LeBron James made his Lakers debut wore Lakers shorts on Sunday night when he attended the team’s Summer League game against the Pistons.
LeBron walked in wearing shorts with a curiously placed “Lakers” logo.
The is in the building for #LakersSummer pic.twitter.com/L0yW1fDuAh
— Los Angeles Lakers (@Lakers) July 15, 2018
And naturally, because this is 2018 and a celebrity wore something they went out of stock almost immediately — despite costing $500.
Damn those Lakers shorts LeBron is wearing are $500....https://t.co/qFNfVBkXtk pic.twitter.com/bC6dYpOXdC
— gifdsports (@gifdsports) July 15, 2018
While LeBron didn’t play, because it’s Summer League and LeBron doesn’t play in Summer League — he did use the opportunity to meet one of his new teammates!
New teammates @B_Ingram13 & @KingJames supporting the @lakers. #NBASummer pic.twitter.com/s8r5NBhV8z
— NBA Summer League (@NBASummerLeague) July 15, 2018
Though things got just a touch awkward when the Cavaliers turned up. They were scheduled to play immediately after the Lakers, meaning LeBron was bound to run into some of his former coworkers.
Of course there was mutual respect with Ty Lue.
LeBron + Ty Lue pic.twitter.com/BnflHnHKFr
— SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) July 15, 2018
But when it came time for the rest of the Cavaliers to come out and warm up, LeBron bounced.
Lakers’ LeBron James leaves Thomas & Mack as Cavaliers warm up... pic.twitter.com/4nuZ4GDoRr
— Ben Golliver (@BenGolliver) July 15, 2018
You can’t really blame LeBron for leaving. It’s like seeing your ex at the grocery store. You’ve just go to steer into the skid and dance around each other, not because you think it’ll be bad — but you just want to avoid any possible awkwardness that could arise from running into each other.