LeBron James should consider these five Halloween costumes

Oct 17, 2014; Cleveland, OH, USA; Cleveland Cavaliers forward LeBron James (23) dunks in the third quarter against the Dallas Mavericks at Quicken Loans Arena. After a video review by officials, the basket was taken away due to a foul before the score. Mandatory Credit: David Richard-USA TODAY Sports

Two words will dominate headlines in the coming days: “LeBron” because the season starts this week and “Halloween” because it’s on Friday.

It begs the question: What should LeBron wear for Halloween? What does a man who’s become the superhero he’s always wanted to be dress up as on Oct. 31?

In the past, we’ve seen him as Danny Zuko from Grease — and his wife, Savannah, in a creepy Mike Myers mask scaring the crap out of her father.

So, without further ado, five potential Halloween costumes for The King:

A HEAT FAN

Dress in all white and leave the costume party three hours early — when, ya know, it seems like things are lame. Wake up the next morning and find out it was the craziest, wildest event of the night.

A GLADIATOR

Yes, the movie came out over a decade ago in 2000, but bear with me.

On LeBron’s right arm is an unmistakable tattoo that reads, “What we do in life.” On his left? A tattoo with the words, “Echoes in eternity.”

Ring a bell? It’s the tagline from the Gladiator movie that won Best Picture at the 2001 Academy Awards. It’s also LeBron’s favorite film.

More from King James Gospel

As if committing those words for life to your body is not enough a show of fandom, LeBron named his son Bryce Maximus James. Russell Crowe also won an Academy Award that year for Best Actor in a Leading Role for his character, Maximus.

Do it, LeBron. You’re a warrior on the court. Be a warrior this Friday night after you play the Bulls in a likely Eastern Conference Finals showdown.

Maybe Derrick Rose can be Commodus.

A KING

LeBron’s nickname is King James, so it only makes sense that on Halloween, LeBron dresses like a king. It’s a little corny, but people will obviously get it. He can wear a royal cape with a Cavaliers emblem on the back, or the 23 to mark his return to royalty and also carry a tarot with a big ol’ basketball at the end of it. Think the Burger King mascot, just more Cavalier and less creepy.

A BOBBLE HEAD

It’s a bit meme-ish, or maybe meta is the better description?

Either way, get your entourage on it — have them track down a company that will custom make you a bobble head that fits over your real head and bobbles in the same way Will Ferrell does when he impersonates Harry Caray. Then dance. There’s nothing more entertaining than the thought of a dancing LeBron James bobble head. Especially if it’s actually LeBron James doing it.

A VAMPIRE

How badass would LeBron look with fangs?

He wore a mouth guard with fangs during a Heat game a few years ago that prompted Jeff Van Gundy to remark during the broadcast, “I think LeBron James and his mouthpiece has fangs on it for Halloween.”

Go all out, LBJ.

Get a cape, a wig with slick-back-Pat-Riley hair, paint your face a pale white with bags under your eyes — you know, do it up. It’d look creepy, but of all the costume ideas I put down here, if done right, the vampire could be the craziest. Maybe get some black contacts just for good measure. Call up Wes Borland from Limp Bizkit and find out where he got his from back in the day.

HONORABLE MENTION: LYNDON B. JOHNSON

Perhaps the only LBJ more famous than LeBron is former U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson. I’m not sure how this would work, or how LeBron would separate himself from looking like any other standard politician. Maybe wear a suit with the No. 37 all over it — since he was the 37th U.S. president?

I’ll leave this suggestion in honorable mention.

What do YOU think LeBron should dress up as on Friday for Halloween?