KIM Kardashian has been slammed by fans for posting, then deleting, a controversial photo of Los Angeles Lakers superstar, LeBron James.
The Kardashians star has raised speculation she could be hooking up with a basketball hottie.
Kim and a friend sat courtside at Monday's Lakers playoff game, a 104-101 victory over the Golden State Warriors, to take a three games to one lead in their best-of-seven series.
While enjoying the game and the attention, she turned her camera to LeBron, who was sitting near her cooling down.
Kim went artistic, framing the all-star within her customized Lakers handbag, making the married man the center of her attention.
However, LeBron seemed to be in no mood to smile, and instead flashed Kim a dead stare.
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The 42-year-old posted the photo to her Instagram stories, but for some reason, quickly deleted it.
In a Reddit chat room, fans wondered if Kim was trying to send the baller a secret message.
"He is a married man," one person commented. "Not sure why she thought it would be ok to post this."
Another added: "That’s embarrassing..acting like a thirsty a** woman. He really has that 'I don’t play like that' attitude.
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A third questioned: "What went through her mind to post this like??? I know she see his face."
While one person put himself in King James' shoes: "He looking at her like 'I’m not about to get into trouble for you.'"
LAKER LOVE?
LeBron may not be interested, but there are growing rumors that another Laker could be willing to "get into trouble" for Kim.
Fans have revealed they suspect Kim is secretly dating Los Angeles Lakers player, Lonnie Walker, after noticing several clues in a TikTok from the game.
The video's caption read: "Best @Lakers game! @Kim Kardashian stole the show."
The post's creator then followed up the caption with several hashtags which included "kimk" and "lonniewalker."
Comments were quick to remark on the rumored romance between the Skims founder and the Lakers shooting guard Lonnie Walker, 24, with one person asking: "What makes you think she’s dating Lonnie Walker?"
Another fan stated: "I’m been thinking why all of a sudden she’s going to the Lakers games. She use to never go."
A third commenter echoed the previous remark, writing: "She's been at a lot of games lately."
TRISTAN'S TURN
Kim came under fire for a new social media post fawning over Tristan Thompson, 32, at the game.
In another move that infuriated fans, Kim posted a photo of her sister Khloe Kardashian's ex, Tristan.
The photo showed Tristan standing by Kim as she sat in her exclusive front-row seat.
He was dressed in his Lakers uniform and smiled happily for the photo.
Kim captioned the photo: "YESSSSS GOOOOO LAKERS," and tagged her sister's unfaithful ex-partner.
On Reddit, one Kardashian fan reposted the image with the prompt: "At this point Kim is trolling us. What the f**k?"
One person responded: "I just can’t believe how this mans literally trashed and disrespected Khloe and Kim continually shows her support for whatever this relationship is….
"Why is it always Kim tho showing the most support for this cesspool of a man… I haven’t seen any of the other sisters post or interact with him like this much…the delulu is real."
They concluded: "So embarrassing for anyone going along with this."
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A third wrote: "It confuses me how she can sit there and talk s**t about this man when he hurts her sister, but then goes and supports him later??!!
" ... Yes people can grow and move forward in their relationships but I don’t understand how you can be friendly and support someone treated your sister with ZERO respect."
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