This NBA season has yielded some pretty significant injuries for superstar players around the league. And with the news that Kawhi Leonard may have suffered a season-ending ACL injury, LeBron James took to Twitter with an “I told you so” message for the NBA.
“They all didn’t wanna listen to me about the start of the season,” James wrote.
“I knew exactly what would happen. I only wanted to protect the well being of the players which ultimately is the PRODUCT & BENEFIT of OUR GAME! These injuries isn’t just ‘PART OF THE GAME’. It’s the lack of PURE RIM REST rest before starting back up. 8, possibly 9 ALL-STARS has missed Playoff games(most in league history). This is the best time of the year for our league and fans but missing a ton of our fav players. It’s insane. If there’s one person that know about the body and how it works all year round it’s ME! I speak for the health of all our players and I hate to see this many injuries this time of the year. Sorry fans wish you guys were seeing all your fav guys right now.”
They all didn’t wanna listen to me about the start of the season. I knew exactly what would happen. I only wanted to protect the well being of the players which ultimately is the PRODUCT & BENEFIT of OUR GAME! These injuries isn’t just “PART OF THE GAME”. It’s the lack of PURE
— LeBron James (@KingJames) June 16, 2021
works all year round it’s ME! I speak for the health of all our players and I hate to see this many injuries this time of the year. Sorry fans wish you guys were seeing all your fav guys right now. 🙏🏾👑
— LeBron James (@KingJames) June 16, 2021
After LeBron and the Los Angeles Lakers won an NBA title in the bubble last season, The King was openly outspoken against the quick turnaround to the start of the 2020-21 season. While 10 games less than the usual 82, this year’s schedule was condensed into an almost packed 72-game slate.
Fans and analysts from around the league took to Twitter to react to James’ confrontational message to the NBA.
Needless to say, there were some mixed responses.
Spoken like the true ambassador of the league that he is. https://t.co/vwuEJh0Bqk
— tayö (@tayoshi2) June 16, 2021
It’s almost like the @NBA should listen to the face of the league sometimes! https://t.co/wMMb9JTSxF
— Pavan Peketi (@PKPCreative) June 16, 2021
Friend, a lot of us non-NBA executives had your same concerns. All these developments are unfortunate but unsurprising. Decision-makers let this happen. https://t.co/TzGvvpWPdS
— refiloeseiboko (@GoldenHoops_) June 16, 2021
Lol, Kawhi practically rested every other game during the season. This is such a silly argument. https://t.co/7k9tgbQQq1
— Daniel Fox (@DanielFox85) June 16, 2021
Bron saw the Chris Paul and Kawhi news and was really like, “hmm… how can I make this about ME?” https://t.co/Vh287nlGl4
— Andris Biedrins (@TheFakeBiedrins) June 16, 2021
Oh please! What about 2 years ago when Klay, Durant, and Boogie all had soft tissue tears in the finals? What about when Kawhi landed on Zaza in the 2017 WCF? What did that have to do with? Maybe Harden should have showed up to training camp instead of ghosting his teammates? https://t.co/58yhKBILQD
— Joseph Sutton (@Joe_Sutt) June 16, 2021
People may hate or dislike as a player but you gotta respect this man and how much of a leader he is for his peers. Dude called it, NBA ignored. https://t.co/IJDpcQMwtp
— Daniel 🇲🇽 (@RiveraDaniel_95) June 16, 2021
We just going to ignore the $$$ side of this? The players would have lost a ton of money as well as the owners. Both agreed to it. Stop crying!!! https://t.co/vOmKns3OdZ
— Michael Obi (@FatsDominobi) June 16, 2021
Whether you agree with LeBron on this issue or not, there’s no denying that this year’s playoffs features some pretty notable injury issues. Out of the teams still remaining in the postseason, stars like Kawhi, Chris Paul, Donovan Mitchell, Joel Embiid and Mike Conley are all battling through injury issues.
James also clearly has some personal stock in this issue. The Lakers’ playoff run was cut short this year largely due to injury issues with both him and his superstar teammate Anthony Davis.
Hopefully this year’s NBA postseason can come to an end without any more serious injuries.
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