NBA fans roast LeBron for selling a deflection; ‘King Manipulates Gravitational Field’ as slick play against the Nuggets.
LeBron James’ game has often been compared more to Magic Johnson than to Michael Jordan, the biggest reason being his passing skills. Throughout his 21 years in the league, James has made passes that are sometimes unimaginable to a normal person watching the game.
In the game against the Denver Nuggets on Thursday, the four-time NBA champion made a pass to Anthony Davis that drew a lot of attention. While some have opined that it was a tricky and deliberate pass from James, others disagree and say it was just a slip from the hand.
After the game, the Lakers star tried to end the debate online, implying that it was a well-thought-out pass from him to Davis. James posted his opinion on the post by a user named “LeBron History” on X (formerly Twitter). The user had pimpled up no-look passes from James in the past and had captioned the post,
“This pass was so unbelievable that some people literally don’t believe that Bron did this on purpose. Y’all must not know who LeBron is.”
Reposting the post, James wrote,
“After all this time I’m still proving them wrong! I mean you would think they know by now but you know when it comes to me.”
Given James’ record of making such passes in his career, it is not hard to believe that he might have made a pass. However, some of the fans did not look convinced and roasted LeBron, especially after watching the slow-motion video of the play.
One fan commented:
“It’s actually insane to an eye test it looks like a botched catch but if you slow the video down to .0025 speed you can see the almighty king manipulate the gravitational field around him to dish out one of the most precise passes of all time.”