Lebron James gives a cryptic explanation behind his probably petty Instagram posts

Let the man love "Arthur" and move on with the season.
Lebron James gives a cryptic explanation behind his probably petty Instagram posts
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There's nothing the Cleveland Cavaliers' Lebron James can't do that isn't scrutinized from every single angle—that's ultimately the price of being the G.O.A.T.

But when James posted the meme of Arthur's infamous clenched fist this week with the caption "mood" after a long-awaited win on the court, it sparked so much speculation from folks trying to read between the lines of his social media posts that the G.O.A.T had to comment on it.

The Arthur post came just after the Boston Celtics beat the Atlantic Hawks where former Cavs teammate Kyrie Irving, who now plays for the Celtics, played.

While it could have referenced anything, it very well might have been another layer of drama between the two players after their salty separation earlier this year. A related "mood" post from Golden State Warrior's Draymond Green shortly after James' didn't help matters, either.

James' response to fans' concerns? Short and sweet.

"I like Arthur," he cryptically said in a press conference, offering nothing to those keeping an eye on his social media. "That's OK, right?"

James later continued to distance himself from off-court NBA drama with a collage of him over the years making a fist on the court. "Mood forever...," the post read. Mood forever, indeed.

Let the man love Arthur and move along with the season and chalk it up to petty mysteries we don't need to know the answer to.

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