LeBron Goes “Forever” on the Lakers

NBA, Video / Jan 22, 2010 / 12:25 pm

This is kind of great. Bill Simmons just posted this video on his Twitter feed: someone synced up Eminem‘s portion of “Forever” with LeBron’s singing during a timeout in crunch time against the Lakers last night (lyrics NSFW):

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45 Responses to “LeBron Goes “Forever” on the Lakers”

January 22nd, 2010 at 12:37 pm

Big Marv says:

Sheed: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pjDdFLKkP94
January 22nd, 2010 at 12:41 pm

danocasa says:

I’d be kinda pissed if he DIDNT know the words to this song…
January 22nd, 2010 at 1:04 pm

the antoine says:

umm.. the song was playing on the PA system during the time out.. nobody synced music to this video.. someone wasnt watching the game..
January 22nd, 2010 at 1:11 pm

weezy f says:

you really think the PA system sounds that clear????
January 22nd, 2010 at 1:15 pm

RonNation says:

what the fuck is forever
January 22nd, 2010 at 1:18 pm

nola says:

even though the person synced it, it was actually pretty clear live on the television. i remember watching this and he really did wrap the whole thing with the PA system.

ps. last night’s game was just terrible. coming from a lakers fan, the lakers lost that game. it just seems like no one comes out to play like kobe does. he did his part in the first half and started missing shots in the second half but there were so many chances for the lakers big men and they didnt take advantage of that.

i think there are two changes that would help a lot and that’s to move bynum back to the bench to run with the second team and run ron artest as the power forward more often with shannon brown on the floor at the same time. phil hasnt taken advantage of all the different lineups he could have out there. bynum does much better as the number 1 guy on the second team. lamar needs to play distributor on the first team.
January 22nd, 2010 at 1:20 pm

mules says:

Lebron is the greatest rapper of all time…or at least he looks like he could do better than Mr. Longoria
January 22nd, 2010 at 2:01 pm

Chicagorilla says:

He is so effin lame. It’s not his fault though, the people around him should have told him when he was growing up. They were probably too scared to tell him, or lame themselves. I was wondering if he would dance a jig during the game vs LA if he got a lead. Instead he blessed us with something just as stupid, him lip singing one of Eminems worst verses ever. Thanks LBJ, at least you been working on your jumper (1-9 3pt FG, but 6-8 midrange vs Lakers)
January 22nd, 2010 at 2:25 pm

richard from cleveland says:

everybody comments on what he does the cavs have the best dj in ohio playing music and the song was on during that time of course he knows the words because it was the title song to his movie. if you haters was in his position you would do the same thing.
January 22nd, 2010 at 2:28 pm

Sam says:

Lebron is a fake douchebag. Agree with comment #2. Doesn’t even know the words to his own song. I watched it live, and WITNESSED his lyrical errors.
January 22nd, 2010 at 2:31 pm

LakeShow84 says:

Lol..

This is kinda great?? Why is that DIME??

Am i the only one who thinks he acts like an ass nowadays?? Just the way he carries himself while doing all this.. Best thing in the world was while they took command of the game hes jumping around like they won a playoff series.. pounding the floor.. making all these faces to the crowds..

Then in the post game interview when asked if it was such an important game he tried to downplay it and say you dont want to read much into it.. couldve fooled me lol

All im going to say about the man is he damn sure wouldnt do that if he knew there was another game left in LA..

Weak character.. helluva of a ball player but his character is so weak and spoiled it kills me..
January 22nd, 2010 at 2:58 pm

Rafa23 says:

i agree about lebron being annoying, but he character is ten times better than kobes. i dont think thats a question at all.
January 22nd, 2010 at 3:02 pm

ERIC says:

im a big lakers fan and kobe supporter.

lebrons lip sync was pretty cool, but i think misplaced considering the point in the game.

he has been acting like a pompous dbag as of late and i wish this were the days when a player (oakley, Xman) would just flagrant foul him and tell him to cut the antics.
January 22nd, 2010 at 3:03 pm

Drink the Haterade says:

in ten years it will all come out LBJ will be another one of those superstrs whose on top and falls due to some dirty deed behind closed doors, just like KB and Tiger
January 22nd, 2010 at 3:31 pm

Scott says:

