{"id":1711475,"date":"2022-10-26T06:30:12","date_gmt":"2022-10-26T10:30:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1711475"},"modified":"2022-10-26T09:37:18","modified_gmt":"2022-10-26T13:37:18","slug":"lebron-james-plays-the-victim-card-whines-that-the-media-is-trying-to-set-him-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lebron-james-plays-the-victim-card-whines-that-the-media-is-trying-to-set-him-up\/","title":{"rendered":"Lebron James Plays the Victim Card, Whines That the Media Is Trying to \u201cSet\u201d Him \u201cUp\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Flebron-james-plays-the-victim-card-whines-that-the-media-is-trying-to-set-him-up%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1711475&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>LeBron James thinks the media is out to get him.<\/p>\n<p>The Lakers are currently 0-3, and it certainly seems like it\u2019s going to be a very long season in Los Angeles.<\/p>\n<p>Sunday, the Lakers dropped a 106-104 contest to the Trailer Blazers, and an interesting shot selection from Russell Westbrook with 30 seconds remaining and a one-point lead definitely didn\u2019t help the cause.<\/p>\n<p>When asked about, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.outkick.com\/lebron-james-sofia-franklyn-cheating-on-wife-allegations\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">LeBron<\/a> essentially tried to claim the media was setting him up for something.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t know, I feel like this is an interview of trying to set me up to say something. I can tell that you guys are in the whole Russell Westbrook category right now,\u201d James told the media Sunday when asked about the end of the game.<\/p>\n<p>The four-time NBA champion also made it clear he hates losing. So, he hates losing and thinks the media is trying to flame him.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div id=\"g1-fluid-wrapper-counter-1\" class=\"g1-fluid-wrapper\" data-g1-fluid-width=\"662\" data-g1-fluid-height=\"372\">\n<div class=\"g1-fluid-wrapper-inner\">\n\t       [embedded content]\n\t       <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<h2 id=\"h-this-response-wasn-t-necessary-from-lebron-james\">This response wasn\u2019t necessary from LeBron James.<\/h2>\n<p>Generally speaking, it\u2019s the job of the media to get answers, press players on specifics and seek clarification when necessary.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/sports\/lebron-james-gives-harsh-criticism-lakers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Lakers<\/a> had a one-point lead and the ball with 30 seconds left. As you can see in the video, James was not happy with what Westbrook did.<\/p>\n<p>How is asking about that setting him up to say something? All he needs to do is tell the truth. Is there a reason that would be a problem? There\u2019s definitely no need to passively aggressively go after people asking basic questions.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-outkick wp-block-embed-outkick\"><\/figure>\n<p>There\u2019s also an even easier solution to this situation that LeBron James is complaining about. If you don\u2019t allow your body language to be so obviously atrocious, reporters might not notice your displeasure and ask about it.<\/p>\n<p>Instead, LeBron showed visible frustration at what Westbrook did in the final 30 seconds that cost the team the game. When reporters see that, they\u2019re going to ask some questions.<\/p>\n<p>Not difficult to understand.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"730\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/LeBron_James_2-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-425562\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/LeBron_James_2-1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/LeBron_James_2-1-300x214-1.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/LeBron_James_2-1-768x548-1.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/LeBron_James_2-1-561x400-1.jpg 561w, https:\/\/www.outkick.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/LeBron_James_2-1-265x189.jpg 265w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/LeBron_James_2-1-531x379-1.jpg 531w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/LeBron_James_2-1-364x259-1.jpg 364w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/LeBron_James_2-1-728x519-1.jpg 728w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/LeBron_James_2-1-608x433-1.jpg 608w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/LeBron_James_2-1-758x540-1.jpg 758w, https:\/\/www.outkick.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/LeBron_James_2-1-67x48.jpg 67w, https:\/\/www.outkick.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/LeBron_James_2-1-135x96.jpg 135w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/LeBron_James_2-1-600x428-1.jpg 600w\" \/><figcaption>LeBron James accuses the media of trying to set him up after loss to Portland. (Photo by Kevork Djansezian\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Instead of acting like people are out to get him, LeBron James should just answer the questions and move on. It\u2019s shockingly simple to understand.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LeBron James thinks the media is out to get him. The Lakers are currently 0-3, and it certainly seems like it\u2019s going to be a very long season in Los<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1711478,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[547],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1711475","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-bongino-report"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1711475","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1711475"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1711475\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1711478"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1711475"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1711475"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1711475"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}