‘That Man Was Naked’: LeBron Was Surprised To See Coach David Blatt In The Buff

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Coming off a big win over the Toronto Raptors on Monday night, David Blatt and the Cleveland Cavaliers must have been feeling pretty loose in the locker room after the game. Maybe too loose, if you ask LeBron James.

As we’ve seen plenty of times in the past, male nudity is quite common in locker rooms across pro sports. Hell, it’s probably even excessively prominent in your local gym’s locker room. With that being said, you’d think LeBron was quite used to seeing other grown men in the buff by now, but it appears his coach caught him off guard on Monday.

As James was leaving the locker room, Blatt — wearing only a towel — swung open the door to his office and called James over to him.

“C’mon Coach,” James said. “I can’t talk to you like this.”

He did, though. James obliged and after the two briefly chatted, James turned and walked toward Tristan Thompson. “That man was naked,” James said.

It could just be my immaturity, but there’s just something so funny about the “that man was naked” quote coming out of the mouth of LeBron. It sounds like something you’d expect a scarred small child to mutter to his father after their first trip into a gym locker room together.

Regardless, the image of LeBron feeling uncomfortable while Blatt tries to talk shop naked in his office is just so great.

(Akron Beacon Journal)

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