Four years isn’t much in the grand scheme of things, but it can be a lifetime in the NBA. In 2014 the Cavaliers learned their prodigal son was returning, Brad Stevens was coming off a 25-57 season in his first years as the Celtics’ coach — and LeBron James held a basketball camp with Jayson Tatum and Terry Rozier.
LeBron James posed for photos with a young Jayson Tatum back in 2014. Now, Tatum’s dunking on him in a Game 7
Time is weird.
James Dator has been covering a wide range of sports for SB Nation for over a decade, with a special focus on the NFL.
This really has a poetic “Sith Master” vibe to it all, especially after the apprentice embarrassed the master in the fourth quarter of Game 7.
Yup, that really happened.
It’s not like LeBron taught Tatum and Rozier to be good players, they were already amazing before attending the “LeBron James Skills Academy,” but little did anyone know that four years later everyone in these photos would be competing against each other in the Eastern Conference Finals.
Time is a flat circle.
