LeBron James is known for many things on and off the basketball court, but one that really stands out is his knack for saying things that may not be totally truthful.
In an appearance on 360 with Speedy (starts at 9:15 mark), James defended himself from the accusations that he likes to finesse the truth a little bit when Speedy Morman specifically brought up the time he claimed to have said Kobe Bryant was going to score 70 prior to his famous 81-point outing on Jan. 22, 2006.
James continued to insist he called Bryant’s big night, explaining to Morman he told his friends who were with him watching that when Bryant go to 70 he was going to get 80.
Later in the interview (starts at 11:15 mark), James addressed some of the memes and comments that have popped up over the years about some of his most infamous moments.
The first one was when he wished Jeanie Buss and Linda Rambis a Happy International Women’s Day. James explained that was just “the first thing that came to his mind” when he saw them.
Next up was the famous “ain’t that our ball?” moment from the bubble playoff game against the Portland Trail Blazers. James said in that instance, even though he wasn’t on the floor, he was “trying to win” and knew “when we came off the court, it was our ball.”
Finally, Morman brought up perhaps the most-memed James moment when he said “here go two more for y’all” about 2 Chainz’s album Rap or Go to the League that was executive produced by the four-time NBA champion.
According to James, that comment came about because he was talking to 2 Chainz and had two tracks he really liked that weren’t locks to make the album.
Anyone who has spent any part of their life in the public eye has at least one thing they aren’t totally proud of, so the fact that James hasn’t had a lot of missteps in more than two decades as arguably the most prominent athlete in the United States is a good ratio.
At least James is able to have a sense of humor about all this with the benefit of hindsight.
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