{"id":415925,"date":"2023-01-11T21:56:44","date_gmt":"2023-01-11T21:56:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/?p=415925"},"modified":"2023-01-11T21:56:44","modified_gmt":"2023-01-11T21:56:44","slug":"keeps-selling-the-narrative-controversial-nba-analyst-skip-bayless-slams-lebron-james-over-give-up-speech-on-chasing-records","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/keeps-selling-the-narrative-controversial-nba-analyst-skip-bayless-slams-lebron-james-over-give-up-speech-on-chasing-records\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Keeps Selling the Narrative&#8221; &#8211; Controversial NBA Analyst Skip Bayless Slams LeBron James Over &#8220;Give Up&#8221; Speech On Chasing Records"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In Anthony Davis&#8217; absence due to an injury, LeBron James and the LA Lakers have kept up the fight for their position in the Western Conference standings. The squad has so far performed admirably. After a significant victory to end 2022, they continued to gain momentum in the following year. Basketball fans were eagerly awaiting the start of the 2022\u201323 season to follow James&#8217; quest for history. However, he has recently been slammed by Skip Bayless.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CDozj_w5jrM\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>LeBron James is still on track to surpass NBA star Kareem Abdul-record Jabbar&#8217;s for career points scored. James is currently 422 points short of breaking Kareem&#8217;s 1989 record, as of Thursday morning.<\/p>\n<p><strong>ALSO READ: <a title=\"Former NBA Superstar With $40 Million Career Salary Wins Massive as He Receives a Car on a TV Show\" href=\"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/former-nba-superstar-with-40-million-career-salary-wins-massive-as-he-receives-a-car-on-a-tv-show\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Former NBA Superstar With $40 Million Career Salary Wins Massive as He Receives a Car on a TV Show<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>Skip Bayless slams LeBron James<\/h2>\n<p>LeBron James is aware that this may be one of his final opportunities to pursue a championship as the Lakers fight to make the NBA Playoffs.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cI don\u2019t know why LeBron keeps selling this narrative. It feels like a \u2018give up\u2019 speech,\u201d<\/em> Skip Bayless <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportskeeda.com\/basketball\/news-skip-bayless-calls-lebron-james-selling-narrative-chasing-scoring-title-la-lakers-lose\">said<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">LeBron says it\u2019s not sitting well with him to chase the scoring title while Lakers lose:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t know why LeBron keeps selling this narrative. It feels like a \u2018give up\u2019 speech.\u201d \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RealSkipBayless?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@RealSkipBayless<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/KPyuth8vr8\">pic.twitter.com\/KPyuth8vr8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; UNDISPUTED (@undisputed) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/undisputed\/status\/1613211797430878209?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 11, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The race to break Kareem Abdul Jabbar&#8217;s scoring record will receive a lot of national attention. It was one of the most significant achievements in NBA history. LeBron James currently has 37,965 regular-season points for his career, which puts him only 422 points shy of Kareem Abdul-all-time Jabbar&#8217;s NBA record of 38,387 after his 37-point performance on Saturday night.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This should have been a bigger deal than it was tbh\u2026 <\/p>\n<p>LeBron already cleared Kareem by becoming #1 in OVERALL POINTS \ud83d\udc51 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/uPi9pWHzDi\">pic.twitter.com\/uPi9pWHzDi<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Bron\u2019s Best (@LBJsBest) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LBJsBest\/status\/1608761842352156673?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 30, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, February 7, when the Lakers visit the Oklahoma City Thunder, LeBron will surpass Kareem if he remains healthy and continues to score at a rate of 29.1 points per game. LeBron James keeps downplaying his attempt to break the record. On the one hand, he is aware that if he keeps playing at this standard, he will ultimately succeed. On the other hand, James is aware that the 2022\u201323 season has a broader objective in mind as Skip Bayless criticized him.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"LeBron James Production Film \u2018House Party\u2019 Set To Release: Date, Caste, Trailer &amp; More\" href=\"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/lebron-james-production-film-house-party-set-to-release-date-caste-trailer-more\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">LeBron James Production Film \u2018House Party\u2019 Set To Release: Date, Caste, Trailer &amp; More<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Why NBA Is Seeing Unprecedented Scoring Boom In 2022-2023 Season? Explained!\" href=\"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/why-nba-is-seeing-unprecedented-scoring-boom-in-2022-2023-season-explained\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Why NBA Is Seeing Unprecedented Scoring Boom In 2022-2023 Season? 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Basketball fans were eagerly awaiting [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":396319,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[51],"tags":[16,1974],"class_list":["post-415925","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nba","tag-lebron-james","tag-skip-bayless"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/415925","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=415925"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/415925\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/396319"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=415925"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=415925"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=415925"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}