LeBron James and Dwyane Wade may want to think twice before taking another photograph with Justin Timberlake.
TerezOwens.com posted a photo of Miami Heat players Mario Chalmers, James and Wade posing with the singer-actor Tuesday night, presumably before the Heat's game against the Indiana Pacers. Timberlake was in town to play a concert on Wednesday night.
The Pacers beat the archrival Heat 90-84 on Tuesday night, and BeyondtheBuzzer.com reported that members of the Pacers returned to Bankers Life Fieldhouse and hung out with Timberlake. Indiana star Paul George played a game of H-O-R-S-E with the "TKO" singer.
One of the in-game timeout promotions that the Pacers marketing department puts on is a skit called "DannyOke" in which a video is shown of Pacer Danny Granger with headphones, singing the song he's listening to while his teammates try to figure out what song he's singing. A member of the Pacers crowd is selected and has to predict whether the teammates will figure out what song Granger is singing.
On Tuesday, Granger was singing "Holy Grail," a Jay-Z song featuring Timberlake that got a standing ovation from Timberlake, according to nba.com/pacers.
To add insult to Heat injury, gamedayr.com reported that Timberlake sang happy birthday to Pacers center Roy Hibbert on Wednesday night during Timberlake's concert. Hibbert turned 27, and teammate Rasual Butler captured the moment on his Instagram account.
Accompanying Butler's video was the caption, "Happy Birthday to My bro @royhibbert55 @justintimberlake just had the entire sold out arena sing happy Birthday to him such a kool moment!"
Whether King James and/or D-Wade have a previous relationship with Timberlake is unclear, but they obviously didn't seem to mind posing with, perhaps, the most recognizable Pacers fan in the world.
It's probably not something Michael Jordan would've done right before a game during his playing days.
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