Another LeBron James mural vandalized in LA
Another mural featuring LeBron James in Los Angeles has been vandalized.
On Saturday, Twitter user ThatHollywoodGuy tweeted a photo of the mural, which featured a white paint streak over LeBron’s likeness:
I went to visit the mural with one of my bestfriends @jamtjohnson and this was what we saw first thing this morning. Haters have struck again. pic.twitter.com/oOCwF8lZ7C
— ThatHollywoodGuy (@Diehardheatfan1) July 21, 2018
The mural also features Lakers legends Kobe Bryant, Shaquille O’Neal, Magic Johnson, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Wilt Chamberlain.
The artist, Gustavo Zermeno, and others repaired the vandalized mural on Saturday, per Ohm Youngmisuk of ESPN:
And today the mural’s artist, Gustavo Zermeno, fixed it with some help from Lakers fans. Gus’ original hope with the message of the mural was that it “overpowers people’s hate for LeBron.” Today some fans helped restore the art. Gus said, “Laker fans got my back!” pic.twitter.com/pd322rB7Zl
— Ohm Youngmisuk (@NotoriousOHM) July 21, 2018
Earlier in the month, a separate mural of James was also vandalized in Los Angeles.
After spending the past four seasons with the Cleveland Cavaliers, James signed a four-year, $153 million deal with the Lakers this offseason.
James is a 14-time All-Star and four-time NBA MVP who has appeared in each of the past eight NBA Finals.
He is also coming off a huge 2017-18 campaign that saw him average 27.5 points, 9.1 assists and 8.6 rebounds per game.
The Lakers haven’t reached the playoffs since 2012-13, and while it seems as though not everyone is happy about his arrival in L.A., it is difficult to envision the Lakers missing out on the postseason in 2018-19 with James in the fold.
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