Today, Skip talked about James on his podcast "The Skip Bayless Show".
Skip: "Do you still remember the "Decision 1" live broadcast that created sports history? It was the first time in the history of professional sports that a superstar announced his transfer through a global live broadcast. His words "I will bring my talents to the South Coast" were so shocking. I was Supporters of this decision, although the public relations management was a mess, had to admit that this move was of epoch-making significance, and his choice did bring success
"But the last thing he should do in the twilight years of his career is to sell such iconic moments to Hennessy for advertising at a low price! He actually wore the same plaid shirt to reenact the 'Decision 1' scene. This operation made me denounced at the time. Lakers fans had every reason to be angry - when everyone thought it was a retirement declaration, the ticket price went up. Now some fans are even suing him for more than 800 US dollars in ticket price, because in fact this is not LeBron's farewell season at all. As a Lakers player, he doesn't know where to go now. I'm afraid even he is confused, but he did make this 'Decision 2' full of gambling.
"He is so hungry for attention now, because all the news headlines are occupied by 'Luka, Luka, Luka', and every report is talking about how Luka takes over the Lakers. This is Luka's team, Luka's era, Luka is the embodiment of the Los Angeles Lakers, and for the first time in his career, LeBron He was defeated in the off-court game that he was good at. This 'King' who always suppressed everyone with his strong skills and relied on his huge influence to control the situation off the court, finally failed.
"He has always been the king of controlling the off-season. He always gets what he wants by making troubles, and all teams obey him. But now, instead of pleasing him, the Lakers management forced him to swallow...please forgive my wording, this bad breath, LeBron is now in a mess, so he made this extremely stupid decision to sensationalize by cheaply imitating the 'Decision 1' of the year.
"Even I was fooled! That night I also speculated that he was definitely going to announce his retirement. What happened? If he really did that, it would be quite smart, at least it was a decent choice, but now he is parodying his own lines like that? 'I will bring my talent to...'? This is really cheap LeBron! This is completely beneath your dignity!"
source:CN 7M