LeBron James LASHED out at a reporter who questioned his skills on the court. The Cleveland Cavaliers player was already upset with his poor performance after game 3. Then, the reporter poured salt in his wound so LeBron snapped back!
LeBron James instantly called out the reporter for only focusing on his bad games and not the good. Read on and see what he said…
LeBron James is continually criticized no matter what he does in the NBA or off the court, so we understand that he could be a hyper sensitive with the media.
After after game 3 in the Eastern Conference Finals against the Boston Celtics, LeBron James was questioned by the media as always. But James looked to be at his breaking point with one of the reporters.
To catch you up LeBron had an off night during game 3 where he struggled 4-of-13 from the floor, 11 points, six rebounds and six assists. We all have bad days.
Anyways, one reporter decided to focus on James not getting “into a rhythm or the Celts” defense.
The 32-year-old baller started off saying:
“I was just pretty poor. What do you want me to say? Seems like you only ask questions when we lose. It’s a weird thing with you, Kenny. You always come around when we lose. I swear.”
Then, LeBron let Kenny Roda of WHBC have it:
“It’s a weird thing with you Kenny. Only come around when we lose, I swear.”
“It’s a weird thing with you Kenny. Only come around when we lose, I swear.” pic.twitter.com/IYqUeoatEB
— Kenny Ducey (@KennyDucey) May 22, 2017
Kenny did some backtracking after LeBron weighed in:
“For the record, been to 4 of 5 #Cavs home playoff games this year, home playoff games last year. Ask questions win or lose.”
Kenny tried to get back on LeBron’s good side yesterday tweeting:
“For the record,said on my radio show #LeBron should be MVP this year,was a joke not in final 3,is best player in the world,great off court 2”
Watch LeBron come for Kenny:
Jeff Zillgitt of USA TODAY Sports’ had this report on LeBron James who confronted a heckler before his postgame press conference:
“James was about to walk into the interview room when a fan chastised him for scoring just 11 points. James did a quick 180 and asked the fan what he said. The fan repeated the line about just 11 points. At that point, James walked toward the fan and asked him what he has ever done.
The fan said he played at Hiram College, a private liberal arts school in Hiram, Ohio.
Security then ushered the fan away from James and into a room. It was an intense moment made strange by the fact that a Cavs fan would heckle James for an off night when James is the one who delivered Cleveland a championship last June.”
People forget that NBA players are human. They have bad days, family drama, personal issues, and pressure to be great. Sometimes it all falls apart and players screw up, they have a bad day. It’s called being human. Fans seem to forget that. Let’s ALL remember one thing, they’re making the millions doing what they love to do and that is play basketball!
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They worked hard to get there and made sacrifices, what fan can say they did all that and are in a position like LeBron James? If you’re a beer drinking, hot dog eating fan working on expanding your waist size, we have one thing to say #STFU!
Despite his bad performance on game 3, LeBron is locked to play game 4
Following one of the worst postseason games of his career, James provided a candid review of his performance after breaking down film of Game 3 in the Eastern Conference finals.
James said:
“It wasn’t tough to watch. We had opportunities. It is what it is. They played a hell of a game and they took it to us and we weren’t able to stop the runs that they made. Some of the plays that we made, some of the plays that I made, I was like, ‘What are we doing?’ or ‘What could I have done better?’ But you figure out the next game and go forward.”
James scored just 11 points and committed six turnovers in Game 2 on Sunday night, so he was understandably upset with himself.
