“LeBron James is 30, this f–kery won’t go on for much longer, thank god,” he wrote from his X account, @urkle91. That tweet has become a viral sensation, having more than a decade-long shelf life. Superstars have retweeted it.
It has been repurposed to include players in other sports, such as Shohei Ohtani and Patrick Mahomes. It has been viewed millions of times. It even reached James himself.
“I saw that Tweet throughout all of my 30s,” James said on the “New Heights” podcast. “Want to know what’s funny, when I turned 40, the same f–king guy said, ‘LeBron turned 40, this f–kery won’t go on much longer.’ “He’s going to be real upset when I turn 50.” The man responsible for one of the most infamous tweets in NBA history has understandably had twinges of regret. “There are many times I considered deleting the tweet,” Martin said with a laugh.
“He was 30. And then 31, 32, 33, 34, 35 — and there was just no regression in sight.”New York PostThis article originally appeared on Hoops Hype: The man responsible for one of the most infamous …