Draymond Green waited a full year to get back at LeBron James for his “Ultimate Warriors” shirt after last year’s NBA Finals, and on Thursday Green got his T-shirt retribution at the Warriors’ championship parade.
Green showed up in a shirt that said “Quickie” with the Larry O’Brien trophy and the Q in the same font as the Quicken Loans logo, which is the title sponsor of the Cavs’ arena. Green explained that he’d been thinking about what he’d wear all year since he saw James’ shirt and the subsequent Halloween party with the 3-1 tombstones, and admitted that he was absolutely petty for it.
Green and James are friends, despite their on-court battles, and James took to Instagram on Thursday to respond to Green’s shirt. James decided to fire back at green with a classic, corny joke response, going full Michael Scott with a “That’s what she said,” in reference to quickie.
This is a reminder that LeBron James is the best athlete in the world that also happens to be a corny, dad joke connoisseur. James, for all his greatness and all his shoe sales, is not the cool guy in the NBA anymore. He’s a 32-year-old dad that loves bad jokes (and honestly, who among us doesn’t) and drinking wine with a few friends. You know who else loves LeBron’s jokes? Russell Westbrook — and James Harden, Kevin Love, the Cavs, and plenty more.
best part bout this is Brodie liked it pic.twitter.com/aZm6HmrsRy
— Arman Singh Walia (@ArmanWalia) June 15, 2017
The NBA is the absolute best and days like this remind us why. Not only has James embraced going full dad with his humor, the Cavs’ star is also finally embracing his status as a bald man. His first Instagram post from Thursday showed off a newly shaved head and the “Bald Bron” moniker that ensures a dominant season coming from him next year. LeBron James is now the king of the basketball court and king of the dads.
Oh, and as for a response to the response from Dray? The Warriors star big man finally learned of LeBron’s baldness and took credit for forcing James into finally shaving it off with an Instagram joke of his own.
This is the best sports league ever and I’m so glad social media is a thing now, because even without basketball for another few months, we can be entertained by these guys going after each other.