NBA Legend Carmelo Anthony Reacts To LeBron James Viral Instagram Post

Carmelo Anthony commented on LeBron James' Instagram post.

Oct 24, 2021; Los Angeles, California, USA; Los Angeles Lakers forward LeBron James (6) and forward Carmelo Anthony (7) celebrate a win after beating the Memphis Grizzlies 121-118 at Staples Center. Mandatory Credit: Kiyoshi Mio-Imagn Images / Kiyoshi Mio-Imagn Images

On Monday, the Los Angeles Lakers held media day to open up their 2024-25 NBA season.

A lot of attention was on LeBron and Bronny James, who will be the first father-son duo in NBA history.

After the day, LeBron made a post to Instagram that had over 900,000 likes and 6,000 comments in two hours.

He captioned his post: "PURE JOY 🙌🏾🙌🏾🤴🏾"

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One person who left a comment was NBA legend (and his former Lakers teammate) Carmelo Anthony.

Anthony's comment had 2,900 likes in two hours.

He wrote: "Nothing like it 🫡"

Carmelo Anthony's Comment / October 1

Bronny was the 55th pick in the 2024 NBA Draft after one season of college basketball at USC.

He finished his freshman year with averages of 4.8 points, 2.8 rebounds and 2.1 assists per contest while shooting 36.6% from the field and 27.7% from the three-point range in 25 games.

Like Father. Like Son. 🥰

LeBron x Bronny at #NBAMediaDay! pic.twitter.com/deEjRNwomp

— NBA (@NBA) September 30, 2024

Anthony and James were both drafted in 2003.

Before spending one year as teammates during the 2021-22 season, they competed against each other 46 times over nearly two decades.

In those matchups, James had a commanding 30-16 record.

Mar 5, 2022; Los Angeles, California, USA; Los Angeles Lakers forward Carmelo Anthony (7) high-fives forward LeBron James (6) after Anthony made a three point basket in the fourth quarter against the Golden State Warriors at Crypto.com Arena. The Lakers won 124-116. Mandatory Credit: Kiyoshi Mio-Imagn Images / Kiyoshi Mio-Imagn Images

James still remains one of the best players in the NBA and is coming off a summer where he helped Team USA win the Gold medal.

The Lakers will play their first game of the regular season on October 22 when they host the Minnesota Timberwolves in Los Angeles.

Last season, they lost to the Denver Nuggets in the first round of the NBA playoffs (in five games).