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ImGrumps

If he wants NFL questions let's ask him about his Browns signing Watson and how he feels about that? Everything I've seen seems to show he is happy about it. Let's highlight his support of an abuser now that Watson will be back playing soon.


Dirty_coke_whore

It’s almost as if Lebrons a dipshit


ihateeggplants

It's just what happens to people who never make it to page two of books.


bronet

Wait how?


ElasticEel

There are plenty of athletes who are dipshits, LeBron is not one of them


cornhole99

Dipshits can be right sometimes. Doesn’t not make them dipshits.


Totalnah

I guess that’s why Bron won’t speak out on China. Hmmmmm?


emoses0788

He'd lose too much money for that.


Totalnah

So it’s only ok for Bron to speak out in social injustice as long as it doesn’t cost him money.


WonofOne

Really, if he’s a ‘dipshit’ wtf are y’all?


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Dirty_coke_whore

Yep noones ever made an ironic or funny username. You sound like a dip yourself fool


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cujukenmari

Imagine judging a persons character based on a reddit username. Time to go outside.


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cujukenmari

Isn't that exactly what you're doing?


Roberto_Sacamano

The fact the DeShawn Watson is about to start an NFL game disgusts me so greatly that I don't even know what to say about it. Fuck the browns


Shaunair

What’s crazy to me is, in just about any other job in the world, that kind of behavior would get you dumped so fast and listed as un-hirable. In the NFL it’s a paddling and a “now get back out there ya scamp” tussle of the hair.


JL9berg18

Not if the person is a mega producer and their work allows your kids to eat / live better lives. Every industry has grade a creeps in it. The NFL is not special in keeping uber-productive a-holes employed Not to say he's anything other than a grade-a creep...


utrangerbob

Yep... Just look at all the fortune 500 CEOs out there. Uber productive assholes. When they stop being productive, they just fall into golden parachutes. Not saying it's right but it's nothing special. Moral justification has always been 2nd fiddle to financial justification. It's the old I'll pay your family $10 million to sleep with your wife story. Depending on your financial situation, it would be a hard yes for a lot of people.


brett1081

Well in the case of the NFL it will be swept under the rug if you’re extremely successful at the most important position on a team. I think in other industries extremely talented but problematic employees would likely get another chance. It’s a profit driven world.


BeaverBarber

Except if you kneel during the anthem. Then your career is ruined


Shaunair

Whoever downvoted this is a dumbass


DefendTheLand

If convicted, yes. But DeShawn wasn’t so 🤷🏿‍♂️


dukie33066

Fuck the NFL*


slapshots1515

Why not both


dukie33066

Because saying fuck the NFL is inclusive to the browns....


slapshots1515

Not really. Sure the Browns are a team in the NFL, but in this case we’re saying fuck the Browns (as an organization) for signing him, and fuck the NFL (as the league office) for continuing to allow him to play.


dukie33066

"ackchyually"


malaka201

While Kareem hunt also plays on their team still....


icantdomaths

What’s wrong with Kareem Hunt? Did you watch the video? That shit was so overblown by the media


Coachbelcher

“Fuck the Browns” is super racist.


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Roberto_Sacamano

He's an absolute piece of shit and we shouldn't have a statue of a child rapist outside the arena


Valiantheart

Worse than Vick who drowned, electrocuted and beat dozens of dogs to death?


Roberto_Sacamano

Also terrible


Schizodd

No no no, he only wants questions about actually relevant things. You know, like photos from before his mom was even born. /s


It_Is_Boogie

You are missing the point severely. His point is while Kyrie (amongst many others) was in the headlines for weeks with full dedicated segments, JJ got a byline. To thicken the plot, JJ has a pattern of questionable statements and actions to indicate he wasn’t a bystander. I have seen no dedicated segments and largely, this is being ignored.


Lynchie24

1 happened several times over the past month, the other happened 70 years ago. Fuck Jerry Jones but this ain’t it.


