Prior to Thursday night’s Eastern Conference showdown with the Chicago Bulls, LeBron James debuted an awkward-looking shot, bearing some resemblance to NBA Draft lottery prospect Lonzo Ball of UCLA.
Take a look:
https://twitter.com/SInow/status/847598133844484096
Sports Illustrated fittingly captioned it “LeBronzo Ball,” though to some Twitter folks, it more closely resembled Los Angeles Lakers great Jamal Wilkes‘ shot or Marcus Camby‘s, since Lonzo’s release is closer to his face than above his head, as it is.
While there’s no way to really know who the King was imitating, this could possibly be a subtle comical payback for LaVar Ball‘s words about the future of his kids not being as bright as his.
Of course, the Twitterverse couldn’t resist taking yet another shot at LaVar after seeing this shooting display.
@_jaggy Lavar – "Lonzo shot so good even LeBron trying to imitate it"
— Kristoff Samm (@kristoffsamm) March 31, 2017