{"id":19339,"date":"2022-07-19T17:34:42","date_gmt":"2022-07-19T17:34:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/lebron-james-comments-on-brittney-griner-celtics-fans\/"},"modified":"2022-07-19T17:34:42","modified_gmt":"2022-07-19T17:34:42","slug":"lebron-james-comments-on-brittney-griner-celtics-fans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/lebron-james-comments-on-brittney-griner-celtics-fans\/","title":{"rendered":"LeBron James comments on Brittney Griner, Celtics fans"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The first step is always the hardest because people hate admitting their faults, especially in a place like America where denial is a part of this country’s DNA.<\/p>\n

Some recent comments from LeBron James have caused quite a stir across the country \u2014 and in New England \u2014 as he shared his thoughts on what Brittney Griner might be thinking as she’s still detained in Russia, and how he feels about fans in Boston on the latest episode of The Shop<\/em><\/span>.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI was trying to imagine it and it’s hard for me to even put myself into what she’s going through. Like she’s such a great human being. A great person. Obviously, I’ve been in her presence a few times. You always feel like, you know, if you’re from a certain place, you always feel like they’ve got your back. And, in a sense, now, how could she feel like America has her back? I would be feeling like, ‘Do I even want to go back to America?’ If I’ve been gone for over 130 days. And I felt like it’s been zero effort.\u201d<\/p>\n

On Boston (Celtics) fans when asked, \u201cWhy do you hate Boston?\u201d:<\/p>\n

\u201cBecause they racist as f*ck, that’s why. They will say anything, and it’s fine. I mean, f * ck, it’s my wife, she’s been dealing with them her whole life. I don’t mind it. I hear it, if I hear someone close by, I check them real quick. I move onto the game, whatever the f*ck. They going to say whatever the f*ck they want to say. They might throw something, I got a beer thrown on me leaving a game.\u201d<\/p>\n

Let’s talk about the Brittney Griner thing first, as it led some to feel that the comment may have come off as \u201cun-American.\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cMy comments on ‘The Shop’ regarding Brittney Griner wasn’t knocking our beautiful country,\u201d James wrote on social media<\/a><\/span> as the clip gained attention. \u201cI was simply saying how she’s probably feeling emotionally along with so many other emotions, thoughts, etc inside that cage she’s been in for over 100+ days! Long story short #BringHerHome.\u201d Funny enough, it was Griner’s own coach with the Phoenix Mercury who recently asked, \u201cIf it was LeBron, he’d be home, right?\u201d<\/p>\n