2 LeBron James Lakers murals have been vandalized in L.A.
Please stop doing this, Los Angeles.
Artists in the Los Angeles area have painted two stunning LeBron James murals since the legend decided to bring his talents to the Lakers earlier in the month, and now both have been vandalized.
The first was an image of James in a Lakers jersey with the words “The King of L.A.” written behind him.
Unfortunately, it didn’t last long. In several instances, someone took yellow paint to the mural or wrote words criticizing James over it.
Well that didn't last long smh pic.twitter.com/Jjq0rrEM43
— LWOS LA Lakers (@LWOSLALakers) July 8, 2018
Eventually the artist himself permanently painted over it.
The artist who painted the LeBron Mural in LA (@never1959) painted over it because it kept being vandalized. Smh LA ♂️ pic.twitter.com/6lva7480wG
— NBA Lowdown (@NBALowdown) July 11, 2018
More recently, another James mural was brought to life with The King looking up at a number of Laker greats including Kobe Bryant, Shaquille O’Neal, Magic Johnson and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.
“The King Becomes The Witness”
— Super DJ Chris Armenta (@SuperDJCA) July 19, 2018
Amazing new mural in LA!
Time to earn your seat at the table @KingJames #Icons #Legends #Showtime #Lakers @Lakers @JeanieBuss @MagicJohnson @kobebryant @kaj33 @SHAQ pic.twitter.com/HJKvhrAQYg
That didn’t last either. On Saturday, it was discovered that this mural was also vandalized with white paint over James’ body.
I went to visit the mural with one of my bestfriends @jamtjohnson and this was what we saw first thing this morning. Haters have struck again. pic.twitter.com/oOCwF8lZ7C
— ThatHollywoodGuy (@Diehardheatfan1) July 21, 2018
Please stop doing this, people of L.A. This artwork takes time, and it looked stunning. Just tweet out your LeBron hate instead.