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Back in December, LeBron James and Lonzo Ball squared off for the very first time in a 121-112 Cavaliers win in Cleveland. After the buzzer sounded, the two were spotted exchanging a few words at half court, using their jerseys to shield their mouths so as not to give away the details of their conversation.
The future teammates should’ve known that the internet doesn’t need to know what they were talking about, because the alternatives are much more fun anyway. The photo of their first on-court meeting produced a meme-worthy photo that immediately went viral with people attaching their off-the-wall speculation into the exchange. Here are some noteworthy ones below:
Lonzo Ball: “Will you be my new Dad?”
LeBron: “Not with a jumpshot like that.” pic.twitter.com/YUu6Hep7AK
— NOTSportsCenter (@NOTSportsCenter) December 15, 2017
https://twitter.com/PaoloUggetti/status/941517548951969792
“Aye man, I ordered my shoes in August and they still ain’t shipped yet.” pic.twitter.com/dnpvI7c8E7
— Silver Screen and Roll (@LakersSBN) December 15, 2017
"Can you believe they repealed net neutrality?"
"We live in a world that sees the value of anything as the profit it can make and where those tasked with protecting the people can be bought by corporations" pic.twitter.com/a5UL1hC3ei
— Zito (@_Zeets) December 15, 2017
"If your dad tells me to stay in my lane one time next year I'm going to Dion Waiters your ass" pic.twitter.com/fEsiBQ0kcI
— Daman Rangoola (@damanr) December 15, 2017
Well, on Monday, in an interview with ESPN LA’s Mason & Ireland, LeBron dished out some details of the conversation, offering some sage advice to the promising guard.
“The gist of it was at the end of the day, no one can define who you are but yourself. When you’re young, you can get caught up and listening to what people say, what people thinking that you should be, what people saying what your game should be. But at the end of the day, no one can define who are you besides yourself. If you put in the work, you commit to the game, then the game will give back to you. And that’s all it’s about.
“Zo’s got a lot of talent. You can tell he loves the game. You can tell his teammates love playing with him. So, he’s going to be great for this franchise.”
False. I choose to believe that LeBron was threatening to thrown hands with LaVar if he offers one piece of criticism this upcoming season.
[h/t For the Win]