It was the story that had NBA fans calling out LeBron James for what they thought was very much a lie: The Los Angeles Lakers superstar said that he had been listening to Migos back in 2010 … but their mixtape dropped in 2011.
That’s the same LeBron James who said he predicted Kobe Bryant was going to go off for 70 points on the night he scored 81, just one of the many times fans have noticed his embellishments.
Now, there’s a meme I’ve seen everywhere on Twitter, particularly this weekend — using a screengrab from that infamous moment he said he predicted the big Kobe game and fake-quoting James:
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Here's the original Kobe "prediction" and the Migos talk
"I was listening to those guys my first year with the Heat in 2010. You can ask any one of my teammates back then, they had no idea who the Migos was… I was like 'I'm telling you these guys are next.'"
LeBron paying homage to Takeoff 🙏🏾
(via @michaelcorvoNBA) pic.twitter.com/UuQHTb1wey
— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPointsApp) November 7, 2022
Here come the memes
“I was actually FaceTiming KD before Game 7. I told him ‘Ain’t those shoes a size too big?’ He told me not to worry about it. I had a really bad feeling that night.” pic.twitter.com/kIZw2gj4Yg
— Nets As Depicted By Spongebob (@NetsDepiction) November 7, 2022
“As soon as I finished the first chapter I immediately thought to myself “Oh yeah, George kills Lenny at the end”. I could just feel it” pic.twitter.com/PHdMEvtzxd
— Alex (@AIexHoops) November 7, 2022
“I remember the morning the Titanic departed from England, I was supposed to be on that ship. They called it unsinkable but I had a bad feeling” pic.twitter.com/muMIqpfQY1
— Molly (@FSUmollz) November 7, 2022
“When I saw Justin Jefferson warming up before the game I told my buddies that I had a feeling that he would have a better catch than OBJ’s 3 fingered one. I don’t know what made me say that” pic.twitter.com/1t1mWgw3CL
— Mendy (@HoltzDub) November 13, 2022
“Before the game even started I said.. This gon be the game of the year” pic.twitter.com/a8PV53iJWw
— De🅿️ressed Warriors Fan 🏆 (@GoIdenState) November 13, 2022
"Its funny because before the game I told Bronny 'Justin Jefferson is gonna make the catch of the year in the fourth quarter' and when it happened he just looked at me like 😲 and I was like 'what did I say, I just knew he was gonna do something like that'. Very smart player." pic.twitter.com/IvOc5oWnYZ
— Hunter Livie (@HunterLivie) November 13, 2022
“and then I said watch, they’re gonna be short on 4th down but then they’ll recover a fumble in the endzone on the next play” pic.twitter.com/ChDk9Jeyod
— Reply Ry (@ref513) November 13, 2022
Before the game I told everyone this game was gonna go OT and Josh Allen was gonna throw a pick in the end zone pic.twitter.com/xYArQAtAon
— DubmanE (@DubMnE) November 13, 2022
I remember watching Joel Embiid playing at Kansas, and he looked special. I told Mario Chalmers, this guy is gonna drop 59/11/8 on November 13, 2022. I just had a feeling about it. pic.twitter.com/O9iyQ3t1Cj
— ry (@NinjaBands) November 14, 2022
‘I had a feeling Max wouldn’t let him back past’ pic.twitter.com/JLkaub8sav
— toby (@toby57106605) November 13, 2022
“I remember watching Jalen Hurts getting bench at Alabama and I just thought ‘He’s gonna win the MVP one day’ just had a feeling” pic.twitter.com/sZnMyfSMnP
— Antonio Perez (@AMPerez_17) November 7, 2022
