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Oscar Winning Actor Declares LeBron James NBA GOAT as Lakers Star Revels in Glory Even After NBA Playoffs Debacle

Published 04/12/2022, 1:30 PM EDT

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Jamie Foxx has shown his admiration for NBA legend LeBron James for quite a long time. He has always been one of James’ biggest superfans and declared “The King” to be the greatest NBA player ever.

A recent comment on James’ post on Instagram exemplified this. Lakers player LeBron James posted a comparison of him being the youngest player to achieve over 30+ ppg at the age of 21 and now, similarly, being the oldest player to achieve over 30+ ppg at the age of 37.

 

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Accordingly, Jamie Foxx wrote an absurd comment to back up his friend in the NBA. The comment said, “GOAT GOAT MILK GOAT CHEESE”. Foxx’s comment got many netizens laughing and interpreting what exactly the comment meant.

Jamie Foxx’s deep admiration for LeBron James

Fox’s relationship with LeBron goes a long way. Foxx considers LeBron to be the best ever to do it and he has never ever been shy to say it in public. Foxx, for example, had posted a comment saying, “Congratulations king 👑 the best to ever do it!” under James’ post celebrating the milestone of being the only player to have 10,000 points, assists and rebounds.

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He has in fact mentioned that he will root for LeBron over his own team if they face each other in the NBA because he respects the player’s career and sacrifice.

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LeBron hasn’t ever commented on this relationship to the public. Foxx has mentioned that James had reservations about him after he shot a commercial with Steph Curry. He shot a movie, after that, on the All-Star Weekend about this topic.

Jamie Foxx being a fan of the NBA

Jamie Foxx, though, is a fan of the Dallas Mavericks. Foxx grew up in Texas and is also fan of the NFL team Dallas Cowboys and hence it makes sense that he is also a fan of the Mavericks. He is one of the more prominent celebrity fans and was involved in the team’s pre game shootarounds before their match against the Washington Wizards last year.

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The Mavericks Twitter account posted the video of him doing it and after that, he shouted for a “10 minute contract.” He competed with Luka Doncic in a deep three point contest. Luka hit his shots with ease, meanwhile, Foxx hit the net several times which left Luka aback.

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Foxx has also played in the 2018 All-Star Celebrity Game alongside singer Justin Bieber. He had played the game for just six minutes and scored zero points. Foxx did indeed play basketball in his high school which makes this performance all the more surprising.

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