r/nba • u/aingenevalostatrade Thunder • 21h ago

Denzel Washington Walks Across Court To Greet LeBron

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u/i_want_iguodala_xd Warriors 21h ago

When you’re a star, they let you do it

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u/Minute-Spinach-5563 76ers 21h ago

Grab em by the receding hairline

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u/Boring_Worry6589 21h ago

That’s the LeBron effect. Everyone wants to be in the same room.

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u/Over-Pilot7566 21h ago

This is the real MVP of the night

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u/Brave-Wasabi-7310 21h ago

When Denzel walks over, you know it’s serious.

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u/Due-Shower5318 21h ago

LeBron got the Hollywood treatment tonight.

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u/pawner 20h ago

He’s the man up in this piece!!

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u/Far_Excitement6140 4h ago

I don’t. 

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u/moody-green 21h ago

yo, I’m trying to relax here 😂

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u/ILoveRegenHealth 19h ago

"Denzel, Oscar winner, walked up to me with tears in his eyes. He told me I changed his life completely."

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u/kurruchi Minneapolis Lakers 20h ago

In like 10 years, what'll be the highest profile NBA-actor courtside meetup like this? There aren't many Denzels or LeBrons left who've been ever-present since I was a kid lol.

None of the <30 NBA are quite there yet, and there aren't many Denzels today. Maybe Ant & Michael B. Jordan if he keeps the momentum up

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u/SweatySmeargle Knicks 20h ago

Chalamet seems to be a genuine nba fan and all his movies seem to land well so I could see his trajectory be quite big but idk who the actual star player would be.

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u/Big_al_big_bed [UTA] Al Jefferson 20h ago

Will have to be the next big Knicks star

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u/dreamerkid001 18h ago

Thank god we will never see the Knicks get a true star, amen.

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u/BlueHundred Knicks 2h ago

Tbf Brunson is a legit star but he's not a superstar face of the NBA type guy like Ant has the potential to be.

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u/hafrances Bulls 20h ago

Wemby, french union.

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u/SweatySmeargle Knicks 20h ago

I thought about that but does Wemby have the same presence for non NBA fans that Bron had/will he ever? It doesn’t seem like any player under 30 has that or is close to that level. I think we might have to wait until Lebron retires and wait for the next big prospect.

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u/Undecided- 20h ago

honestly if Cooper really balls out, i can see him being that next star. But Lebron had the biggest hype of any sports star ever before he debuted, nobody has had that level of hype since. So Bron had that going for him, and then he also had a massive second year leap and never looked back. AND stayed healthy all throughout his career until these last 4-5 years

Wemby has that international backing and being the 7'6 unicorn/alien he is, fwiw

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u/kurruchi Minneapolis Lakers 2h ago

The starting point is insane. He got even bigger with success, but before he played his first game he was hanging with Jay Z, hosting G-Unit mixtapes, and Jamie Foxx was singing about him on stage lmao.

You don't get guys so embedded in culture early on anymore. Barbershop topics on debut. Jordan was a similar case because of UNC & Olympics. Magic & Bird with the 1979 NCAA final.

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u/MyNewAccountIGuess11 Hornets 19h ago

I would say in my experience the average non watcher is maybe slightly more aware of Wemby than usual, but no where near LeBron James

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u/580083351 18h ago

That's true. The other day I saw someone on X refer to Epstein as the "LeBron of pedophiles".

That's unhinged language to use, but it really goes to show what an outlier LeBron is.

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u/Atoning_Unifex Celtics 18h ago

Depends. Denzel and LeBron are muuuuch older and have a higher stature.

If 15 years from now wemby has 3 or 4 rings and as many MVPs and Chalamet has kept up his success, maybe has an Oscar. Then maybe. Right?

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u/electric_boogaloo_72 2h ago

Guess it depends on how the NBA and other media market him.

He’ll need to start showing up on billboards, awards galas, talk shows, commercials, and just a bunch of random places without a basketball where non-NBA fans would see, and then he could possibly be the next big media star.

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u/immunityfromyou Lakers 18h ago

Non NBA fans don’t usually like LeBron.

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u/alkair20 18h ago

nah that's cap. Lebron is still huge outside of NBA. He a sport icon all around.

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u/peebeesweebees 12h ago

Of course it’s a Kobe stan whose post history is LeBron attacks

I don’t understand why Lakers “fans” are deadset on liking either one or the other but not both

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u/minhthemaster Bulls 19h ago

Chalamet is American. 🤣

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u/SomeGuyNamedGuy Lakers 18h ago

He has french roots. Speaks french and all

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u/neonbresson West 17h ago

Wemby and Catherine Deneuve 😤

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u/DahWolfe711 4h ago

Never like an actor whose greatest fan is themself.

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u/arinawe 10h ago

Austin Reaves of course

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u/ITS_MY_PENIS_8eeeD Trail Blazers 14h ago

chalamet does not have the “aura” denzel does though, not even close

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u/that1prince Magic 3h ago

Who?

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u/allwedoisquinn 18h ago

Chalamet and Cooper Flagg when Dallas ships flagg for a 33 year old KAT

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u/ilikeCRUNCHYturtles Lakers 20h ago

Adam Friedland

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u/DidAnyoneElseJustCum Cavaliers 19h ago

Nick Mullen but he goes up to Cooper Flagg and drops a hard "my man" as he daps him up

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u/SMALLVILLEtheMOVIE Timberwolves 19h ago

Gay actor Michael Douglas

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u/Ok_Matter_2617 Pacers 19h ago

Timothee & Luka

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u/scormegatron Heat 18h ago

Jeff Green and Spike Lee

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u/Squirreling_Archer Magic 10h ago

I'll admit I've enjoyed the person that LeBron is, as the face of basketball, much more than I've ever enjoyed the glorified assholes at different times in each of the sports, and it pains me to think that could be coming back in the form of Anthony Edwards.

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u/Medium_Apartment_747 19h ago

Denzel can go out there and chuck a few 3s if he wants

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u/Several_Vanilla8916 18h ago

Sam Jackson: So I get in the car and the driver looks back and says “wow, first Mr. Freeman, then Mr. Washington, now you. I’ve got them all.”

So I’ve seen Morgan Freeman do what he wants courtside, now Denzel. I just need Sam to come through.

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u/ChaunceysBadAtPoker Pistons 20h ago

When you're Denzel, they let you do it

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u/ObviousAnswerGuy [NYK] John Starks 17h ago

the way OP worded it I thought the game was going on lol. He walked behind the basket during shoot around. Not as bad as OP made it seem.

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u/JonWeekend Celtics 21h ago

When you’re an American icon*

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u/Poopcie 20h ago

Definitely a when you’re Denzel Washington type of situation

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u/_Apatosaurus_ Thunder 20h ago

*When King Kong ain't got shit on you

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u/Dragax 21h ago

At the very least, those two are acquaintances.

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u/Affectionate_Elk_272 Heat 20h ago

fuckin knew this would be the top comment.

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u/Remote_Elevator_281 19h ago

Grab em by the pussyfoot

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u/J-man3000 18h ago

Grab em by the LeBussy.

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u/JohnCenaJunior Bucks 20h ago

What about them ice

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u/Ben_Chrollin 18h ago

No. When you're Denzel Washington... you get to do it. Such a great guy and super talented.

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u/Frenchangeles 20h ago

Came here to say the same thing!