Jayson Tatum Reminisces About Funny Encounter With LeBron James At USA Practice

Boston Celtics superstar Jayson Tatum grew up a big LeBron James fan, and after a USA practice, he reminisced on a core memory when he was 11 years old involving James.

Tatum said that his dad was great friends with Larry Hughes and attended a Cleveland Cavaliers game in Memphis with the hopes of meeting James with his mom, but unfortunately, James didn’t sign his autograph at that time, leaving young Tatum extremely upset.

“My mom took me to Memphis; I wanted to meet LeBron and get a picture with him and an autograph, and he was like, I’m out, I gotta go. And I cried all the way home.” Tatum said

“So is that why you dunked on me in the conference finals?" James responded.

An extremely funny encounter between two players who are now teammates in the Olympics and competitors during the NBA season. The USA Men's Basketball team is now 2-0 in exhibition games with wins over Canada and Australia with Tatum starting alongside James.

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