Jayson Tatum recalls being 11 years old and crying after Lebron James turned him down for an autograph: Lebron: “Is that why you dunked on me in the Conference Finals?” (Via @NBA IG) – Noa Dalzell 🏀 (@NoaDalzellNBA) on X
by Bewilderbeest79
@Boston Celtics
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He definitely wakes up in a cold sweat thinking about that moment
When I was as 10 years old old in an empty Boston garden hall I asked bill russell for an autograph. He told me to get lost kid never got the chance to dunk on him
Ok I kind of love how over the past few weeks since winning the chip, Tatum has been very much the “I keep the receipts” guy. Dunk on em petty King
Tatum now firmly a member of NBA royalty. Still only 26.
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Who tf does LeBron think he is being all likable n shit?
I was at the LBJ draft, staying in the same hotel as the players. LeBron turned me down twice when I asked him for an autograph (I was 16). I didn’t cry. I just swore I’d never like the guy.
He was 11 years old asking for LeBron’s autograph and 8 years later he was dunking on him
The weight has come off their shoulders and the training wheels are long gone. They are going to be dangerous together going forward. The confidence factor is going to make them better.
That must have been even more emotional LeBron. End of the first Cavs stint. We might have just bounced his ass out the playoffs