LeBron James Shaves Head Bald After Years of Headband Creep

LeBron James shaved his head bald, and the internet is going nuts.

The 32-year-old Cleveland Cavaliers star showed off the new look in an Instagram post captioned "Bald head nut!!" on Thursday, and quickly began trending on social media.

Bald head nut!! #IHearEmPrayingOnMyDownfall #CantStopWontStop #striveforgreatness🚀

A post shared by LeBron James (@kingjames) on Jun 15, 2017 at 9:34am PDT

James has hidden his receding hairline under headbands and gotten static from fans for years, The Daily Beast noted, adding that he "finally listened to the critiques."

Sports Illustrated's Dan Gartland also praised the change, writing "This move was definitely a long time coming. LeBron has been clinging desperately to his last few strands of hair for years now."

James admitted he was going bald in a recent interview after the Cavaliers' 135-102 win over the Boston Celtics to win the Eastern Conference Championship.

James, who has been compared to Michael Jordan, told reporters he did "pretty much everything that MJ did when I was a kid. … I didn't go bald like Mike, but I'm getting there," Bleacher Report noted.

Twitter users had plenty to say about the new 'do.

MJ was bald, Shaq was bald, Kobe was bald, LeBron is now bald. Ion but y'all but... Y'all should just watch out for the King next year js https://t.co/pyJsSb9S1B

— Jovanny (@diego_maego) June 15, 2017

Bro I swear I told my dad these last finals would make LeBron go bald!!! 😂😂

— des✨ (@dessi_deee) June 15, 2017

I was gonna say that about Lebron. He's not bald. He got the cut you got when you got a D on your report card.

— Agent of Chaos (@bluesatch) June 15, 2017

I think Lebron going bald is an indicator. He's shedding excess weight this man is going lean six sigma on the league next season

— Anuraag Kalluri (@AnuraagKalluri) June 15, 2017

LeBron saying he's bald is like a couple announcing they are expecting...6 years after the kid was born.

— Joe Mader (@JoeMader0) June 15, 2017

Good for you Lebron. It's about time you go bald

— Jarvis Allen (@cheezytacosTV) June 15, 2017

How can y'all tell LeBron is bald now? His head look bout the same to me 🤔

— Apriℓ 🦉♏️ (@owldara112) June 15, 2017

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