NBA player Lebron James reacted to his former teammate Iman Shumpert's first perfect score on Dancing With The Stars. Lebron and Iman played together for the Cleveland Cavaliers before Lebron signed with the Los Angeles Lakers. As he takes some time away from playing on the court, Iman has been giving dancing in the ballroom a try.
Typically, every season of Dancing With The Stars features at least one athlete. This year, Iman is the athlete amongst the star-filled cast for DWTS' milestone season 30. Iman is partnered with professional dancer Daniella Karagach. This is only Daniella's second season competing as a pro on the show. Last season, Daniella came in third place when she was partnered with rapper Nelly.
With the help of Daniella, Iman has been making major improvements in the ballroom this season, so much so that he received his first perfect score Monday night. Now his former teammate is praising him on social media. Lebron took to Twitter this week to rave over Iman's recent dancing achievement. Twitter user Whitney Medworth tweeted, "Omg Iman Shumpert just got a 40/40 on Dancing With The Stars. He's incredible," and shared a video of Iman and Daniella's Horror Night performance in which they honored the movie Us. Lebron later shared her tweet, adding his own kind words for the dancing duo. Take a look at the chain of tweets below:
With the help of many emojis, Lebron raved over Iman and Daniella's performance, writing, "LFG," which is the abbreviation for "Let's ******* go." He continued on to say, "Don’t even try to front, just respect the conglomerate!" The NBA player concluded the tweet by adding numerous fire emojis. Iman responded to his former teammate, writing, "Once I get a real shot at this mirror ball…u know where to find me…I’ll be in La still." During the perfect score-earning performance, Iman and Daniella took on some dangerous stunts. Luckily, the two managed to pull off the performance nearly immaculately. Since Daniella is one of the few pros on DWTS season 30 that has never won a Mirrorball Trophy, she is pulling out all of the tricks to ensure she and Iman make it to the end of the competition.
It will be hard to live up to that awing performance next week. There is no doubt Daniella and Iman are working harder than ever inside the rehearsal studio to ensure their next dance will be just as good if not better than their Horror Night performance. Iman and Daniella, as well as the other remaining couples, will return to the ballroom Monday night with a performance correlating with that week's "Queen Night" theme.
Dancing With The Stars airs Mondays at 8pm on ABC.
Sources: Whitney Medworth/Twitter, Lebron James/Twitter, Iman Shumpert/Twitter