Every Lakers-Celtics game draws attention, but Friday night’s matchup in TD Garden was under an even bigger spotlight than usual. For one thing, it was the first night back for the LakersR…
Asked after the game about the shoes James said, “If you know me, I don’t really give too many people my energy. He’s definitely someone I wouldn’t give my energy to.”
The superstar said that Kanter was “trying to use my name to create an opportunity for himself,” before stating that he “definitely won’t comment too much on that.” James then said with a smile, “He’s always had a word or two to say [in] my direction. As men, if you got an issue with someone, come up to him…He had an opportunity [to do that] tonight. I seen him in the hallway, he walked right past me.
Kanter is a longtime critic of China, and James is not his only recent target. Earlier in the week, the Boston player went after President Biden for the U.S. leader’s video meeting with China’s Xi. Late last month, less than a week after his team’s games were pulled from Tencent-run streaming platforms in China over Kanter’s criticism of the country’s treatment of Tibetans, the player upped the ante,“Dear @Nike,” tweeted Kanter, “Stop the modern day SLAVERY, now!!!”
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