@Chicago … one of Em’s worst versus ever? I admit it is a real lame song (Drake’s a douche) but that verse is deadly. I’d say it’s one of his best in a long time
January 22nd, 2010 at 3:41 pm

hahns says:

i cant stand this guy. this clip made me think about simmons’s piece that he wrote a couple days ago about how lebron always acts like he knows the camera is on him. the guy is a total tool bag. you can tell he knew ppl were watching him because the way he was enunciating was absurd. his lips are going all over the place, no one talks like that. he was just trying to act like he’s cool bc he knows the lyrics to the song.

and another thing. he made one of those i-smell-something-really-bad faces when he made that first free throw w/ 23 seconds left. come guy, YOURE SUPPOSE TO MAKE FREE THROWS!! why the hell are you making that face?! you didnt do anything special!!! youre one of the best players in the leagure, youre freaking suppose to ice the game at the line- dont make that damn face for making a free throw. and obviously he goes on to brick the next one and get upstaged by andy vareajo when he steps up to the line to make both.

i hope the knicks sign dwade instead of bron this summer…let bron go to brooklyn.
January 22nd, 2010 at 3:50 pm

cru_thik305 says:

its truly amazing how he’s criticized for EVERY single thing he does. is it really that big of a deal? how is that acting like a “pompous dbag” just by showing some emotion and energy in front of his home crowd in a close game? people need to grow up and recognize real talent when they see it, instead of only focusing on the insignificant and meaningless stuff.
January 22nd, 2010 at 3:52 pm

Hectowr says:

Not a Lebron fan… but anybody that beats the lakers gets my vote.
Great win…
January 22nd, 2010 at 4:10 pm

don says:

i agree with #17….the hate really isnt needed
January 22nd, 2010 at 4:19 pm

Soopa says:

Fuck it, i found it awesome aswell!
January 22nd, 2010 at 4:25 pm

einstein says:

Obviously this is the wrong act in this stage of the game. I think I can speak pretty objective, I’m not a real hater of either of Kobe or LeBron.
Kobe will never rap, but I guess it shows that Bron has a lot of fun playing ball. Kobe’s focus and will are amazing and LeBron just doesn’t have that yet.
Bad acting after the win, celebrating like they just won the championship…
January 22nd, 2010 at 4:28 pm

Mzz says:

High definition
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xKh6Cw0eM2Y
January 22nd, 2010 at 4:30 pm

Chicagorilla says:

@Scott,

did you not see Em’s verse on the BET hip/hop honors show when he killed a cipher with Black thought and Mos def? That’s his best verse in a long time. Not this hot garbage. You should youtube the clip or em in the cipher, then you’d understand.

Oh and I was sitting with my brother (A big Lerbon fan thanks to 2k10) and pointed out that “I smell ass” face he was using
January 22nd, 2010 at 5:03 pm

hahns says:

let me explain my hate for lebron.

nobody likes the kid in class who is just naturally smart- he NEVER has to study, he doesn’t do the reading, never goes to class- but goes and gets an A+ on the exam. while youre studying your ass of and only pull off a B+. would you like him rapping in your face and doing little jigs in the classroom while youre taking the exam and you’re trying your very hardest? no, you wouldnt. thats what lebron is. that annoying freaking kid in class that has ADD but still nails every exam. then bangs the teacher to boot.

in all honestly- its a jealousy thing. i want him to work for something damnit. he was blessed w/ a ridiculous body and godly athleticism. yes, he has great baksetball iq…but w/o that athleticism he doesnt get anywhere near where he is
January 22nd, 2010 at 5:16 pm

LakeShow84 says:

First off i agree with Hahns.. for all he has been given he isnt greatful..

Second off to everyone saying “he is being nitpicked” this game has been around LONG BEFORE Lebron and will be WAY AFTER Lebron and so far no one in history with Lebrons stature has been seen doing the shit he does.. I never saw Bird or Magic dancin jigs when the other team was losing and those 2 HATED each other.. i never saw Kareem making sneering faces to rub salt in wounds.. anyone ever seen Jordan dancing on the sidelines during wompings?? how about during the 72 win season??

