LeBron James gives Tristan Thompson birthday shoutout

Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James made sure to shout out a friend on his birthday in the age of social distancing.

In the age of social distancing to prevent the rapid spread of the coronavirus, our digital ability to connect with each other appears like it will be increasingly important. With the NBA on an unprecedented hiatus, players across the league are donating hundreds of thousands of dollars to help hourly arena workers who will be financially impacted most by the closure of the NBA, as well as 1/3 of the owners contributing to the cause, the social aspect of the game has been taken away. But LeBron James was trying to show love to one of his former NBA teammates and one of his Klutch Sports mates on Friday, Tristan Thompson.

via @kingjames Instagram Story

LeBron James has already communicated to the fans how much he misses them, while also recognizing that his comments from last week about playing without fans wasn’t the right way to go. Luckily for us, LeBron has left us with a wealth of moments to look over. While the league is on hiatus, we will be going over some of the biggest games of LeBron’s career. Thompson will feature in quite a few of them as we try to fill the gap left by the NBA over the next few weeks.

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