He wore a black hat, a white T-shirt and purple and gold shorts that said “Lakers” across the front. It was the first time James wore a Lakers’ logo in public, the first concrete image of the team’s great summer coup.
After a few pleasantries in the annals of the Thomas and Mack Center in Las Vegas, James strolled out toward the court seconds before the Lakers’ summer league game tipped off against the Detroit Pistons. As fans populating the Lakers-heavy crowd spotted him, they stood up and cheered.
The Lakers summer league team continued its Las Vegas dominance on Sunday with their special guest in attendance.