# NBA/Basketball Experts: Did I work out next to tonight's Finals team? **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [June 19, 2016, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nba-basketball-experts-did-i-work-out-next-to-tonights-finals-team/757783 "2016-06-19T16:52:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![andrea\_green](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecccb3/32.png) [@andrea\_green](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andrea_green)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2016, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nba-basketball-experts-did-i-work-out-next-to-tonights-finals-team/757783/1 "2016-06-19T16:52:54Z")
So I went to the gym early this morning in San Francisco and as I was stretching I noticed a number of extremely tall African-American men seemed to start congregating in the same area as me for stretching. They even had their own assistant to help with stretching. I don’t know the first thing about basketball and can’t name any players but I figured odds are good that some of the teeming millions can ID these guys. Here are two of my photos: [Imgur: The magic of the Internet](https://imgur.com/a/pZnO0) Who are they? I know I’m a horrible person for taking stealth shots of people at the gym but I figured there might be an exception to this rule for massive celebrities. Perhaps not, but curiousity got the better of me. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2016, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nba-basketball-experts-did-i-work-out-next-to-tonights-finals-team/757783/2 "2016-06-19T17:11:52Z")
Moved to the Game Room. Colibri General Questions Moderator ---
**Author:** ![junior18](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bc79bd/32.png) [@junior18](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/junior18)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2016, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nba-basketball-experts-did-i-work-out-next-to-tonights-finals-team/757783/3 "2016-06-19T17:33:21Z")
Tough to tell… But the first picture looks a bit like LeBron-- he even looks to have the same deformed foot as LeBron. > **[LeBron James' Scary-Looking Feet, Jacked Up Toes Go Viral](https://gossiponthis.com/2013/09/03/lebron-james-scary-looking-feet-jacked-up-toes-go-viral/)** > > LeBron James is a phenomenal basketball player, with two back-to-back championship titles under his belt so far, but it looks like all of those trips up and down the court over the years have taken a serious toll on the NBA star’s feet. These photos... ---
**Author:** ![andrea\_green](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecccb3/32.png) [@andrea\_green](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andrea_green)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2016, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nba-basketball-experts-did-i-work-out-next-to-tonights-finals-team/757783/4 "2016-06-19T18:07:58Z")
Someone watching over them is wearing a Cleveland basketball shirt: [https://i.imgur.com/yuXfYir.jpg](https://i.imgur.com/yuXfYir.jpg) I saw some of the players a couple weeks ago too and one had the same shirt but more clear: [Imgur: The magic of the Internet](https://m.imgur.com/a/MY57b) ---
**Author:** ![Just\_One\_Monkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/22d042/32.png) [@Just\_One\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_One_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2016, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nba-basketball-experts-did-i-work-out-next-to-tonights-finals-team/757783/5 "2016-06-19T18:36:39Z")
> [@andrea\_green](#): > > Someone watching over them is wearing a Cleveland basketball shirt: [Imgur: The magic of the Internet](https://i.imgur.com/yuXfYir.jpg) > > I saw some of the players a couple weeks ago too and one had the same shirt but more clear: [Imgur: The magic of the Internet](https://m.imgur.com/a/MY57b) The guy sitting on the massage table may have been Dahntay Jones, but the guy in the last picture with the backwards hat is definitely JR Smith. So, yes you did work out next to one of the Finals teams. ---
**Author:** ![DigitalC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2016, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nba-basketball-experts-did-i-work-out-next-to-tonights-finals-team/757783/6 "2016-06-19T22:17:01Z")
Yeah, that is definitely Lebron James and JR Smith. I wouldn’t have expected the team to just show up at a regular gym. ---
**Author:** ![andrea\_green](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecccb3/32.png) [@andrea\_green](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andrea_green)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2016, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nba-basketball-experts-did-i-work-out-next-to-tonights-finals-team/757783/7 "2016-06-19T23:22:11Z")
> [@DigitalC](#): > > Yeah, that is definitely Lebron James and JR Smith. I wouldn’t have expected the team to just show up at a regular gym. Not quite a regular gym. Their fancy hotel shares access with a massive fancy gym that is in the same building. ---
**Author:** ![andrea\_green](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecccb3/32.png) [@andrea\_green](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andrea_green)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2016, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nba-basketball-experts-did-i-work-out-next-to-tonights-finals-team/757783/8 "2016-06-20T02:52:41Z")
looks like my good luck rubbed off on them, they should work out with me more often. ---
**Author:** ![russian\_heel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f05b48/32.png) [@russian\_heel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/russian_heel)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2016, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nba-basketball-experts-did-i-work-out-next-to-tonights-finals-team/757783/9 "2016-06-20T05:11:38Z")
Im not 100% convinced #1 is LeBron. #2 is Dahntay Jones or Richard Jefferson. Yeah, its a slight weasel move to take their photos but at least your not showing them getting drunk or doing anything bad. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2016, 10:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nba-basketball-experts-did-i-work-out-next-to-tonights-finals-team/757783/10 "2016-06-20T10:38:23Z")
I, for one, am shocked that these supposed professionals would be using performance-enhancing exercise! Think of the children!