A Fed Up LeBron James Angrily Responds To Golden State Rumor, Calls It A ‘Non-Story’ But Doesn’t Really Deny It

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Two days ago, ESPN writer Chris B. Haynes dropped a bomb on the NBA world when he said that LeBron James was willing to listen to an offer from the Golden State Warriors.

Via ESPN

– If the Golden State Warriors can create a max salary slot this offseason, the defending NBA champions could position themselves to secure a meeting with LeBron James, league sources told ESPN.

Out of respect for the Warriors’ winning culture, James would listen if Golden State explored ways to clear the necessary cap space, sources said.

Today, a fed up LeBron James spoke to the media about the ESPN story and angrily fired shots at the media for asking him about what team he’s going to next season but didn’t really deny that “a conversation” took place.

The Golden State conversation is a non-story. All other conversations are a non-story. My focus right now is on this team and trying to figure out how we can get back to a fourth NBA finals and compete for a championship. Everything else if it’s not about this team, if you want to ask me about this team I can answer it good bad or ugly but please don’t ask me about no other team unless we’re competing against them the next night. Don’t ask me about being on other team cause it’s unfair to my teammates here

LeBron doesn’t really flat-out deny that a conversation took place but clearly doesn’t want to talk about it with the media. There’s a theory going around that LeBron’s camp is leaking all these stories to put pressure on the Cavs and Dan Gilbert to make moves before the trade deadline. Maybe someone in LeBron’s team slipped and said something he shouldn’t have said to Chris Haynes. While LeBron doesn’t want the media to talk about where he’s going next season it’s the the only that’s going to be on anyone’s mind until July rolls around.

h/t BSO