EL SEGUNDO, Calif. -- LeBron James ' "Second Decision" tease on social media on Monday didn't cause the Los Angeles Lakers to waste a second worrying if their star was suddenly announcing plans to retire.

"We all knew it was an ad, right?" Lakers head coach JJ Redick said after practice on Tuesday.

Redick then cracked to the group of reporters around him: "You guys are idiots."

Although Lakers players and coaches knew better than to worry about James' X post that previewed "the decision of all decisions" to appear the next day on his social media account, some in the general public were duped until James revealed the purpose of the post on Tuesday .

In an advertisement for Hennessy cognac, James sat down for an interview while wearing a red and white checkered shirt -- referencin

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