{"id":397996,"date":"2022-07-16T16:46:47","date_gmt":"2022-07-16T16:46:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/?p=397996"},"modified":"2022-07-16T16:46:47","modified_gmt":"2022-07-16T16:46:47","slug":"why-does-lebron-james-hate-the-celtics-lakers-star-opens-up-on-racist-boston-fans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/why-does-lebron-james-hate-the-celtics-lakers-star-opens-up-on-racist-boston-fans\/","title":{"rendered":"Why does LeBron James hate the Celtics? Lakers star opens up on &#8216;racist&#8217; Boston fans"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">LeBron James frequently makes news for his incredible basketball skills, but he also has a talent for saying things that catch people&#8217;s attention. The <a href=\"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/nba\/nba-team-detail\/LAL\/home\">LA Lakers<\/a> superstar has also enraged the supporters of a rival team, the Boston Celtics, by basically labelling them racist. Many of you have probably heard him say that he&#8217;d like to buy an NBA team, just like the icon that is Michael Jordan.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Without holding back, LeBron James criticized Celtics supporters.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Los Angeles Lakers star identified Boston as his least preferred playing venue in the most recent episode of <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2018\u2019 The Shop<\/span><\/i> <i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Uninterrupted&#8217;<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. James answered simply when asked why he &#8220;hates&#8221; Beantown: &#8220;Because they&#8217;re racist as f*ck, that&#8217;s why.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Why do you hate Boston?<\/p>\n<p>LEBRON: \u201cBecause they racist as f**k.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/uninterrupted?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@uninterrupted<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/TheShop?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#TheShop<\/a><\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Td9OWyVVYy\">pic.twitter.com\/Td9OWyVVYy<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Ballislife.com (@Ballislife) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Ballislife\/status\/1548102549177131009?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 16, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They&#8217;ll say whatever they want. He added of Celtics supporters, &#8220;And it&#8217;s fine. &#8220;F***, it&#8217;s my life, I mean. I&#8217;ve struggled with it my entire life. I&#8217;m fine with it. For instance, if I hear someone nearby, I quickly check for them before continuing with the game. They&#8217;re going to say whatever the hell they want. They could fling something at you&#8221;.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_398019\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-398019\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-398019\" src=\"https:\/\/yebscore-cms.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/2022\/07\/nba_g_james_608x342-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/yebscore-cms.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/2022\/07\/nba_g_james_608x342-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/yebscore-cms.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/2022\/07\/nba_g_james_608x342.jpg 608w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-398019\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image Credits &#8211; ESPN<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">James remembered the moment he was walking to the locker room and a Celtics fan poured a drink on him. The action happened after Boston was defeated by James and the Miami Heat in Game 6 of the 2012 Eastern Conference Finals.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">James chuckled, &#8220;There was like a f*** LBJ t-shirt.&#8221; &#8220;I think they sold it at the f***ing team shop.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">James&#8217; remarks are the most recent in a line of sportsmen&#8217;s criticisms of Boston sports fans. Hazel Renee Green, Draymond Green&#8217;s wife, criticized the &#8220;shameful&#8221; &#8220;f*** you Draymond&#8221; chants used by Celtics supporters throughout the NBA Finals on Instagram in June earlier this year.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Following Game 3, Klay Thompson also voiced his dissatisfaction with Celtics supporters:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After the game, Thompson remarked, &#8220;We&#8217;ve played in front of obnoxious supporters before. Dropping F-bombs in front of children. really elegant Bravo, Boston\u2019\u2019.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kyrie Irving acknowledged that during his time with the Celtics, he had heard racial insults hurled at him before the Nets&#8217; first-round series against Boston in May.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In response to Irving&#8217;s remarks, Boston guard Jaylen Brown said: &#8220;I believe labeling every Celtics fan as a racist would be unfair.&#8221; We obviously have a lot of work to do, though. 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The LA Lakers superstar has also enraged the supporters of a rival team, the Boston Celtics, by basically labelling them racist. 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