Michael Phelps is a football fan.  Everybody knows that. But somewhere along the way, Phelps became a basketball fan.

Or a LeBron James fan.

Or a Kobe Bryant fan.

“Got a text after my swim last night,” Michael said. “It said LeBron James was pretty pumped up about it.”

That would make anyone say “cool.”

But especially Michael.  Don’t believe me?  I quote you this:

“I talked to LeBron a few times, it was pretty cool.” – Michael Phelps

But what would a game of one-on-one look like between Phelps and James?  Probably as one-sided and silly as it would be for LeBron to don a LZR Racer and hop in the pool.  Regardless, I’d like to see it.

You can quote me on that

“The Americans? We’re going to smash them. That’s what we came here for.” – Alain Bernard on the 4×100m Free Relay