LeBron James Once Got Embarrassed in a Game of HORSE by Some Guy Named David

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LeBron couldn’t hang with David

The thing every sports fan is looking forward to is Sunday’s HORSE competition featuring NBA and WNBA players. It’s a star-studded affair, with Chris Paul, Trae Young and 2020 Hall of Fame inductee Tamika Catchings taking part. LeBron James won’t be there, but if this video from 12 years ago is any indication, he wouldn’t have been that impressive anyway. 

After ESPN announced it would be airing the HORSE tournament, a user on Reddit’s NBA forum posted an old video of LeBron getting his ass kicked in HORSE by a dude named David. 

David Kalb, a former player at D-III Capital University in Ohio, won a contest from a lawnmower company to take on LeBron in a game of HORSE at Venice Beach. He came prepared with a bunch of trick shots LeBron barely came close to hitting. 

LeBron, fresh off winning the NBA scoring title, got demolished.

Twelve years later, Kalb is still hitting amazing trick shots, posting them on YouTube, Twitter and Instagram.

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Get an ESPN camera in his backyard and make him the final boss the winner of the HORSE tournament has to defeat. 

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