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Traina Thoughts: Chrissy Teigen's Fake LeBron James Scoop Leads To Embarrassing Media Coverage

1. Here's a great story you might have missed during the LeBron James madness Sunday night and Monday morning.

Chrissy Teigen, who many SI readers know well, jumped into the LeBron rumor game many hours before he signed with the Lakers by claiming she saw him at an embrodiery shop getting his new L.A. jersey.

The awful MS Paint-like writing/arrow was an excellent touch. In fact, despite the absurdity of claiming LeBron was frequenting an embrodery shop, Teigen sold her story so well, a bunch of media outlets (although, we're using that term loosely here for a couple of these) fully bought what she was selling and gave her credit for breaking the story after James agreed to become a member of the Purple and Gold.