Officials Hold Back LeBron James After Fan Taunts Him Over ‘Receding Hairline’
Officials reprimanded LeBron James of the Los Angeles Lakers during a game against the Los Angeles Clippers this week.
The incident took place on Tuesday night when the 38-year old was walking towards the locker room during halftime at Crypto.com Arena.
“Hey Bron! Hey Bron!” James was shouted at by the man. “You better get this s*** together! With that receding-ass hairline!”
“Look, he mad! Look at him!” The man laughed and shouted. “You sick!”
James stopped, confronted the man and appeared ready for engagement, but security held him back, preventing the situation from getting worse.
The Clippers defeated the Lakers by 133 to115.
LeBron James was taunted about his hairline and had to be reprimanded.
— Ian Miles Cheong (@stillgray) January 26, 2023
James got a couple of fans tossed from his team’s overtime win against the Indiana Pacers back in November 2021 after serving a one-game suspension for punching a player in the face.
CBS News reported at that time that James was confused because there was no incident.
“It’s not entirely clear what got LeBron upset,” CBS Sports reported. “There was no obvious incident like throwing an object or coming on the court, so you’d have to guess that one of the fans said something.”
James grabbed He led the officials to the people he claimed were acting out. Video of the incident captured moments before appeared to show one of the two people waving their arms in James’ direction. A few seconds later, James can be seen reaching for an official’s arm and leading him to the seats of the fans. He then shouts at the people in question. “It’s right f***ing here!”
They were quickly taken out of the game.
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LeBron in dismay at some fans courtside, Indiana pic.twitter.com/1Ud3B69G1E
— Action Network (@ActionNetworkHQ) November 25, 2021
James was asked after-game what made the fans tick. “uncomfortable” During the game.
“I mean nothing is uncomfortable for me, but there’s a difference between cheering on your home faithful, booing opponents and things of that nature or not wanting your opponents to be successful, and there’s then moments where it goes outside the line with obscene gestures and words that shouldn’t be tolerated in our game from nobody,” James replied. “I would never say it to a fan and a fan should never say it to a player.”
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