LeBron James won’t play in tonight’s All-Star Game, he announced during a pregame press conference (Twitter video link via Tomer Azarly of ClutchPoints).
“You won’t see anything from me tonight,” he said. “Unfortunately, I will not be in uniform tonight. Still dealing with ankle and foot discomfort.”
James was slated to make his 21st All-Star appearance. He was part of Shaq’s Team in the new four-team mini-tournament format. He won’t be replaced on that team, leaving seven players available on that squad.
James is hopeful that he’ll be able to suit up for the next Lakers game on Wednesday against Charlotte, Dan Woike of the Los Angeles Times tweets. He has missed four regular season games.
Smh he could have stepped out sooner so a player could replace him like Sabonis or Norman Powell…
Yeah typical LeBron being selfish, smh
He knew since he didn’t practice yesterday. Lebron cares about himself only.
Not his job to care about others that don’t care about him.
its the all-star game, the team is literally made up of stars, who cares if one pulls out??
Ant too
This is unlike him. I thought he would want to pad up stats so I can claim he is the best all star ever because he scored the most
Norman Powell is/was there just yesterday for the three points contest. You would think the league would have asked for him to stay in case a replacement was needed. Pay him a days pay. I think of how tennis does it at their year end event. They have two alternates in case of injury so the round robin event goes on. They of course pay those people some agreed upon amount even if not needed. The NBA could always have what they determine are the two highest ranked players that are playing on the weekend in some capacity stay even through the game. Someone could be hurt during the game. After all, each team can possibly play a second game. They should lightly sarm up and be ready in case.
Sabonis robbed bruh smh
Lol
Ant is suppose to be a face of league for American basketball. He don’t give a F about AS games. Last year he was a main no effort guy and now this year no play. Bron should have stepped out earlier he still would have shown up.
Who. Cares. Y’all need to pull your panties out, it’s the ASG not a play in game. The whole weekend is a giant waste of time.
NBA Some-Star Game/Tournament/Whatever is a farce and a waste of time. Just scrap it, give the players a 3-4 day ‘vacation’ because we wouldn’t want guys making 50 million a year overtaxing themselves and move forward.
how can anyone defend this loser? has anyone ever told Lebron “no” ??? The NBA is a joke
Go to bed Kevin.