{"id":1531072,"date":"2022-09-28T10:40:13","date_gmt":"2022-09-28T14:40:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/?p=1531072"},"modified":"2022-09-28T10:41:40","modified_gmt":"2022-09-28T14:41:40","slug":"lebron-james-doubles-down-on-his-hatred-for-boston","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/news\/lebron-james-doubles-down-on-his-hatred-for-boston\/","title":{"rendered":"LeBron James Doubles Down on His Hatred for Boston"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

It's not likely LeBron James<\/a> will get a warm welcome from Boston Celtics fans<\/a> this year. In July, the Los Angeles Lakers star called out Boston for being “racist as f***.”<\/a> Earlier this week during media day, he had Boston on his mind once again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

James, coming off a rough season where he played just 56 games and saw his Lakers miss the playoffs, is ready to try and right the ship. Boston, meanwhile, is looking to return to the NBA Finals after falling to the Golden State Warriors in six games last year. Whether or not James was just trying to hype up the rivalry on Monday, he once again didn't have kind words for Boston.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

LeBron James had some unkind words for Boston this summer<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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LeBron James of the Los Angeles Lakers speaks with the media during Los Angeles Lakers media day at UCLA Health Training Center on September 26, 2022, in El Segundo, California. | Ronald Martinez\/Getty Images.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

James can play basketball. There's no argument there. It's when he opens his mouth that things get a little dicey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This summer, he labeled the entire city of Boston as “racist as f***” during an episode on The Shop<\/em>. James isn't new to having to backtrack on some of his comments or delete tweets, and this is probably one he should've taken back. On\u00a0The Shop,<\/a><\/em>\u00a0James was asked why he hated Boston.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBecause they racist as f***, that\u2019s why,\u201d he said. \u201cThey will say anything, and it\u2019s fine. I mean, f***, it\u2019s my life. Been dealing with them my whole life. I don\u2019t mind it. I hear it. If I hear someone close by, I check them real quick. I move on to the game, whatever the f***. They going to say whatever the f*** they want to say. They might throw something, I got a beer thrown on me leaving a game.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It's a far cry from what he said in 2017.<\/a> Back then, Baltimore Orioles outfielder Adam Jones said he was the target of racial comments while playing at Fenway Park in Boston. Reporters asked James about Jones' situation in May 2017.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a delicate situation. Racism, we know, exists,\u201d said James, per Boston.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI\u2019ve heard a couple athletes say that you expect that when you go to Boston. For me, I\u2019ve been to Boston, and I\u2019ve played in Boston a lot. I just try to have tunnel vision when I play. I can\u2019t recall ever hearing something that was racism toward me.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

James: ‘I still hate Boston'<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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LeBron James...not a Boston guy. #Celtics<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/czZHSwD2r5<\/a><\/p>— Adam Kaufman (@AdamMKaufman) September 28, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote>