LeBron honors bet with Wade, will wear Cubs uniform tonight

LeBron James lost a World Series bet with Dwyane Wade and will have to dress up for tonight’s game against the Bulls.

The Cleveland Cavaliers and the Chicago Bulls meet on Friday night for the first time this NBA season. Cleveland will fly in to Chicago fresh off an ugly blowout loss to the Los Angeles Clippers, in which LeBron ended up sitting for the whole of the fourth quarter. The Cavs are an Eastern Conference-leading 13-4, while the Bulls are third with a record of 10-7. Chicago is also coming off a loss and will look to survive at home against a motivated Cleveland team. The games is at eight o’clock ET tonight, and will be televised on ESPN.

Former teammates LeBron James and Dwyane Wade will square off for the first time since Wade left Miami to play with the Bulls. Tonight, LeBron will arrive at United Center in Chicago dressed from head to toe in Chicago Cubs gear, as per a bet made with his friend Dwyane Wade. Wade outlined the rules of the bet in the video below:

Since the Cubs came out on top in the World Series, fans will have the special treat of seeing LeBron dressed as a Chicago Cubs player, from head to toe. It will be an added layer of entertainment on a night that already features the reunion of two teammates and long-time friends.

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However, LeBron won’t be going too overboard. ”I’m not wearing cleats,” James said to Tom Withers of the Associated Press, ”I got a basketball game to play. No glove. Just the uniform. I will be in uniform.”