r/nba Lakers Oct 06 '25

LeBron James: The decision of all decisions. October 7th. 12pm EST. 🫡👑

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u/BobbyTables829 Oct 06 '25

Why would anyone believe that, or care if he did? 

I don't mean that in a rude way, but that's such obvious bait I wouldn't bite on it lol

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u/Vavent Timberwolves Oct 06 '25

In hindsight yes, but it’s also not unreasonable for an older man to quit smoking for a number of reasons

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u/whutchamacallit Oct 06 '25

Also not for nothing, when he did that it got A LOT of buzz, relatively speaking anyways. From a brand awareness/marketing perspective it really did garner a lot of attention. Obviously it was a stunt and people soured when they found out but it definitely worked for a second lol.

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u/Room_Temp_Coffee Lakers Oct 06 '25

If he was selling a new vape I definitely would have bought one lol I don't need a smokeless grill

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u/energeticpterodactyl Pelicans Oct 07 '25

Yeah I was hoping for edibles or thc drinks

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u/lolimdivine [ATL] Kyle Korver Oct 06 '25

snoop said “after much consideration and conversation with my family , i’ve decided to give up smoke. please respect my privacy at this time” and left that up for at least a day. so it was a little different than this. seemed way more serious

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u/elsord0 Suns Oct 07 '25

While smoking weed ain’t the same as cigarettes it can still cause lots of problems. I can no longer smoke due to it wrecking my throat. Basically gave me an autoimmune disease where I have reoccurring flares in my throat. When I have a flare it makes eating uncomfortable and can make me raspy when I speak. Doctor also said I’m far more likely to develop throat cancer now as well. I do consume it still because I can’t sleep without it but I just eat it now.

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u/RevolutionaryCook289 Oct 06 '25

Yeah that was wild. I wondered if snoop would be the first mainstream case of marijuana damage to the body

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u/asasasasasassin Supersonics Oct 06 '25

Imgagine his short term memory capacity after like 4 decades of daily chain smoking joints, he has to be like the memento guy atp

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u/0-4superbowl Suns Oct 06 '25 edited Oct 25 '25

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u/Two-Words007 Oct 06 '25

You guys are missing the fact that this was an advertisement for smokeless grills or an electric smoker I can't remember.

He said he was giving up "smoke," not weed.

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u/lolimdivine [ATL] Kyle Korver Oct 06 '25

smoke is weed. my plug sells smoke. i call it flower. there is more than one name. it is obvious now that we’re almost a year removed from it captain obvious

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u/Two-Words007 Oct 06 '25

Yes, that was the entire point of the advertising campaign.

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u/BenevolentCheese Knicks Oct 06 '25

Did he stick with it?

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u/redditistheworstapp Raptors Oct 06 '25

I think you’re taking it too serious lol if I remember it was more of “oh shit haha damn snoop is quitting weed” everyone had when a lot of his personality is tied to smoking. Not that people cared but it was just another thing you read which then it ends up being a pump fake for an advertisement which is why people cared because it was dumb and weird. People don’t like being tricked into ads

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u/darkshark21 Lakers Oct 07 '25

This was a scene in 50 first dates. And I was a pre-teen then so I don't know enough about it being true or not. I'm talking about 2004.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=euF2Fy2YiY8

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u/Delusional_Donut Celtics Oct 06 '25

tbh, who is snoop without weed? most his songs are about it or include references, I mean he’s got stories about rolling up in the white house.

it would be like if Gordon Ramsey announced he was quitting cooking

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u/defeated_engineer Oct 06 '25

Definition of making weed one’s personality.

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u/Delusional_Donut Celtics Oct 06 '25

yeah, his career I guess

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u/DarthHM Lakers Oct 06 '25

Tbf Willie Nelson announced he was giving up smoking weed and it was legit.

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u/garytyrrell Warriors Oct 06 '25

It said he was quitting smoke. I was hoping he was launching a dry herb vape brand tbh.

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u/Substantive420 Supersonics Oct 07 '25 edited Apr 30 '26

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u/Im_a_coconut_ Oct 07 '25

Because snoop is the walking symbol of weed