LAKERS legend LeBron James has paid tribute to Chadwick Boseman by crossing his arms to form the Wakanda Forever salute in honor of the Black Panther actor.
The basketball star led a pre-game moment of silence before the game of five playoff series between the Los Angeles Lakers and the Portland Trail Blazers.
LeBron James paid tribute to Chadwick Boseman before his Lakers took the court to play the Portland Trail Blazers on Saturday
Chadwick Boseman passed away after a four-year battle with colon cancer
8The team locked arms in solidarity during the pre-game tributes
During a moment of silence, the announcer called the actor a “close friend of the NBA” during the tribute.
Then the entire Lakers team took a knee in a time of reflection.
Meanwhile James, who Dressed in a Black Lives Matter sweatshirt, crossed his arms in a “Wakanda Forever” salute, which was the signature gesture of Boseman’s superhero character T’Challa.
Eventually the three-time NBA champion pointed up into the sky, seemingly in a last recognition of Boseman.
James also paid tribute to Boseman on social media by sharing a picture of the two of them smiling together.
He captioned the picture on his Instagram with “Rest in Paradise King”.
Boseman died after a four-year battle with colon cancer was announced yesterday.
He died at home surrounded by his loved ones, including wife Taylor Simone Ledward, his family said.
Boseman never talked publicly about his illness.
Films including Black Panther, Da 5 Bloods and Avengers: Endgame were all filmed during and between countless surgeries and chemotherapy
The Lakers went on to thrash the Trail Blazers in the first round of the playoffs by beating them 131-122
RIP: Boseman passed away on Friday at the age of 43
The tweet which revealed the news of Boseman’s death has become Twitter’s most-liked tweet in the site’s history.
As of Sunday morning, the tweet had amassed more than 6.8 million likes and three million retweets and quotes.
The Black Panther and Avengers actor has been hailed as an ‘immense talent’ who ‘radiated power and peace’ by those who worked alongside him
