LeBron James just took a selfie with young fans in the middle of an NBA game

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Scoring. Passing. Defense. Rebounding. Mid-game selfies with excited young fans.

LeBron James really can do it all.

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During a timeout mid-way through the third quarter of the Cleveland Cavaliers' preseason game against the Atlanta Hawks at Xavier University on Wednesday night, James sat himself on the scorer's table while waiting for referees to resume the action. Several young fans then "streamed down the aisle to slap hands with James," according to Cleveland.com.

Then James grabbed one of their phones. Then this happened:

Autographs are so 20th century.

The #LeBronSelfie pic.twitter.com/W0ivwUHwLQ— Patrick Dillon (@pdillon24) October 8, 2015

That is my dad takin a picture of Lebron takin a selfie(-: pic.twitter.com/q84ljdUaAT— Kay (@kbuggywags) October 8, 2015

In all seriousness, though, what a moment for those kids. And what a beautiful gesture by the best player in the NBA. (It's the freaking preseason, just to preempt the inevitable Scrooges out there who will find a bone to pick with James.)

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