NBA legend slams LeBron James for shirtless warmup: 'Put a fine on that'

Basketball Hall of Famer Isiah Thomas took objection to LeBron James shooting shirtless earlier the Los Angeles Lakers took connected the Houston Rockets connected Friday night.

Thomas, an expert for NBA TV, took contented with James’ alleged deficiency of professionalism arsenic helium warmed up.

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April 11, 2025; Los Angeles, California: Los Angeles Lakers guardant LeBron James (23) passes against the Houston Rockets during the archetypal fractional astatine Crypto.com Arena. (Jonathan Hui-Imagn Images)

"I conscionable wholly 100% entity to this," Thomas said. "If I were the GM oregon coach, I would ne'er fto 1 of my players locomotion retired connected the level looking similar this. I mean, we’re a nonrecreational NBA league. We ain’t summertime league. We ain’t astatine the YMCA."

Thomas agreed with Steve Smith erstwhile helium said helium thought the NBA should spell backmost to making players deterioration suits.

"I conscionable deliberation the professionalism successful our NBA league has diminished truthful much," helium continued. "Look, I similar LeBron, I’m a instrumentality of his truthful distant and truthful on. But to locomotion retired connected the level earlier a crippled with nary garment connected and sprout – I mean travel connected man. Where we at? What we doing?

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February 20, 2022; Cleveland, Ohio: NBA large Isiah Thomas is honored for being selected to the NBA 75th Anniversary Team during halftime successful the 2022 NBA All-Star Game astatine Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse. (Kyle Terada-USA TODAY Sports)

"Adam Silver, if you privation to good somebody, good that. Put a good connected that."

James appeared to respond to Thomas’ remark successful a station connected X aft the Lakers won the game, 140-109.

"Man I was going to accidental thing but it’s useless astatine this constituent successful my career! Anyways much important CONGRATULATIONS JJ connected a 50 triumph play successful the WEST & Post Season nod!" helium wrote.

Los Angeles Lakers guardant LeBron James, left, dunks arsenic Houston Rockets halfway Jock Landale defends during the archetypal fractional of an NBA hoops crippled Friday, April 11, 2025, successful Los Angeles.  (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)

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James had 14 points, 8 assists and 4 rebounds.

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