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What's the story?
Earlier this week, LeBron James gave back to his community in a manner and way worthy of a King with the opening of his "I Promise School" in Akron, Ohio. It might have been late on Friday but before heading into the weekend, the President of the United States Donald Trump tweeted a possible insult to James while commenting on his CNN interview with Don Lemon.
In case you didn't know
In September last year, Stephen Curry made it quite clear during 2017-18 media day, prior to training camp, that the Golden State Warriors were yet to make a decision on whether to go to the White House. As a response to that, Donald Trump rescinded their invitation on the grounds that Curry was hesitant to come. This is what LeBron tweeted back then on the issue:
Heart of the matter
Here's the tweet that the President made public close to midnight on Friday:
In the process of commenting on Don Lemon, the CNN anchor/reporter who interviewed LeBron, the President takes quite an obvious shot at the 4-time league MVP in the second part of the tweet - "He made Lebron look smart, which isn't easy to do."
Also, was the small b in LeBron's name intentional on the part of the President?
Nobody will ever know. It could have been a mere mistake or could have an attempt to belittle the 3-time NBA Champion.
There's been no interaction between LeBron and the President regarding their disagreements but with the above-mentioned tweet, both have thrown shade at each other. LeBron has been quite vocal about the fact that he believes that the President is using sports to divide their nation rather than unite it.
What's next?
There's been some obvious unhappiness tweeted back at the President by quite popular NBA personalities - reporters and players. Here a couple notable ones right now:
We might have to wait a bit before the King has his say or who knows, he might not even address this issue.
Guess the Lakers players!
