LeBron James said he will take a break from social media after posting that he received too much negativity from the world and sports media.
Sharing a post from sports agent Rich Kleiman, James announced that he would be taking a break from social media for an unspecified period of time. The NBA star has recently come under heavy criticism for adding his son LeBron “Bronny” James Jr. to the Los Angeles Lakers, but whether he's good enough to play in the league remains to be seen. He was drafted by the team despite being highly questionable.
In the Lakers' first 15 games of the season, Bronny played just 13 minutes in five games and totaled four points.
“With so much hate and negativity in the world today, I wonder why some national sports media still think the best way to cover sports is to cast them in a negative light. I am baffled by this,” XPost said. read.
“Everyone agrees that sports are the last part of society that universally unites people. So why can't we do the same with the press? Saying that is just click bait. . With a platform this big, please change and let us all escape from the negative situations of reality. I personally think it's all a waste of breath.”
James expressed his support in the message, writing, “AMEN!!”
Just five minutes after sharing the anti-negativity post, James announced he was taking a break from social media.
“So, thank you everyone! I will be taking a break from social media for the time being. Please be careful everyone,” James said. I wrote.
Despite the NBA legend's message, he's actually not very active on social media, posting every few days. However, complaints about too much negativity and politicization surrounding the sport seem to ignore that James has consistently participated in both aspects.
A few days before that, James had not only complained about “.hater“He said this about University of Colorado football: full support Before the election, he accused Vice President Kamala Harris of posting a vitriolic video.
“What are we talking about here?? When I think about my children and my family and how they will grow up, the choice is clear to me. To Kamala Harris Please vote!!!,” James wrote while showing a clip of a news article calling President Trump a racist.
The video James attached included the caption, “Trump fills Madison Square Garden with anger, vitriol, racist threats,” along with the caption, “Trump escalates racist rhetoric, “Taking advantage of white discontent at recent rallies,” read the headline.
The same video claimed that the KKK supported Trump, then played audio of an unknown man yelling, “We love Hitler! We love Trump!”
Additionally, James has previously complained about “hate speech” regarding X, particularly when Elon Musk took over the platform in 2022.
“I hope he and his people take this seriously because this is horrible.” [as f***]. There are so many unqualified people who say hate speech is free speech,” James said. I wrote at that time.
In 2021, James also spoke out about Black Americans killed by police because of “.racism” he said in 2017. defended Historic statues toppled as President Trump made hatred 'back in fashion'.
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