LeBron James very publicly came to the defense of his son Bronny on Monday in a since deleted post and NBA fans and media personalities are roasting him for it.
LeBron took issue with the reporting of Bronny’s future in the NBA, particularly around the NBA Draft.
“Can yall please just let the kid be a kid and enjoy college basketball,” James said in a since-deleted post on X. “The work and results will ultimately do the talking no matter what he decides to do. If y’all don’t know he doesn’t care what a mock draft says, he just WORKS! Earned Not Given!
“And to all the other kids out there striving to be great just keep your head down, blinders on and keep grinding. These Mock Drafts doesn’t matter one bit! I promise you! Only the WORK MATTERS!! Let’s talk REAL BASKETBALL.”
Because of the reaction online, LeBron took the posts down.
In response to LeBron’s deleted tweet, ESPN’s Stephen A Smith called out James on the First Take.
Smith thinks that LeBron has no one to blame but himself for the extra pressure that’s on Bronny.
“This is all his fault,” Smith said. “All of it… When we get to Bronny James, that kid has done nothing but work hard… Any attention that he’s warranted has been because of his daddy. ‘I want to play with my son. I want to stay here until my son gets to the NBA’… When you’re LeBron James, and you’ve put the word out that you want to be with him, you put the word out that you want to play with him, you put the word out that you would be willing to go to any NBA team that picks him up.”
NBA fans were also quick to call out LeBron for his deleted post.
Lebron really deleted that tweet to his 52 million followers, after he forgot he said Bronny could play in the league now over some dudes pic.twitter.com/rjjIOAAKom
— Martin Jones (@BackPackJones) February 27, 2024
Thank god Lebron deleted that dumbass salty tweet about his son ranking lol.
— Yogi (@ElHassanX) February 27, 2024
LMAO LEBRON DELETED THE TWEET pic.twitter.com/kN2GsgCyQP
— rzn³⁰ (@razinnnitt) February 26, 2024
No way LeBron actually deleted a tweet after the reaction lol..
— mike (@BigMiikeMac94) February 26, 2024
Another one of those rare occurrences that I got ride with SAS. I couldn’t believe when I saw that tweet, then saw LeBron had deleted it. He created and cultivated this attention around Bronny. Don’t complain about it now. https://t.co/Ob1rOKXVJ6
— T’Challa at ya boi!! (@hustledetector) February 28, 2024
LeBron deleted that tweet cause he was getting cooked 😭😭
— Fayz (@aeefay) February 26, 2024
Wait Lebron deleted his tweets…rare that you see that out of him.
— Maybe Next Year (@ChillAssDRe) February 27, 2024
Lebron just tweeted this and then DELETED it LMAO. At least he recognized the hypocrisy. He’s so corny man pic.twitter.com/EVcEMyCuIx
— Han Solo (@ChewbaccasBFF24) February 26, 2024
