James spoke of a moment he’d had in the just-completed game at Staples Center, telling TNT’s “Inside the NBA” panel on NBA TV:
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James came under criticism last week from Fox News host Laura Ingraham over James’ profanity-laced opinion of President Donald Trump. Ingraham used the phrase “Shut up and dribble” — a longstanding play, she said, on the title of her 2003 book “Shut up & Dance” — to tell James he has no clue what he’s talking about.
“It would have been the same as telling Jackie Robinson to shut up and slide into home base, or Jesse Owens to shut up and just go triple jump. I can’t do that because of so many people that’s looking up to me and it’s so many that’s going to come after me, so I’ve got to continue down the path.”
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King James made it clear throughout All-Star Weekend (this SN video is one example) he won’t heed Ingraham’s call. The faces he saw Sunday helped remind him why.
