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LeBron James, Jimmy Fallon team up for ‘Wastepaper Basketball’

It turns out LeBron is as good at wastepaper basketball as he is real basketball, who knew?!

James Dator
James Dator has been covering a wide range of sports for SB Nation for over a decade, with a special focus on the NFL.

LeBron James filmed a segment for The Tonight Show that aired Thursday and it's one of the best athlete-related parodies we've seen in a long time.

James is the new accountant in the office and is challenged to a healthy game of wastepaper basketball. It has everything: Dunks, hooks, alley oops, banking it off the IT guy’s head.

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Can LeBron please do videos like this every week? We’d watch them all. Extra credit for the distinctly 1980’s use of VHS distortion.

If you’re not familiar with the song being parodied you can read all about it here.

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Let this last GIF be your spirit guide for the day.

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