LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. -- Drake's latest hit, "Laugh Now Cry Later," was blaring in the Los Angeles Lakers' makeshift locker room at AdventHealth Arena. And fresh off his fourth NBA championship, LeBron James needed a quieter place to talk.
Drenched in champagne, goggles strapped to his face, holding a lit cigar in one hand and his phone in the other, the 35-year-old just wanted to FaceTime his mother, Gloria.
"I love you. I love you. ... You are the reason why I'm able to even do this, mom," James told her, splayed out on a carpeted stretch of the hallway about 100 feet from the locker room entrance.