LeBron James Called out for ‘Shutting Up & Dribbling’

Clay Travis is not a fan of LeBron James and he even called him out. The Outkick founder attacked the four-time NBA champion once again. His most recent attack happened on Monday.

Travis took exception to King James not speaking against China. He said that LeBron’s business interests took priority over “the right thing.” He discussed LeBron’s moves on his Periscope show on Monday. According to Travis, LeBron is “shutting up and dribbling” for China.

“The worst among of these players, I believe, is LeBron James because the profit-based decision-making of his choices is so readily apparent,” Travis said. “LeBron is shutting up and dribbling for China, while refusing to do so in the United States, and even worse, saying he won’t ever shut up and dribble. But he’s doing just that for China so that Space Jam 2 is allowed to be on in Beijing theaters. Because if LeBron James came out and said, ‘I’m opposed to genocide. I support democracy in China. I support freedom of religion and freedom of speech,’ China would pull his movie out of theaters and his Nikes out of stores. That would cost LeBron James money.

“The big lie LeBron James is selling is that he’s in some way the person who is brave and honest, when in reality, he’s doing whatever makes him the most money. He’s a hypocrite.”

LeBron James has already been called out before

LeBron and the league received an unhealthy dose of criticism for the China comments. This happened after Daryl Morey’s support for Hong Kong protesters.

“I don’t want to get into a word or sentence feud with Daryl Morey, but I believe he wasn’t educated on the situation at hand, and he spoke, and so many people could have been harmed, not only financially, but physically. Emotionally. Spiritually. So just be careful what we tweet and what we say, and what we do. Even though yes, we do have freedom of speech, but there can be a lot of negative that comes with that too.”

LeBron once said he won’t just shut up and dribble over important topics. The king of basketball did his best to make a change on and off the court. LeBron uses his platform to make a change and raise awareness. We all know that LeBron created “More Than a Vote.” It’s a nonprofit organization devoted to giving African-Americans the right to vote. LeBron founded “I Promise School” in Akron, Ohio, to help at-risk students get proper education.

This didn’t stop critics. LeBron got involved in a war of words with AC Milan star Zlatan Ibrahimovic. According to him, LeBron made a mistake by discussing “politics.”