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Imagine coming home from work, checking your phone, and getting a social media notification that Emily Ratajkowski came to your workplace with the sole intention of watching you bang out TPS reports. She even tweets @ you something like: “Checking in on @you licking those envelopes.” I don’t care if you’re if you’re the most famous athlete on the planet, that alone has got to make you at least consider risking it all.
That was the predicament LeBron James was in last night when the 27-year-old model showed up to the Staples Center to watch his Lakers beat the Timberwolves. To put it mildly, she was dressed to impress.
After the game, Ratajowski posted a photo of herself sitting courtside accompanied with a flirty caption directed at the best basketball player in the world.
Checking in on boo @KingJames pic.twitter.com/4sxPU3hlMs
— Emily Ratajkowski (@emrata) November 8, 2018
The tweet sent NBA Twitter into a tailspin, resulting in some reactions that made me laugh out loud.
LeBron after he saw this tweet pic.twitter.com/SSPRu3XcG1
— Cam Wilson (@CamWilson_23) November 8, 2018
Bron pic.twitter.com/FDdfJtdrAm
— Tom (@TheSportsFanUSA) November 8, 2018
No way lebron surviving no nut November after this 😔 pray for our fallen 🙏🏾 pic.twitter.com/7snSmeQNy5
— dandamanlol (@spidamitchell) November 8, 2018
LeBron James at halftime pic.twitter.com/QbpDUH3uUt
— #TheSpan (@WingspanSports) November 8, 2018
Oh hey Emily pic.twitter.com/pFt0XATblY
— Dynasty T (@DynastyT23) November 8, 2018
LeBron on the bench like.. pic.twitter.com/2nnChHzmQg
— Devin Springfield (@d_spriiing22) November 8, 2018
Lebron to his wife right now: pic.twitter.com/tJeeogJwSw
— billy buttons (@billy__buttons) November 8, 2018
Savannah when she saw this pic.twitter.com/zS4Wmi6Hjs
— May (@KorverAintMe) November 8, 2018
P.S. This dude caught blatantly checking out Ratajkowski with his kid right next to him is all of us.
— Silveira (@ItsSilveir4) November 8, 2018
As a player, how can you possibly focus on the job at hand when you have that big of a distraction courtside? LeBron doesn’t get enough credit for his mental fortitude.