Early last week, LeBron James was involved in a brief war of words with LaVar Ball over some comments that LaVar made about LeBron’s sons. LaVar told Fox Sports 1’s Chris Broussard that he feels like his sons are better set up for long-term success than LeBron’s sons, and LeBron didn’t appreciate him mentioning his kids.
"Keep my kids’ names out of your mouth," LeBron said in response. "Keep my family out of your mouth. This is dad to dad. It’s a problem now…He can talk all about his brand, talk about his sons, talk about basketball, talk about me. But keep my family out of this."
LaVar responded by, well, talking about LeBron’s kids again. During an interview on SiriusXM’s Full Ride, he accused LeBron of being too "touchy" and reiterated that he doesn’t think either of LeBron’s kids are going to have the same type of success that LeBron has had in the NBA.
LeBron refused to get into a back-and-forth with LaVar, but on Thursday night, he seemed to throw a little bit of shade in the direction of LaVar’s son Lonzo, who just finished up his freshman season with UCLA and is headed to the NBA this summer. While warming up for a game against the Bulls, LeBron appeared to do an impersonation of Lonzo’s unconventional shot before smirking as if to say, "You guys just saw that, right?"
You can watch here:
And if you’re unfamiliar with the way Lonzo shoots, you can check out his shot here:
Plenty of people saw LeBron’s warmup shot and responded accordingly on social media:
Skip Bayless even found a way to criticize LeBron for it:
The Cavaliers ended up losing to the Bulls 99-93, so LeBron didn’t speak about the shade after the game. But if he was, in fact, poking fun at Lonzo’s shooting form, he proved once again that petty LeBron is the best LeBron.