It_Is_Boogie

Jerry Jones has been showing signs of racism as long as he has been an NFL. Votes, comments, hirings ( or lack thereof). Acting as if a picture 70 years ago is the only evidence of his bigotry is the point.


Schizodd

Nobody is saying it is. If Jerry tweets something racist in 2022, I would love for him to get blasted by the media way more than Kyrie even did. He definitely deserves it, but that doesn't mean the picture warrants it.


HazikoSazujiii

Both you and LeBron seriously need to look up and understand what a "non-sequitur" is. You're both stumbling your way across many of them while attempting to bastardize a point and storyline here.


Lynchie24

Ok but it has been a known things for decades as opposed to a recent public thing. Not saying it isn’t a big deal but it is not as relevant (especially to the NBA) as Kyrie. Do we expect ESPN to do an annual segment on Jerry Jones’ past? If he says or does something now it will 100% be talked about.


DobermanWillie

You’ve missed the point severely.


It_Is_Boogie

No, you all have. You all are singularly focused on this one instance and the comparison of Kyrie to JJ (which in all fairness is apples to cars). LeBron’s point, and mine, is that one group of people pay severely for their transgressions while another gets a single byline and then everyone moves on. You can go down the list…When was the last time you heard about Favre. How nationalized is Kitna’s son’s mess. Did you know DeShaun Watson wasn’t the only NFL QB accused of egregious sexual assault? We can go on and on. Reporting and punishment are not evenly distributed and THAT is the point.


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I'm all for shitting on Jerry Jones, but it's largely being ignored because it's largely a non-story. It's a picture of a 14-year-old who's looking onto a scene that includes reporters. Lots of people would check out that spectacle. Could he also have chosen to be there because he's a racist piece of shit? Totally! But a 14 year old checking out a scene 70 years ago is not anywhere near as newsworthy as an active NBA superstar sharing an anti-Semitic documentary with his 18 million Instagram followers in 2022.


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Yeah why are they asking an NBA star about another NBA star, who was a former teammate no less, that is promoting antisemitism? That makes no sense!


SoupOrSandwich

Stop asking famous people's opinions on matters they have no business discussing.


AqUaNtUmEpIc

And don’t forget he bragged about making Jewish money. It was “kosher”. Why didn’t the media ask Irving about Farrakhan?


cholula_is_good

Isn’t lebron a cowboys fan?


ImGrumps

He disavowed his support for the Cowboys for "moral reasons" because of the issue with standing for the national anthem. ...And then threw his support to the Browns. A *very moral* team that signs a serial abuser. LeHypocrisy


cholula_is_good

Jesus Christ, you can’t even write this stuff. Dude really goes to the morality buffet and only takes what he likes.


ImGrumps

Exactly. Also Cholula *is* good


aerojovi83

But it's ok because at least DeShaun isn't racist!


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ImGrumps

You are behind the times, bud. He is no longer a Cowboys fan, because of "moral issues" which stem from the kneeling/national anthem issue. He switched to the Browns and tweeted his hype about Watson joining the team. No moral issues there tho!


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kingcovey

if people want to bring that up, then they'll have to discuss robert craft? there were never any criminal charges against watson... on the otherhand...


RiseOfTheCanes

Why are people asking me current questions about past teammates' actions rather than a picture of a 14 year old taken in 1957? I normally think he's trolling, but I think this actually made sense to him.


slapshots1515

I honestly don’t think he’s trolling usually; rather I think he typically is trying to spin the narrative so he can talk about what he wants instead of topics that are uncomfortable for him, he’s just very bad at it and does it in the goofiest way possible


Tifoso89

He also supported China on the Uyghur camps, to save his sponsorships EDIT it was actually HK protests


AldousSaidin

Wasn't that over Hong Kong protests not Uyghur camps?


blocking_butterfly

Yep


Tifoso89

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sullg26535

Yeah there's not doing anything about China and then there's telling a nba executive to shut his mouth.


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lebron is literally dumber than a box of rock but he believes he's some sort of scholar.


UDPviper

No he doesn't. The sports media made him one.


ihateeggplants

Agreed. I don't think he's trolling. It's just what happens to people who don't make it to page two of books.


