LeBron James is widely regarded as the most complete player in the league by those who understand the game of basketball. He possesses unique basketball skills that have helped him secure four championships, four MVP awards, and numerous other individual accolades.
Many influential figures in the community have emphasized his exceptional basketball IQ as his standout asset. However, in addition to his basketball talent, a former teammate of LeBron recently made a surprising revelation about his extraordinary abilities beyond the basketball court.
Avery Bradley revealed LeBron’s surprising talent
LeBron James’ ex-teammate and defensive expert, Avery Bradley, states that LeBron has an impressive memory for song lyrics which is an extraordinary skill beyond basketball, a fact that might surprise some fans. “He knows every single song, every lyric,” Avery Bradley said in 2020, per Sports Illustrated. “Yes, every song that I’ve heard come on. It doesn’t matter how old it is. LeBron knows the song 100 percent.”
LeBron, like anyone else, enjoys his music, and he doesn’t hesitate to share videos of himself singing or rapping along to his favorite songs. This has become a sort of meme among fans because James isn’t always spot-on with the lyrics when he sings or raps. Despite his incredible basketball skills, LeBron is just like an ordinary person who enjoys singing along to his favorite songs.
Avery Bradley also highlighted LeBron James’ basketball IQ which makes him outstanding above every other player in the NBA. Bradley admitted there were moments when he and Danny Green were left bewildered by certain play calls, while LeBron effortlessly deciphered every aspect of the game.
He said, “There’s a lot of play calls that I don’t know…Me and Danny [Green] look at each other like, ‘What play is that?’ And LeBron knows where every guy is supposed to be, what you’re supposed to do, the timing of everything. His IQ is just crazy.”
However, Bradley believes that LeBron has a huge talent which seems to make him extraordinary whether in music or in basketball. That is the reason why at 38, he still displays great performances in every single game.
LeBron James used a Drake song to hit back at Warriors
LeBron James, the Los Angeles Lakers superstar, used a Drake song to deliver a sharp response to Golden State Warriors’ “bench player,” JaMychal Green. Before Game 6 of the Western Conference finals, Green posted an Instagram Story with a line from James that said, “Lakers don’t flop,” along with a picture of James with a “cap.”
In response to this, LeBron James took his game performance as the best rebuttal. He scored an impressive 30 points on 10-for-14 shooting, adding nine rebounds and nine assists in the closeout game. Following this victorious performance, LeBron took to Instagram to post a video showcasing his series highlights against the Warriors, all while featuring Drake’s lyrics from “Tuscan Leather”: “Bench players talkin’ like starters, I hate it.”
This witty clapback from LeBron showed the clear difference in their roles, as JaMychal Green saw limited playing time in the series, with no minutes in the last two games, in contrast to LeBron’s dominant on-court presence throughout the series.
