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Charles Curtis

No, LeBron James didn’t sit on a throne during his latest virtual press conference

I have a feeling we’re seeing the birth of a new NBA meme in real time.

On Tuesday, LeBron James met virtually with reporters, and immediately, there were screen shots of the Los Angeles Lakers megastar known as King James sitting on what appeared to be a throne.

Of course, it was not a throne. It was a chair in the Disney World hotel that he pulled up and sat in for the interview, claiming he needed a lower chair to sit in and it was “one of these hallway chairs everybody sits in.”

That didn’t stop everyone from pointing out the resemblance and making jokes — that included James — though:

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