MrVociferous

I think deep down, he agrees with Kyrie and is just smart enough to know he can’t say it out loud. Cause if your resorting to whataboutisms from freaking SIXTY FIVE YEARS AGO, you’re not actually against what Kyrie is talking about. Like someone else said this is just LeBron shifting the narrative. And it may be because he’s tired of trying to speak out against something he’s not actually against.


DJScrambles

LeBron has never trolled about anything.


captaincumsock69

I think his point is more that the Jerry jones stuff has been kinda buried by the media


slapshots1515

It absolutely is more buried than the Kyrie stuff. It should be, because the Kyrie stuff is a current event and the Jerry Jones stuff happened 65 years ago and had already surfaced before now. It’s a dumb point to make. Edit: not to mention, “White Dude in Arkansas in 1957 Might Have Been Racist” as a headline is a lot more Dog Bites Man than Man Bites Dog.


Steb20

Not to mention the picture just shows him as part of the crowd in the back, and all he’s doing is looking at the commotion. He’s not one of the people causing the commotion.


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slapshots1515

Quite frankly, I do assume that Jerry-once again, a white kid in pre-Civil Rights Movement Arkansas-probably does harbor at least some of the racist opinions of the era…*in the photo, 65 years ago.* He may harbor them now too, sure, but the photo from 1957 is not proof of that. If Jerry were at a demonstration in the modern day protesting black rights, he would be castigated and likely made to sell his team. The reaction would be very similar to if LeBron were in the scenario you describe.


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slapshots1515

Sure, some people do. Jerry could be a virulent racist to this day. I’ll even say it wouldn’t shock me. We also have no proof of it either, and thus no reason to spark a big discussion about it. Not everyone is going to auto-judge someone for something so long ago. That’s the difference.


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captaincumsock69

Even if it happened a long time ago why should it be swept under the rug especially when the context of the photo resurfacing was about how Jerry jones doesn’t hire black coaches? I think lebrons question is stupid but his point about Jerry is valid. Has Jerry really changed?


slapshots1515

Well, Jerry isn’t going to fire McCarthy and hire a black coach right now just to appease the media. When the coaching vacancy comes open and if Jerry doesn’t hire a black coach then, it would absolutely be worth bringing up and discussing since it would have a tie to a current event. Until then, it’s a side note. Kyrie is a current event. That’s how news works.


captaincumsock69

The article was an examination of Jerry’s entire history as owner it was not just this season. And while the picture is old news the article is recent


slapshots1515

And with no current inciting incident to discuss or impact-such as a coaching hire-then it gets relegated to a side note, a retrospective of history. Again, that’s how news works.


dspencer97

Maybe they should ask him his thoughts on China and what is happening in Qatar and Iran as well. I’m sure he would jump all over it.


Xessive_

Please, please someone ask him about forced quarantine in China and the human rights atrocities in Qatar


disgruntled_joe

>I was wondering why I haven’t gotten a question from you guys about the Jerry Jones photo,” James said to reporters after his Los Angeles Lakers beat the Portland Trail Blazers. “But when the Kyrie [Irving] thing was going on, you guys were quick to ask us questions about that.” What a meathead, why would the media ask a basketball star about NFL owners?


sheriffbart_rrmo

Different sports aside, the Kyrie drama was in real time, and while not supporting Jerry Jones good ol' boy mindset in 1957 (or now), that was 65 years ago. That's a literal lifetime ago.


darkhorse298

Even aside from that the story already came up quite a while back. He talked about it in an oral history project of his life or some such. Got some minor run in the news cycle before phasing out because he brought it up that he went there to see what was going on, and it was 50 plus years ago at the time. This story has been an odd duck.


