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LeBron James Ripped for His Move in Team Photo Before NBA All-Star Game
The 2025 NBA All-Star Game was held Sunday evening in San Francisco and it was pretty much a bust, as the new format had fans fuming all night long.
The event got off to a rough start when LeBron James announced shortly before tipoff that he would not be playing due to a sore ankle that he's been dealing with recently.
While his late decision annoyed Draymond Green, his move during the team photo angered a lot of fans. In case you haven't seen it, James didn't suit up for the picture, instead he was the only one in street clothes.
All-Star “OG” Squad 🔥
— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) February 17, 2025
Bron in street clothes 😢
(via @warriors) pic.twitter.com/HROR7Rthra
It's not a huge deal, of course, but it probably would have been pretty easy for him to toss on the uniform for the quick photo and then change back out of it once they were done.
Fans weren't happy with James:
He’s so unnecessary weird at times. Put on a uniform.. join your teammates?
— stuart (@djstui) February 17, 2025
And announcing this late also lousy - denying another player a chance to be called up. #AllStarWeekend https://t.co/GtHnLz2Eqr
you can’t even get dressed bro ? https://t.co/UIfAs4tZCA
— BLIK (@johan7__) February 17, 2025
i mean… either suit up or get out the pic https://t.co/BLs63qwXJo
— 🇻🇮 (@suwassi) February 17, 2025
he definitely could’ve dressed for the pic and just sat on the bench in uniform lmao https://t.co/j3OdyDEPof
— johnny drama (@QUA150) February 17, 2025
I can’t stand when ppl don’t participate 😒 https://t.co/tsYdeJMcJL
— Stanton Marshall the Tee Slayer 🔪👕👚 (@Stan_bby) February 17, 2025
He couldn’t have dressed out for the team photos?? 😂 https://t.co/pOkKGhFfnp
— Sha’Wanda Maximoff (@Jazs_Ray) February 17, 2025
LeBron’s foot hurt so badly he couldn’t even change into a uniform for team picture? https://t.co/eKyyZmKlMW
— Michael Herman (@CoachHerman_) February 17, 2025
LeBron wouldn’t be in the picture with me lol I would say something https://t.co/nY28rhafSp
— dww (@darius_soflyy) February 17, 2025
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Andy Nesbitt is the assistant managing editor of audience engagement at Sports Illustrated. He works closely with the Breaking and Trending News team to shape SI’s daily coverage across all sports. A 20-year veteran of the sports media business, he has worked for Fox Sports, For the Win, The Boston Globe and NBC Sports, having joined SI in February 2023. Nesbitt is a golf fanatic who desperately wants to see the Super Bowl played on a Saturday night.