RESPECT THE GAME.. Lebron is not bigger than the game of basketball itself so show some RESPECT.. it aint nitpicking its the truth.. If ANYONE acted like that i wouldnt be feeling it.. especially someone as talented and on such a golden road..

oh and to top all this off he does gay shit like not shaking hands in defeat and cussing at his moms.. great character..
January 22nd, 2010 at 5:38 pm

dapro says:

Damn I’m not the biggest Bron fan but the hate runs deep on this blog! As for the rap, I like that he’s a 6 ’8 child just having fun. He seems to get it more than most athletes and wants to enjoy his career. I can respect that.
January 22nd, 2010 at 5:51 pm

Sweet English says:

Who on this site hears a verse over a P.A system at a game or in a shop and DOESNT mouth along to it?

The Lebron haters are way more biased than the nuthuggers. Noone has made a half decent argument to say he isnt killing it for the last 18 months.

‘OMFG LULZ HE RAPS TO HIMSLELF IN A GAME WHAT A DOUCHE LOLZ!!!!!111one WHY DOESNT HE DO THINGS LIKE KOBE??!!?? OMG DID YOU SEE HIM TRY AND COPY KOBE WHAT A DOUCHE WANNABE KOBE OMG LOLZ!!! HE WENT OFF FOR 40 POINTS AGAINST TH LAKERS BUT HE DANCES 2 HIIMSELF WHN HEZ AT THE BENCH OMFG HE IS SUCH A SHHHITT BASKETBALLER LOL!!!!!11! HE CANNOT PLAY LEBRON IS GAY!! ANYONE WHO LIKES LEBRON IS GAY FOR HIM LLLOOOLLLLLZZZZZZ!!!

This is about as inteligent and as solid as the anti-lebron arguments get.

No matter what he does. No matter where he does it. No matter who he does it in front of. No matter how hard he goes and how much he
January 22nd, 2010 at 5:52 pm

Sweet English says:

…works. Its never enough for the fucking HATERS.
January 22nd, 2010 at 6:07 pm

LakeShow84 says:

Lol you Lebron fans MAKE me say SCREW LEBRON and you MORONS.. I said it myself.. hes a GREAT basketball player but his character and the way he carries himself makes me lose my appetite.. sorry ill take Dwade all day..

All you guys can come back with arguements regarding his SKILL.. im talking about his CHARACTER and how he PORTRAYS himself..

@ Sweet English..

ANSWER MY POST THEN SMART ASS.. you think Lebron has respect for the game and the people who helped make it before him?? he SAYS he does on TV but does he SHOW it?? i thought the no hand shake thing SPOKE VOLUMES on his character as a MAN.. if he was “just having fun” he would be dancing and rapping during losses.. please tell me when he does that..

All you guys can do is interpret what we are saying as “Lebron is not a good basketball player”.. so F#$KING ignorant it finally got under my skin..

And like i said GTFOH with the Kobe comparisons.. he aint won shit but regular season games to be on the Mambas level.. I aint heard no elite players call him King SHIT.. media given name and fan upheld title..

i jock Kobe but hes brought my team GOLD.. not bronze or silver.. what has Lebron brought you DUMB ASS LEBRON FANS and hopeful Cleveland fans??

NOT A DAMN THING BUT HIGHLIGHTS.. RETARDED BEYOND RETARDATION..
January 22nd, 2010 at 6:43 pm

wifey says:

an article on lebron rapping to his own song…
January 22nd, 2010 at 7:31 pm

Gunner J. Matthews says:

Seriously……..????
When people have nothng better to do
January 22nd, 2010 at 8:04 pm

kudos says:

Hilarious??? YES, i watched it live and found it funny as hell that he decided to start rapping when they got the lead with less than 23 seconds remaining. He wasn’t doin this during any other part of the game, but when he knew the game was out of reach. Do you guys really think the cavs are gonna not get the foul call at the end of a close game?? The refs even called a foul when varajeo failed to secure the winning rebound. How many other games does that happen with only a few seconds remaining??

be real, im no laker fan nor cavs fan, but can see bad calls they happen. Lebron wasn’t ‘roughed up’ much when he makes his move to the basket, but still ends up shooting two. Lebron was at the line all nightttttt loooong. pce. -
January 22nd, 2010 at 8:08 pm

realtalk says:

@32 — Believe you me, I hate Anderson Varajeo as much as anyone, but that was a clear-as-day grabbing foul on Artest for that rebound.
January 22nd, 2010 at 8:14 pm

Austin Burton says:

People, seriously. In cases when you’re criticizing somebody, try to put yourself in their position.

When you’re playing any kind of sport — pickup basketball, Wii golf, flag football — don’t you generally have more fun when you’re winning than when you’re losing? Do you ever outwardly show that you’re having more fun?