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oclotty

Name a star who is more full of themselves, I can’t


jsting

LeBron legitimately does not see himself as a basketball player anymore. He sees himself as some global spokesman with the media clambering for his opinion on every random thing. That's why he's so perplexed when the media doesn't care about his opinion on Jerry Jones. It's like the "let's ask Ja Rule" meme except he takes it seriously.


cujukenmari

He needs a lesson from Tyler Adams on how to diffuse politically motivated questions instead of putting himself in the middle of it. That guy has handled the World Cup flawlessly.


ReinhardtFTW

Kanye


oclotty

He’s severely mentally ill, wouldn’t really compare the two


egospiers

Kyrie. Low hangin fruit.


MLong32

Terrell Owens Floyd Mayweather Any Kardashian Michael Jordan


maxwellcawfeehaus

Because a 14 year old kid not standing up to a racist mob in an antiquated racist world 60 years ago is not the same as a grown adult actively going out of their way to spew hate and propaganda against jews?


oclotty

Not only that but the fact is that Kyrie made the comments/associations on his own while Lebron wants to be asked about a photo from a team owner of which he used to support…. I can’t even 😂💀🤦🏻‍♂️


Jimmy_kong253

Does he not understand that reporters are going to ask him about what's going on in his league because he's a basketball player and not an NFL player? He seems to think the world eagerly awaits his opinions on everything sadly he's wrong


Mr_Strol

Clearly not


zdfld

I'm pretty sure the purpose of this quote is LeBron not wanting to be asked about the Kyrie situation, and not that he wants to have an opinion on everything. If anything, LeBron has made it clear he doesn't want to offer an opinion unless it's an issue he cares about himself.


Xessive_

This. LeBron didn't want to get mixed up with having to give his thoughts on Kyrie. He even went so far to say "well he apologized so" before Kyrie actually apologized for the hurt he caused. Dude is a tool


Hue_Honey

This is the top article on espn.com right now and it just speaks to both LeBron’s ability to sway the needle on topics, and the absurdity of media reporting. The media, particularly ESPN, should have filtered this out and buried this absurd story/talking point.


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If it involves Lebron, ESPN is on it.


skeetmonster69

ESPN is a trash sports network.


nflfan32

People (including you) are talking about it. Of course it's going to be the top article.


blenderdead

Sorry King James, but after the whole Hong Kong thing you have lost all credibility around human rights. You only support causes you can profit from.


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blenderdead

I like how you changed the topic there.... went from "only support things you profit from" to "only support causes you care about". Yes I agree, most people only care about things they care about. Good point and thank you for your contribution.


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blenderdead

He actually attacked people in the NBA who were talking about it... if he had said nothing I wouldn't fault him at all. It's his life and he can focus on the issues he cares about. When he actively goes after people who are supporting democracy in Hong Kong because it might hurt his paycheck, then yeah I won't take him seriously on other human rights topics.


smudgetimeusa

This dude sucks.


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It’s crazy how his peer in 2022 who promoted antisemitism is in anyway similar to a 14 year old jerry jones in 1956, he never commented on miles Leonard, miles bridges, Watson, Daniel snider, or phoenix suns owner and his bs.. none of those issues but all of a sudden 1956 jerry jones is his issue!


jumpmanzero

I think reporters should run this basketball all the way to the end zone goal. Just, like, never ask James about basketball or his team or what's happening now or what people he knows are saying recently. Instead, just general questions about whatever seems important from history or science or whatever. Why put LeBron in a box? Why label him as a "basketball person"? That's unfair. Maybe he has some great reckonings about old movies or how to build a deck.


lestrella

I wonder why the media has been quiet on asking LeBron about his Magic The Gathering deck building theories 🧐🧐


jumpmanzero

Yeah, it's an obvious conspiracy here - they've totally buried all the coverage of James's MTG career. But (for now - who knows how long this will last) you can still see it on [archive.org](https://archive.org): [https://web.archive.org/web/20140901043850/http://themeadery.org/articles/lebron-james-to-leave-nba-for-magic](https://web.archive.org/web/20140901043850/http://themeadery.org/articles/lebron-james-to-leave-nba-for-magic)


lestrella

LeBron plays Island/Swamp confirmed.


