The 2020/21 NBA season is just underway and it’s clear that some teams and players still need more time to adjust and get their legs back under them, especially those who had the shortest offseason of all time.
The Los Angeles Lakers and Miami Heat had roughly 71 games to get ready for the start of next season, and it showed during their first game of the campaign. Hopefully, they’ll be able to stay healthy even if there are some growing pains along the way.
That seems to be the case with LeBron James, who apparently had a little too much to drink on Christmas eve, and that’s why he hilariously air-balled a free-throw vs. the Dallas Mavericks last night.
LeBron James Says Wine Made Him Air-Ball A Free-Throw
“What I told you the other night when I drink the wine goes from straight down to the left side of my body. Tonight, I shot the free throw with my right hand so it had bad side effects,so I’mma see if I can drink some wine if I can shoot it to the right side of my body, maybe it’ll help my free throw and it’ll give me a little more strength to where it doesn’t hit absolutely nothing so we’ll see what happens. Maybe I have to drink upside down tonight, maybe vampire style,” James jokingly told reporters.
All jokes aside, it seems like The King still needs a couple of weeks to go back to full strength, which is normal considering he’s just about to turn 36 years old and is entering his 18th season in the NBA.
Even so, James managed to put up 22 points on 8/18 shooting to go along with 17 rebounds, 10 assists, 3 three-pointers, and 4 turnovers during his team’s 138-115 win vs. Luka Doncic and the Mavericks. Next time, he may want to skip that extra glass of wine, though.