LeBron James Had Brutal Response To Kyrie Irving’s Slight

Four-time NBA champion LeBron James used his appearance on the Road Trippin’ podcast with Richard Jefferson, Channing Frye, and Allie Clifton to offer a response to the most recent Kyrie Irving slight.

Not so long ago, LeBron’s former teammate took a shot at the king all while complimenting Kevin Durant. Irving and Durant will be leading the Brooklyn Nets this season, and he made some really terrible comments. According to Irving, Durant is “the first teammate he has ever had that he trusts to make the end-of-game shot as much as himself.”

“One thing I’ve always been comfortable with, I felt like I was the best option on every team I played for down the stretch,” Irving said on Durant’s new podcast. “This is the first time in my career I’ve looked down and be like, ‘That motherf—er can make that shot too.’ And he’ll probably do it a lot easier.

“It’s not so much deferring, because in past situations where I didn’t take the last shot I felt guilty. I want this game-winning shot, but also you want to trust your teammates. Not that I didn’t trust my teammates, but I felt like I was the best option.”

Well, LeBron was pretty honest on Monday night. He couldn’t just ignore Irving’s comments and act like he didn’t say a thing. Irving and LeBron had great success together, and his attitude actually make us thing that he has yet to get over the situation in Cleveland. Irving didn’t like the fact that LeBron is the ultimate leader of the team. He wanted to be a leader himself which is why he left the team to join the Boston Celtics.

LeBron offers the best response to Kyrie Irving and his slight

LeBron read Irving’s comments carefully before saying a thing. He did his best to help Irving be the MPV of the league. He was really interested in his success. But “it just didn’t align.” Irving and LeBron won a championship and they did that despite all the issues in the locker room. Truth is, LeBron only cared about Irving’s well-being on and off the court.

“I was a little like, ‘Damn.’ Once I got the whole transcript, I was like, ‘Damn,’” the Lakers superstar said. “I wasn’t like, ‘Oh, you trippin’. I’ve hit game-winning shots my whole life.’ I was not like that. I was like, ‘Damn.’ Because … I played with Kyrie for three seasons. The whole time when I was there, I only wanted to see him be a MVP of our league. I only cared about his success. And it just didn’t align. It just didn’t align. And we were able to win a championship. That’s the craziest thing. We were still able to win a championship, and we could never align. But I only cared about his well-being, both on and off the floor.

“And it kind of hurt me a little bit.”