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LeBron James forgets how to play basketball

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.

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GIF via @cjzero

LeBron James is good at basketball. We know, that’s a controversial hot take -- but we’re not here to debate whether he’s good at “shooting hoops,” instead we’re focusing on a moment frozen in time. A glimpse into him forgetting his faculties.

We all have moments where our brains fall out, but we’re not all professional athletes and fewer of us have been named MVP of the league. In this small passage LeBron forgets how to pass, travels and has absolutely no answer as to why it happened.

An almost identical thing happened in Aussie Rules over the weekend too, if that makes LeBron feel any better.

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GIF via Reddit


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