumors are coming from all over the place. Whether it’s that he’s definitely not interested in the Boston Celtics because he’s concerned about the future of fellow All-Star Kyrie Irving there, or that he’s only open to playing with the Los Angeles Lakers alongside LeBron James, ever since AD requested a trade the other day, the basketball world’s head has been spinning like crazy.
With Anthony Davis asking the New Orleans Pelicans to trade him, it seems as if it’s fair game for some of his fellow players to give their best sales pitch to the big man. And, naturally, because LeBron is still the best player in the world, people are making things up about how he might get involved with tampering to get Davis to the Lakers. I mean, the two share the same agent, Rich Paul, so it’s natural that the always passive aggressive James would write something on IG, right?
Well, some fan made a FAKE LeBron James Instagram handle and tried to dupe the entire NBA on Anthony Davis’ Instagram pic. Take a look below at what the FAKE James said.
LBJ bout to get another fine from the league office 👀👀👀 #NBATwitter pic.twitter.com/xCug3zuavt
— Vasu Kulkarni (@Vasu) January 30, 2019
While it appears real at first, notice that the LeBron James comment doesn’t have the verified blue check, so we know it’s a fake. But, hey, I’ll admit, it got me at first.
I love this sh*t, even thought it’s not real. After the Pelicans had to fine Anthony Davis $50,000 for publicly asking for a trade, some NBA fan took it upon him or herself to have a little fun — and, admittedly, it worked.
While the tweet above jokes about LeBron James getting slapped with a fine of his own — but remember, this was a FAKE comment — unless the REAL James does something like this, the league won’t punish him.
Fake or not, this is exactly something the REAL LeBron James would do, and, because hoops fans love drama, let’s just make the trade happen and get “The Brow” to LaLa Land already, OK? It sure seems destined to happen at this point anyway.