While the Miami Heat were recuperating from a week of training camp in the Bahamas, a street artist who calls himself TMNK was doing some work to the scenery across from AmericanAirlines Arena.
That work caught many players' eyes as they entered the arena on Sunday and Monday for a practice, scrimmage and preseason game.
So what did TMNK—which stands for "The Me Nobody Knows"—do?
First, he scaled up to the billboard in the center of the parking lot which advertises the video game NBA2K14, which LeBron James endorses.
"Relatively uncomplicated," TMNK told Bleacher Report by phone on Tuesday.
Then he sprayed "Nobody," using James' head as the "o," and adding "can stop me!"
Finally, on the lower left he sprayed "#RIPREEFA."
The latter might require some explanation outside of South Florida. It refers to another street artist, a teenager whose real name was Israel Hernandez who died after police officers Tasered him in the chest in early August. According to the Miami New Times, more than 200 people rallied for "Reefa" ...
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Article written by Ethan Skolnick