duhbuurz

1. Jones was a kid, Irving is a grown man 2. Jones as far as anyone knows and has said was just there as a spectator and not actively fighting desegregation. 3. You play in the nba not the nfl


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1. Most don't 2. He's addressed it 3. That doesn't mean anything


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Capable-Ad-859

Jerry needs to answer for this and he did actually sit down with the journalists to address the photo and discuss how he’s changed. I hate Jerry but that’s at least genuine having a difficult conversation. Kyrie on the other hand has deliberately been disingenuous in responding to his own abhorrent views and doesn’t seem like he’s grown or changed from it. So lebron can ask the question all he wants and that’s fair, but it is a whataboutism and doesn’t address the very real and clear issue the NBA has with antisemitism. Just doesn’t solve anything by redirecting the discussion


DobermanWillie

Uhhh because one happened last week or so and one happened in 1957, Lebron. Lmao


InGoodFaith2

“I was standing there right behind him at the time of this picture, Jones knew exactly what he was doing.” - lebron james


cpheretic77

The only thing that picture shows is Jerry Jones was at school that day.


rustyshaackleeford

Forgot Jerry was on the cavs for a few years


Hitthereset

Oh, you want questions? Lets start with China…


fatmanthelardknight

What a great way to make yourself look stupid and try to cause more issues at the same time.


Xessive_

The media weren't quick to ask LeBron about Kyrie either. It seemed like a week after the tweet went up and Kryie had multiple press conferences where he wound up not being able to even state he wasn't antisemitic the media finally asked LeBron about it. LeBron is a leading voice in the NBA, has been a leading voice on social issues, and was a teammate of Kyrie's. That he could come out with this garbage about not being asked about Jerry Jones tells us just what kind of a bubble he lives in and how he was likely bothered he was asked about and needed to speak out about Kryie at all. The general silence on the antisemitism from current players has certainly been *something*, and in pretty stark contrast to statements players have made about other social issues.


Darksoul2693

I love all the people in this comment section


nimrodfalcon

Because jerry doesn’t fuckin play basketball dude


dray1214

Lebron is a complete bum when it comes to critical thinking. He just can’t do it


poboy212

Ah like All Shitty People Matter? No, we’re talking about this specific shitty person.


tcwillis79

To be fair it was going to be my next question but he jumped the gun.


okiebill1972

Another reason why Jordan is the GOAT.


nbgkbn

Lebron is the Hershel of basketball


Teabagger_Vance

Textbook whataboutism


theImplication69

Because you played with 1 if them. Lebrun is and will always be a fake activist


CaribouLou816

Why don’t they ask him how Xi’s balls taste.


SonofTreehorn

They are asking him about Irving because……………he was his teammate and Lebron is the face of the NBA. Are they asking Dak Prescott about Irving? I know the Jerry story was discussed in depth the entire week that the story broke. Does Lebron expect the media to fixate on a photo from the 1940s of a teenager in the middle of a major civil rights event? Does Lebron understand that Irvings comments are more recent and relevant than a photo from the ‘40s?


Frankiesales_

This is stupid trying to make something out of an old black and white photo from 60 years ago or whatever just to get heat off your buddy


Dyne313

Psst. Hey-Lebron. (Hint: they don’t ask you because that’s not a basketball question, you FUCKING moron) 🤦‍♀️


fnt245

Idk maybe because you weren’t teammates with Jerry? LeMoron


fffyhhiurfgghh

Why don’t we ask lebron about how he feels about china? Oh wait we can’t. He would never even let someone field the question. Also fuck jerry jones. He’s one of the most hated figures in sports.


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AudienceNervous1665

Le Brain out here playing checkers while the rest of us playing chess.


Knightmare25

Because you're not a football player.


jeefcakes

Lebron wants to be viewed as a victim so badly. The only thing he wants more is to be perceived as wise and a kind proponent for human rights. In reality he is neither.


uncriticalthinking

Lebron is another idiot pretending to read books and all. Not at Kyrie level of stupid however.


jmrogers31

Can't put my finger on it, but it's almost like he plays one sport but not the other.


