Los Angeles Rams star Puka Nacua is a well-known LeBron James fan, but his fandom might go beyond what you might think. Nacua’s teammates, Matthew Stafford and Davante Adams, revealed on the QB 1 on 1 show that he actually watches James’ highlights before NFL games.
“LeBron James, Puka’s boy, Puka’s guy,” Stafford said. “Little-known fact, Puka watches LeBron James highlights before NFL games. Not really sure how he correlates the two, but he loves LeBron and also thinks he could play in the NBA.”
Adams vouched for his quarterback and stated he was puzzled when he saw Nacua watching the Los Angeles Lakers superstar’s highlights before their last game.
“I will vouch and say that that’s true because I just saw him before this last game sitting next to me watching it,” Adams said. “And I was confused. I’m like, ‘What?’ It was LeBron James career highlights.”
Nacua has recorded league-leading marks of 52 catches and 588 receiving yards in the 2025 NFL season, to go with two touchdowns. Watching those highlights certainly isn’t hurting the 24-year-old on the field, and perhaps some other wide receivers could look into doing the same.
While Nacua is shining on the football field, Stafford also revealed there that he thinks he could play in the NFL. The wideout spoke about retiring from the NFL at 30 and playing basketball overseas on the Games With Names podcast, but that had seemed to be in jest.
It turns out Nacua thinks he could play basketball at the highest level today. As great an athlete as he is, it’s unlikely he or anyone else in the NFL would be able to make that transition. You wouldn’t really back an NBA player to play in the NFL either.
Puka Nacua On Why LeBron James Is The GOAT
As one would expect, a die-hard James fan like Nacua believes he is the GOAT. He and fellow NFL wide receiver Amon-Ra St. Brown once even debated on the subject on the St. Brown Podcast.
Nacua started off by stating that James can play one through five, but St. Brown, who believes Michael Jordan is the greatest, pointed out that he doesn’t guard centers and told him to carry on.
“He’s gone to three different organizations and won,” Nacua stated. “Everywhere he goes, he’s had a new coach that he’s taken to the NBA Finals.”
Brown claimed coaching doesn’t matter as much in basketball, and Nacua highlighted that Jordan won his six NBA titles with Phil Jackson as his head coach. He had other coaches, too, but didn’t win with them.
“When [Jordan] was 21 and in college, LeBron was carrying his team to the NBA Finals already,” Nacua added. “Like year four, carrying [Zydrunas] Ilgauskas to the NBA Finals.”
James famously led the Cleveland Cavaliers to the NBA Finals in 2007 in what was just his fourth season in the NBA. He lost to the San Antonio Spurs back then but has since gone on to win four titles.
To go with those titles, James has won four Finals MVPs, four MVPs, a scoring title, and an assists title. The 40-year-old is also the NBA’s all-time leading scorer and has put together a compelling case to be regarded as the greatest ever.
James isn’t done just yet, either. He averaged 24.4 points, 7.8 rebounds, 8.2 assists, 1.0 steals, and 0.6 blocks per game for the Lakers in 2024-25, his 22nd season. James is set to become the first player to play a 23rd season in the NBA in 2025-26, and expect him to shine in his record-breaking campaign.
