LeBron James has an adorable moment with a crying fan sitting on the court

LeBron James It gave one young Lakers fan a memory she will cherish for a lifetime.

During the first quarter of the Los Angeles Lakers’ game against the Miami Heat on Wednesday, January 15, James, 40, made out with a girl sitting on the court wearing one of his No. 23 jerseys. The girl was overcome with emotion after James discovered her — which the NBA icon discovered After checking his phone during the match.

“A family friend sent me the clip at half-time,” James said He told reporters After the match. “Thank God I actually looked at my phone at half-time otherwise I wouldn’t have seen the reaction when I waved to her at half-time. I waved to her and went back to playing.

After the game ended, James walked up to the fan I took a picture with her With his arm wrapped around her shoulder.

“To have that kind of connection with someone where they can have that kind of reaction, that’s what it’s all about,” James continued. “I’ve always tried to be a role model and someone that kids can look up to. Men and women no matter what. Try to make them proud if they come to see me play, or if they can’t see me play. Hopefully some of the things I do off the field will continue to inspire them.”

James added: “That was a great dope moment. I have a little girl at home.”

The Lakers star shares his daughter Visit me10 years with his wife Savannah James. The couple also shares children Bruni20, and Price17.

It’s been a heavy couple of weeks for James, the Lakers and the city of Los Angeles In the wake of forest fires That destroyed large parts of Southern California.

“I have a couple of dear friends who lost their homes in the Palisades (Pacific) area,” James said after the game on Wednesday. “Obviously my heart goes out to all the families, not just in the Palisades area, but throughout Los Angeles County and all the surrounding areas because of the fire.”

James added: “There were a lot of emotions. It’s kind of been turned off. Personally, I walked out. I’ve just stopped for obvious reasons, but hopefully things can be contained or continue to be contained. And hopefully, at some point, we can start to move forward and move forward and put this behind us and rebuild our city, rebuild this beautiful city.

lakers coach, JJ Riddickwas one of the people directly affected, losing his family home in the Palisades neighborhood.

“I’ve been through most of the village, and everything is gone, and I don’t think you can ever prepare yourself for something like this,” Riddick, 40, told reporters on Friday, January 10. “Our house is gone.”

“We were renting this year to try to figure out where we wanted to be long-term. Everything we owned that had any significance to us, almost 20 years together as a couple and 10 years of parenting, was in that house,” Reddick continued. There are certain things you can’t replace, and never will be replaced.”

The rookie coach shared the house with his wife, Chelsea ReddickAnd their two sons: Knox10 , and Kay,8.