- LeBron James just signed a $153.3 million, four-year deal with the Los Angeles Lakers.
- Sports fans are freaking out over the news.
- Naturally, some of the best memes are on Twitter.
Sports Twitter was ablaze last night when news broke that Lebron James signed a contract to play for the Los Angeles Lakers. James signed a four-year, $153.3 million contract to play for the team, according to his agency Klutch Sports.
Sports fans are freaking out over the news — and, naturally, some of the best memes are on Twitter.
LA LEBRON HOLY SHIT
— Shea Serrano (@SheaSerrano) July 2, 2018
LEBRON JAMES DID IT HE SIGNED WITH THE LAKERS HOLY SHIT DONT LET YOUR MEMES BE DREAMS
— Plathanos 🐝🇩🇴 🔜 @AX (@SavinTheBees) July 2, 2018
The LeBron "LA-Bron" jokes were, uh, inevitable, it seems.
LA-Bron James
— Oh It's Teddy (@OhItsTeddy) July 2, 2018
LA-BRON !!!
— Berlin (@berleezy) July 2, 2018
More than a few people have brought up James's rivalry with his now-former teammate JR Smith.
JR: Man, why you leavin?
— CBS Sports (@CBSSports) July 2, 2018
LeBron: pic.twitter.com/J3Uf8eY62o
😲💀 Who did this to JR Smith? #LABronpic.twitter.com/l5q0kF5Ki4
— Fanatics View (@fanaticsview) July 2, 2018
JR Smith pic.twitter.com/0NtufKrxpe
— Jon Machota (@jonmachota) July 2, 2018
JR: “We’ll get them next season LeBron”
— Lake Show™ (@LakeShowFamily) July 2, 2018
Bron: “We’re done there is no next season”
JR: pic.twitter.com/KzdSjAmdZt
Some people have joked about the non-sports reasons that James would leave Cleveland, Ohio, for Los Angeles, California.
“LeBron, why did you leave Cleveland?” pic.twitter.com/0M2DPdkndS
— Josh Billinson (@jbillinson) July 2, 2018
I don’t know why people are surprised bye Lebron’s decision. The weather here...
— roxane gay (@rgay) July 2, 2018
Some sports fans are conflicted over the move.
Trynna figure out how to root for Lebron but not the Lakers pic.twitter.com/DIjJnMtp4Z
— Nick Flowers (@_NickFlowers_) July 2, 2018
Lebron stans and Kobe stans rooting for the same team pic.twitter.com/aasAAlpwHe
— Nai (@Nai_Roy) July 2, 2018
Kobe fans welcoming LeBron to their team pic.twitter.com/ZC9Z3yLtIb
— HEAT NATION (@HeatvsHaters) July 2, 2018
But as they say in sports, go team.
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