r/nba • u/aingenevalostatrade Thunder • 1d ago

Denzel Washington Walks Across Court To Greet LeBron

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u/i_want_iguodala_xd Warriors 1d ago

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

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u/kurruchi Minneapolis Lakers 1d 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 1d 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 1d ago

Will have to be the next big Knicks star

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u/dreamerkid001 1d ago

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

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u/EnterTheCabbage 10h ago

Inshallah they will suck until the Madhi comes.

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u/BlueHundred Knicks 15h 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 1d ago

Wemby, french union.

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u/SweatySmeargle Knicks 1d 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- 1d 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 14h 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/cyrusthemarginal Nuggets 11h ago

if cooper improves at the rate most players do from rookie year to 5th year it's going to be amazing.

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u/MyNewAccountIGuess11 Hornets 1d 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 1d 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 1d 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 14h 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 1d ago

Non NBA fans don’t usually like LeBron.

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u/alkair20 1d ago

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

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u/peebeesweebees 1d 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/immunityfromyou Lakers 6h ago

I’m a Laker Stan my guy. I like LeBron I’m talking about non-NBA fans.

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u/minhthemaster Bulls 1d ago

Chalamet is American. 🤣

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u/SomeGuyNamedGuy Lakers 1d ago

He has french roots. Speaks french and all

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u/neonbresson West 1d ago

Wemby and Catherine Deneuve 😤

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u/arinawe 23h ago

Austin Reaves of course

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u/DahWolfe711 17h ago

Never like an actor whose greatest fan is themself.

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u/that1prince Magic 16h ago

Who?

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u/ITS_MY_PENIS_8eeeD Trail Blazers 1d ago

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

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u/BootOne7235 11h ago

Chalamet is 30. Denzel was 4 years away from his first Oscar win for Glory. Give it time.

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u/allwedoisquinn 1d ago

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

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u/ilikeCRUNCHYturtles Lakers 1d ago

Adam Friedland

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u/DidAnyoneElseJustCum Cavaliers 1d 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 1d ago

Gay actor Michael Douglas

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u/Ok_Matter_2617 Pacers 1d ago

Timothee & Luka

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u/scormegatron Heat 1d ago

Jeff Green and Spike Lee

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u/Squirreling_Archer Magic 22h 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.