Watch: LeBron James drains long putt while golfing with Jayson Tatum and Kevin Love
The gym lights are dim during the NBA All-Star break, but that didn’t stop LeBron James from making a highlight worthy play in another sport.
James traded the hardwood for a sun-splashed fairway, and drained a 15-foot putt like it was a logo three in the playoffs.
Some NBA superstars take vacations, disappear to a beach or private island, or go fishing like Luka Dončić, but LeBron chose something else. Miles of grass with some friends and trying to crush a little ball towards a distant flag.
In the video posted to Instagram, after James dropped the long putt, he immediately celebrated with two familiar faces nearby: Jayson Tatum and Kevin Love.
Love, who currently plays for the Utah Jazz, was with LeBron during their 2016 championship run in Cleveland. But Tatum? That’s where the golf outing turned into a gallon of gasoline for NBA rumors.
Tatum and James are friends. Tatum famously featured on the inaugural season of Netflix’s “Starting Five,” produced by James and his SpringHill Media Company. Tatum has been sidelined all season with a torn Achilles, but reportedly is getting close to returning.
After spotting the Lakers superstar playing golf alongside a member of the rival Celtics, fans immediately began to think that maybe Tatum was recruiting James to join Boston next season.
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James, 41, is staring at the final chapters of a career that reshaped the league. He’s leaned heavily into golf lately, speaking about the mental battle, the discipline, the humility the sport demands. It mirrors his own arc: no longer just overpowering opponents, but outthinking them.
Still, the imagery is impossible to ignore. The King, smiling in the sun, draining a long putt with a Celtic by his side. The same King who could test free agency waters this summer. Imagine the seismic shock of him trading purple and gold for Celtic green, pairing with Tatum and Brown in one final chase for Banner 19. It would be poetic. It would be controversial. It would be pure NBA chaos.
The Lakers are currently in 5th place in the Western Conference, but are closer to ending up in the NBA Play-In Tournament than they are at catching the first place Oklahoma City Thunder.
For the Lakers to make one last push, they will need everyone healthy including LeBron, Luka, and Austin Reaves.
