Ah, the nutmeg. While it’s one of the coolest moves to see pulled off in soccer, witnessing it happen in basketball is especially mind-bending.
And no one seems to pull it off more than LeBron James, who managed to shatter the space time continuum with a move in the Cleveland Cavaliers‘ 108-97 loss to the Philadelphia 76ers on Thursday that can only be described as: wut.
Check out… whatever this is.
No, your eyes did not deceive you. That’s LeBron dribbling behind his back while nutmegging his own teammate, Tristan Thompson, to split the screen and score.
If you’re lost for words, join the club. What LeBron did shouldn’t be physically possible in that situation. Look at how little space he has to work with and the angle at which the ball travels through Thompson’s legs.
I know what you’re thinking. ‘That’s a total accident. LeBron got lucky. He didn’t plan that.’
You’re probably right. But remember this?
Or how about this?
Are you telling me all of these nutmegs are simply down to luck? As the saying goes, ‘fool me once…”
🤷🏾♂️ The young generation would say I was in my bag and haters will say it’s fake. https://t.co/hCXa7OctWR
— LeBron James (@KingJames) March 2, 2018
I’m onto you, LeBron. As if your Terminator-esque strength and durability weren’t enough of a giveaway, moments like these prove you’re a robot. Or an alien. Or a robot alien.
The point is you’re not human and every time you slip up with these type of highlight plays, you’re revealing just how much of an advanced lifeform you are.
