The connection between players in both the NBA and the NFL has only gotten stronger, especially according to some NFL analysts. But that isn’t stopping anytime soon and there was even more NBA on display during this week’s edition of Monday Night Football, as Chicago Bears defensive star Khalil Mack used a sack as an opportunity to emulate LeBron James.
Mack sacked Case Keenum in the first quarter of Monday night’s game between the Bears and Washington, before unleashing a celebration that LeBron used to do a lot more during his Miami Heat days.
The LeBron celebration that Mack alluded to originated with a game-winner from him against a young, plucky Golden State Warriors team in 2014. James shut the crowd down, only a few years before LeBron would have the most iconic moment of his career in that same stadium when he won the 2016 NBA Championship with the Cleveland Cavaliers.
While James hasn’t done that same celebration in a few years and preferring to celebrate big shots with his teammates recently, he has hinted about bringing back the iconic chalk toss that became synonymous with his career.
