Smith, 19, reminded James, 38, all the way through the Lakers’ 140-132 victory that he’d been at the opposing aspect to his father, Jabari Smith Sr., all the way through his NBA debut for the Cleveland Cavaliers in opposition to the Sacramento Kings in 2003. Smith Sr. was once an unused sub within the sport.
“Hello, you performed in opposition to my dad. Your first NBA sport ever,” Smith informed James.
“In point of fact?” James replied.
“Sacramento,” showed Smith.
“Why’d you do this to me?” James requested with a grin in pictures that the NBA shared on Twitter.
Smith jokingly answered: “You are feeling outdated, don’t you?”
James, according to ESPN, commented at the dig following the win: “It made me really feel extraordinarily outdated when Junior informed me that. I believe he even mentioned it like, ‘You most likely really feel outdated.’”
However it was once all excellent between the pair, who hugged it out after the sport.