LeBron James spoke Monday night for the first time about the situation between the NBA and China that escalated really quickly after Rockets GM Daryl Morey tweeted his support for the people of Hong Kong… and it did not go well for LeBron at all.
The face of the NBA said he wasn’t educated enough on the situation to talk about it when the Lakers were in China and that he’s still not educated enough on it even though he’s had a lot of time to try to figure things out.
Here’s what he did have to say:
“We all talk about freedom of speech — yes, we do have freedom of speech. But at times, there are ramifications for the negative that can happen when you’re not thinking about others and you’re only thinking about yourself. I don’t believe — I don’t want to get into a … 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 emotionally, physically and spiritually.”So just be careful with what we tweet and what we say and what we do, even though, yes, we do have freedom of speech. But the can be a lot of negative that comes from that speech.”
That’s not a great look at all for LeBron.
If you need a refresher on this situation, our Chris Korman had a great breakdown of the whole thing last week.
Here’s video of LeBron talking about it Monday night:
LeBron attempted to walk those comments back a bit a little later:
Twitter called out LeBron for that those takes:
