After seeing Ja Morant’s poster slam against the Indiana Pacers, people other than Kevin Durant started acting strange. Even LeBron James of the Los Angeles Lakers went insane over the guard for the Memphis Grizzlies’ early Dunk-of-the-Year contender.
To recall, Morant absolutely obliterated Jalen Smith on Saturday after the Pacers big man tried to stop his throwdown. When Morant found a clear path to the rim, there was just no stopping him. But Smith really thought he had a chance, resulting to an embarrassing facial from the Grizzlies superstar.
This replay of Ja Morant's poster dunk on Jalen Smith… 😳pic.twitter.com/04i72LdA9H
— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPoints) January 15, 2023
After watching the slam–and probably all the replays and various angles of it–LeBron James took to his Instagram stories to share his disbelief. He also gave a shoutout to Ja Morant for his dunk and Ziaire Williams for his reaction to it.
“OH MY GOD!!!!!!!” James wrote along with several scared emojis. “Man what’s wrong with you [Ja Morant].”
On another story, the Lakers shared a photo of Williams’ shocked reaction to the dunk and wrote, “Me too Zaire!! Me too!!” along with multiple laughing emojis.
LeBron James on Ja Morant's poster over Jalen Smith 👀 You love to see it@JaMorant @KingJames pic.twitter.com/RSGxkESnbc
— Kit Guinhawa (@BeatKit22) January 16, 2023
It’s hard to blame James for that wild reaction, though. A crazy dunk like that deserves an equally incredible response. And LeBron’s remarks speaks volumes of how amazing it is.
Sure enough, it won’t be the last time LeBron and the rest of the NBA will see a monster throwdown like that from Morant. But the Lakers star is definitely hoping he won’t do it against his Purple and Gold.
Source: https://fadeawayworld.net
