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Michael Jordan may be the best basketball player of all time, but not even he has been immune to memes. LeBron James, who is trying to surpass Michael Jordan, has also been included in many memes.
This article will look at the five NBA players who have been part of the hilarious memes.
1) Brian Scalabrine
Brian Scalabrine may not be as famous as Michael Jordan, but he's undoubtedly the GOAT of memes. Even though the era of making Scalabrine memes has ended, fans will never forget him for them.
Scalabrine spent 11 years in the NBA, playing for the Boston Celtics, New Jersey Nets and Chicago Bulls. He averaged 3.1 points per game during his career.
Many NBA fans underestimate the talent of even below-average NBA players. The 2008 champion was challenged by amateur players several times, yet he always won those games.
2) J.R. Smith
J.R. Smith is one of the best role players in the league's history. Thanks to his strong performances, he won two championship rings before retiring.
Despite having a good career, Smith has always done many ill-advised things on and off the floor. These things haven't gone unnoticed by NBA fans. Often to his detriment, they turned J.R. Smith into a meme.
3) Delonte West
Delonte West had a couple of solid seasons in his NBA career. One of his best seasons was with the Cleveland Cavaliers, averaging 11.7 points and 3.5 assists per game in the 2008-09 season.
West was in a relationship with Gloria James, LeBron James' mother. This relationship caused NBA fans to make many hilarious memes about West.
4) Michael Jordan
Jordan was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame twice. It first happened in 2009, when the Michael Jordan crying meme was born.
The meme has been popular for over a decade, and it primarily includes photoshopping Jordan's face on someone else.
The best thing about the meme is that MJ acknowledged its existence by giving fans another crying face in 2020.
5) LeBron James
Jordan may have the more popular meme, but LeBron James has had a seemingly uncountable amount of memes.
At the beginning of his career, fans made fun of James for having no rings. Later, they decided to make flopping memes and memes about complaining to referees.
The most popular meme about James has been the "Le" meme in the last few years. Many fans refer to him as LeGM or even LeNotEvenCloseToMike.
