LeBron James has been slammed for showing a lack of ‘professionalism’ by warming up shirtless before the Los Angeles Lakers played on Friday night.
James and his teammates took on the Houston Rockets in LA, securing the third seed in the playoffs with their 50th victory of the season.
But the 40-year-old caught the attention of the TV cameras before the game when he opted to not wear anything on his upper body during the warm up.
The outfit decision caught the attention of NBA legend and Hall of Famer Isiah Thomas, who was analyzing the game for NBATV.
Thomas, a two-time NBA champion and 12-time All Star, shredded ‘The King’ and demanded commissioner Adam Silver fine James.
He said: ‘I totally 100 per cent object to this. And if I was the GM or the coach, I would never let one of my players walk out on the floor looking like this.
LeBron James has been accused of a lack of ‘professionalism’ by warming up shirtless
Isiah Thomas shredded ‘The King’ and demanded NBA commissioner Adam Silver fine James
‘I mean we are a professional NBA league. We ain’t Summer League, we ain’t at the YMCA. The professionalism in our NBA league has diminished so much.
‘I like LeBron, I’m a fan of his, so forth and so on. But to walk out on the floor before the game with no shirt on and shoot, where are we at? What are we doing?
‘Adam Silver, if you want to fine someone, fine that.’
James’ biggest fans will know this is not the first time he has taken to the court to warm up without a top on.
James and Luka Doncic combined for 53 points in 53 minutes against the Rockets in what was probably their final outing before the playoffs begin next weekend.
Los Angeles also finished 31-10 at home, posting the third-best home record in the league.
Clinching the No. 3 seed means the Lakers can rest their top players Sunday in Portland, and everyone can get some time off next week while the play-in tournament occurs.
Los Angeles had to slog through the play-in games in each of the previous two seasons after finishing seventh in the West with James and Anthony Davis.