LeBron James and Skip Bayless‘ tumultuous relationship has taken a new turn for the worse. The most recent of the NBA analyst’s charges against the four-time champion is deceit. The Los Angeles Lakers star has drawn criticism from the 72-year-old for misleading supporters into thinking he is the best player of all time, which has caused some consternation in the NBA.
By saying that James joined Team USA in order to deceive the audience, the expert sparked controversy on The Skip Bayless Show. He thought the 20-time All-Star’s sole goal was to beat Michael Jordan’s record for Olympic gold medals by winning with a team that was already the tournament favorite. According to Bayless, it would give supporters even more reason to think James is the finest :
“LeBron James will seize upon every single opportunity to blind you into thinking he is the greatest basketball player who ever lived… He is leaping aboard the most deeply talented Team USA ever… So that he can ‘lead’ the prohibited favorite to gold, which would give him one more gold medal than Michael Jordan won and would give the billions of blind witnesses bogus reason to say, ‘See, he is the GOAT’”.
Is Skip Bayless right about LeBron James?
It wouldn’t be absurd to say that Team USA preferred having James on the roster to the other way around in the midst of these questionable assertions. After the country’s embarrassing elimination from the 2023 FIBA World Cup, they set out to put up a squad that included many stars for these Olympics. Thus, the arrival of the Akron-born player and his endorsement as the team’s leader were essential in assembling this group.
To further support Bayless’ argument, James did show a strong desire to assume this position. Nevertheless, the four-time MVP has fulfilled these obligations ever since.
He was instrumental, for example, in assisting management with the roster assembly. Furthermore, King James led by example during the most recent exhibition games, winning the supporters’ trust.
However, Bayless made a conscious decision to disregard these elements in his assertions. Rather, he conjectured a hidden agenda for James, which brought Jordan into the scene in a way never seen before. This demonstrated the hypocrisy of the NBA analyst’s charges as he persisted in trying to undermine the Lakers star.