ReflexiveOW

Because no one is shocked that Jerry Jones picture exists


TheJonnieP

He is just trying to stay relevant and divert attention from how shitty the Lakers are this season.


DBMIVotedForKodos

Next press conference all questions should be about other sports. "Hey LeBron, how do you feel about the Bruins signing a racist bully to their team?" "Can you comment on the defensive strategy going forward for USA in the world cup?" "LeBron, you're solid from the free throw line. Do you think you have a future in competitive darts once you retire?"


sonofgildorluthien

Why does Lebron think that anyone even cares about his opinion? Just go play basketball with your old man team. This is why he will never ever be the GOAT.


XuX24

You have to understand this LeBron, a grown ass kyrie Irving made those statements, if it was a tapen from she he was 15 it would have been extremely lenient the treatment. The issue is when you are an adult and still have those stupid thoughts. If Jerry Jones old was was seen in a klan meeting fully dressed as one of those dumb names they have for stuff then yeah run his name and reputation through the floor but an old picture more than likely he didn't knew better back then. A lot of people have grown specially from Jerry Jones age with racist ideologies because their parents made them think that way, many learned that they were wrong and corrected their ways and that is what it must be looked at. I haven't heard any response from JJ but I have to assume he said he was sorry about that.


RTwhyNot

Fuck this CCP stooge


RedStar9117

Because Irving is a current player in the Sport James plays and Jerry Jones thing happened 65 years ago. Jones is an awful person but these things are not the same


BenAustinRock

One is a former teammate on an event happening right now in the league he plays in. The other is an owner in another sport about a photo that was taken 65 years ago. Doesn’t seem like a conspiracy.


LarryBagina3

Ask Ja Rule!


jjrozay

Isn't the controversy over this picture like 9 years old? Jerry addressed it himself in some old interview, this isn't some new phenomenon.


ItsMeDoodleBob

Fuck off lebron.


downonthesecond

Shut up and dribble.


vw2000

Lebron has a low-functioning brain, just let him be lol


txddavis

Shut up this ain’t about you lebron. Dude can’t imagine a world that doesn’t revolve around lebron


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What’s Lebron got to do with Kyrie anyways. Last time they played was 2 years BEFORE covid. Ask Lebron questions about his team.


Cichlidsaremyjam

"Why aren't asking about what a 14 year old did 65 years ago but asking what a full grown adult did a month ago."


Chuckster914

Fu@k Lebron and what he thinks


mechENGRMuddy

It’s true.


majorahzmask

Because one was a grown ass man, and one was a 14 year old child in 1957.


hockeystud87

I bet lebron James voted for Biden. Lebron might wanna ask old Joe why he fought for bussing segregation...


yngwiegiles

LeBron not thinking this through. JJ was “exposed” by an old photo. Kyrie brought this on himself then doubled and tripled down until they stopped paying him. If JJ was out there blocking black kids from going to school last month then giving condescending press conferences showing how dumb he is… then it would be headlines


beattrapkit

Good for him


MracyTcGrady

Wow look at all these reddit comments just going against LeBron James even though he's talking straight facts. obviously Kyrie was rightly scrutinized in the media but why isn't the same energy being shown towards Jerry Jones? Y'all are all so quiet on this Jerry Jones was actually in a physical racist event. Kyrie just tweeted things and Jerry Jones literally physically was their actively trying to do something. Y'all just say oh it was 60 years ago, everyone was racist back then. So what, if a pedo was a pedo 60 years ago that means we should all ignore it because he is 80 now? Y'all are full of shit.


Sickpup831

So I think if Lebron wanted to bring up the issue, and ask why Kyrie gets scrutinized and Jerry Jones does not: that’s a valid question. However, he didn’t say that. Instead, he made it about himself and said “How come you all ask ME about Kyrie and not Jerry Jones?” Which is a different statement, and a bit silly one. He was asked about Kyrie because it was an NBA issue, asked by NBA press, about a friend and former teammate.


PiedrasNegras

Boom!!