After a recent comment by former coach turned NBA exec Phil Jackson, Cleveland Cavaliers star Lebron James to LOSES ALL respect for Jackson!?!
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CelebNSports247.com learned that Phil Jackson during an interview with ESPN he threw Lebron James under the bus saying he wanted preferential treatment, especially when it came to playing games in Cleveland.
Jackson said:
“When LeBron was playing with the Heat, they went to Cleveland and he wanted to spend the night. They don’t do overnights. Teams just don’t. So now (coach Erik) Spoelstra has to text Riley and say, ‘What do I do in this situation?’ And Pat, who has iron-fist rules, answers, ‘You are on the plane, you are with this team.’ You can’t hold up the whole team because you and your mom and your posse want to spend an extra night in Cleveland. I always thought Pat had this really nice vibe with his guys. But something happened there where it broke down. I do know LeBron likes special treatment. He needs things his way.”
Once Lebron caught wind of Phil Jackson’s comments and needless to say, he didn’t like them very much. James CLAPPED BACK saying:
“I had nothing but respect for him as a coach, until now!”
Maverick Carter, Lebron’s friend and business partner clarified the word “posse”:
“It’s the word ‘posse’ and the characterization I take offense to. If he would have said LeBron and his agent, LeBron and his business partners or LeBron and his friends, that’s one thing. Yet because you’re young and black, he can use that word. We’re grown men.”
Later, Lebron added on to he and Maverick’s statements:
“To use that label, and if you go and read the definition of what the word ‘posse’ is, it’s not what I’ve built over my career,” James said. “It’s not what I stand for, it’s not what my family stands for. I believe the only reason he used that word is because he sees young African-Americans trying to make a difference.”
Then, here is where Lebron pulls the race card, but he’ probably 100% right about his gut feelings.
Lebron implies that if Phil Jackson was comfortable labeling him and his business partners as a “posse,” there’s no telling what he’s said behind closed doors.
James said:
“It’s not surprising. If [Jackson] says it out to the media, you can only imagine what he says when the camera is not on him or the headset or whatever you guys record on. Just got a lot more work to do.”
Thoughts?