Maybe LBJ wasn’t rapping to “Forever” earlier in the game BECAUSE THEY HADN’T PLAYED IT EARLIER. Or maybe he didn’t know the words to the other songs they played. Or maybe since the win was sealed by then, his mind went out of “deep focus” mode and he could actually hear what music was playing. If you’re not in his head, you don’t know.

@LakeShow — And you know you can’t just write a guy off because he hasn’t won a title yet, especially when he’s only 25 years old. Jordan didn’t win one until he was like 28. Kobe won titles young, but you know who he was playing with. By your logic, you can’t compare Karl Malone to Duncan because he didn’t win any rings. I put Duncan ahead of Malone, but I’ll at least admit it’s close.
January 22nd, 2010 at 9:34 pm

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January 22nd, 2010 at 10:10 pm

boombastic says:

the real deal holyfield
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_akF3wlFGQ
January 22nd, 2010 at 10:55 pm

Dre Day says:

LOL @ all these laker/Kobe fans hating on Lebron. Somebody has to hate. Like Kat Williams said you aint arrived to you got some haters. F&^* the haters.
January 22nd, 2010 at 11:00 pm

jonny taise says:

this is amazing. like, wow!
January 22nd, 2010 at 11:12 pm

NoName says:

Listen,

When I read what HATERS say about LeBron, I take it in, analyse can see where they come from. But what people fail to realize or just straight up like to ignore completely is that LeBron does not have to be like every other great that played the game. He is himself and has been since he’s entered the league. From throwing half court layups during warmups, to the handshakes with his teammates, the jokes on the side line and in the locker room, to the dancin.. HE IS JUST HAVING FUN and what the fuck is wrong with that.. And yes he does it when there winning coz it would be fucking stupid of him to do it while they are losing.. He knows when the game is in the bag, he can lax.. other than that he is always in the game as you can see with his monster stats and team record..
And the “i smell shit” face he does, im not a fan of it either but it is the equivalent of kobe stickin his bottom jaw out (his angry face) KGs shit talkin or JR smiths head bobbing when he scores.. its just something that gets u hyped..
And if he changed any of that, he wouldnt be LeBron, he wouldnt be the most wanted teammates as voiced by HIS PEERS and he wouldnt have the support of a city that has been in the dumps (team sports wise)..
So if you don’t like him, dont watch the game and just focus on the boxscore..
January 23rd, 2010 at 10:25 am

kulas says:

can’t wait for okc vs cavs tonight, i’m rooting for kd (i’m rooting for kd as lebron’s future biggest rival for league supremacy)
January 23rd, 2010 at 11:37 am

dwt77 says:

Lebron just got caught up in the adrenaline of beating the defending champs! Lebron is a very emotional guy and a big rap fan from way back! He wasn’t rubbing it in. He was just being himself and having fun.
January 23rd, 2010 at 6:28 pm

hahns says:

the problem with lebron is that he isn’t gracious in defeat (orlando shaking hands) nor is he gracious in victory (acting like a prick the the verge of a W)

im a kobe fan, and i think lebron has become the best player in the league- and its not that close. but for all the hate that kobe got- it was always that he was selfish. it was never that he didn’t respect the game.

shake hands after a loss. and dont rub it in when you win.
January 23rd, 2010 at 10:38 pm

NoName says:

hahns,

The hand shaking thing was not as bad as everyone makes it out to be.. i ain’t like that, i shake after every game no matter how bad the loss but i understand why some ppl (lebron) wouldn’t.. hell Magic and Bird didnt find it a big deal and in fact they admitted they never shook hands after big losses and they were great friends.. so i dont know what the big deal is..

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nba/2010189109_nba03.html
January 23rd, 2010 at 10:38 pm

NoName says:

hahns,

The hand shaking thing was not as bad as everyone makes it out to be.. i ain’t like that, i shake after every game no matter how bad the loss but i understand why some ppl (lebron) wouldn’t.. hell Magic and Bird didnt find it a big deal and in fact they admitted they never shook hands after big losses and they were great friends.. so i dont know what the big deal is..

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nba/2010189109_nba03.html
January 24th, 2010 at 7:11 am

DJ says:

Why is everyone hating on LeBron? :S
The guy is calm, and relaxed, singing in crunch time of a big game and all yous can do is hate?
I think its great haha.
-DJ