{"id":557630,"date":"2021-06-08T21:21:47","date_gmt":"2021-06-09T01:21:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=557630"},"modified":"2021-06-08T21:21:49","modified_gmt":"2021-06-09T01:21:49","slug":"lebron-james-is-the-most-hated-player-in-the-nba-according-to-new-study","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lebron-james-is-the-most-hated-player-in-the-nba-according-to-new-study\/","title":{"rendered":"LeBron James Is The Most Hated Player In The NBA, According To New Study"},"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\">28<\/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-is-the-most-hated-player-in-the-nba-according-to-new-study%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=557630&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--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1233262740-950x800-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p><span>LeBron James is arguably the best basketball player in the world, but that doesn\u2019t mean he\u2019s well liked.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>According to a study by <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/sports\/study-concludes-lebron-james-is-overwhelmingly-the-most-hated-player-in-the-nba\/\"><span>Sports Insider,<\/span><\/a><span>\u00a0the 17-time All-Star is the most hated player in the NBA. The study used negative mentions of NBA players on Twitter in order to come up with the \u201cmost hated players in the NBA.\u201d According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/sports\/study-concludes-lebron-james-is-overwhelmingly-the-most-hated-player-in-the-nba\/\">Mediate<\/a>, over 70,000 tweets and hashtags were used in the study \u2014 including phrases such as \u201cI hate LeBron\u201d and \u201cLeBron sucks\u201d \u2014 along with other negative tweets, and James was found to be the most hated player in 24 states.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"7.03125\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Most Hated NBA Player in Each State <\/p>\n<p>(Via Sports Insider) <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/A8G5HkJCdG\">pic.twitter.com\/A8G5HkJCdG<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NBA Central (@TheNBACentral) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheNBACentral\/status\/1402295035434094592?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 8, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>Some of those states include Pennsylvania, Indiana, Michigan, South Carolina, and Oregon. Kyrie Irving, James Harden, Kevin Durant, Russell Westbrook, and Paul George rounded out the list.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The results of the study should not be a surprise \u2014 not only is James considered the face of the NBA, he\u2019s also become a polarizing figure.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Not one to \u201cstick to sports,\u201d James has consistently injected himself into politics over the past several years, using his platform to advocate for social justice.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Most recently, James found himself in hot water after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/lebron-james-is-doing-the-nba-and-its-players-a-disservice\">commenting<\/a> on the Ma\u2019Khia Bryant shooting in Columbus, Ohio. Just hours after Derek Chauvin was convicted on all charges in the death of George Floyd, Bryant was shot and killed by a police officer <\/span><span>while reportedly attempting to stab another black woman during a heated altercation.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>James \u2014 before waiting for the facts to emerge in the case \u2014 sent out a now-deleted tweet with a picture of the officer with \u201cYOU\u2019RE NEXT\u201d as the caption. James was widely criticized for the tweet, but has never apologized for doxxing the police officer.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Irving \u2014 the second most hated NBA player according to the study \u2014 also is not afraid to get involved in topics outside of sports. Recently, Irving inserted himself into the conversation surrounding the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cI\u2019m not going to lie to you guys, a lot of stuff is going on in this world, and basketball is just not the most important thing to me right now,\u201d Irving <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/kyrie-irving-not-focused-on-basketball-turns-his-focus-to-israeli-palestinian-conflict\"><span>told<\/span><\/a><span> reporters. \u201cThere\u2019s a lot of stuff going on overseas. All my people are still in bondage across the world, and there\u2019s a lot of dehumanization going on.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Irving also made waves in past weeks as he commented on race relations between fans and NBA players. Before his return to TD Garden in Boston \u2014 where he played for two years \u2014 Irving told reporters he hoped there wouldn\u2019t be any \u201csubtle racism\u201d from the hostile crowd.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cI am just looking forward to competing with my teammates and hopefully, we can just keep it strictly basketball; there\u2019s no belligerence or racism going on \u2014 subtle racism,\u201d Irving <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/kyrie-irving-hopes-there-isnt-any-subtle-racism-in-his-return-to-boston\"><span>said<\/span><\/a><span>. \u201cPeople yelling sh** from the crowd, but even if it is, it\u2019s part of the nature of the game and we\u2019re just going to focus on what we can control.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The survey did not track positive tweets in its study.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <a class=\"in-cell-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">member<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LeBron James is arguably the best basketball player in the world, but that doesn\u2019t mean he\u2019s well liked.\u00a0According to a study by Sports Insider,\u00a0the 17-time All-Star is the most hated &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2279700,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1233262740-950x800-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"LeBron James Is The Most Hated Player In The NBA, According To New Study","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-557630","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1233262740-950x800-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"LeBron James Is The Most Hated Player In The NBA, According To New Study","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/557630","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=557630"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/557630\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2279700"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=557630"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=557630"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=557630"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}