"I was like, 'What? Why are we playing with this ball?'" the coach said. "Give the guys the opportunity to pick a good basketball."

"One thing I like about your social-media presence is that you come across as a real sports fan, like a regular guy in a lot of ways ..."

LeBron James snubbed a young fan in France, which could lead to big things for the boy or at least teach him not to run after celebrities.

"I hope I continue to make my community proud and continue to make my family proud," James said. He won't be making his country proud.

"He isn’t a NBA caliber player no matter what his last name is," one particularly biting social media response said.

"Bronny James has mastered the art of lying much like his father," one outlet sarcastically noted, along with footage of the quote.

"He's saying don't take him, if you take him, he's going to Australia," one source said regarding Bronny James' agent's demands.

The Los Angeles Lakers made history on Thursday by drafting Bronny James, son of one of the team's best players, LeBron James.

The accuser had no evidence and the media certainly tried to find whatever they could to pin this on him, shaky though it may be.

"He underwent just two individual workouts this summer with the Lakers and Suns," the New York Post noted.