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LeBron James Opens Up! The Lakers only play the Pacers in Indianapolis once a season and superstar LeBron James took the opportunity to speak with ESPN's Pat McAfee who is based in Indy before beating the Pacers with a last second tip in. (By the way it was weird how Vegas got that game exactly right with Lakers -1. And the Lakers won by 1 at the buzzer, but I digress).
James talked about a lot of topics including his relationships with Michael Jordan and the late Kobe Bryant. He talked about knowing when to retire. And James discussed his sons and his recent run in with another ESPN host, Stephen A. Smith.
LEBRON JAMES OPENS UP
James James Opens Up: He said his relationship with MJ is in a good place and it could get better once his career is over. Jordan is the player that James has been compared to the most during his career. He also said there was respectful competitive tension between Kobe and himself. But once Kobe retired and James became a Laker the relationship became great. Speaking of retiring, James said he will know when it's time. Until then, he keeps producing at a high level.
He also had a lot to say about his court side dust up with Stephen A. Smith three weeks ago where he told the loud mouth firehose to stop with the personal attacks on his son and team mate Bronny James. He criticized Smith for blabbing about their conversation the next day on TV. He called it a "Taylor Swift tour run." James says Smith still does not get the point of this confrontation and accuses Smith of soaking in all the attention he is getting from the confrontation.
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