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LeBron James no longer follows Rachel Nichols and it may have been because of her recent comments about Bronny James.
Earlier this week, before the NBA draft, Nichols went on “Undisputed” and gave honest opinions about Bronny’s future in the NBA.
According to Nichols, she does not see Bronny ever becoming a star in the league.
“Will he ever be a star? I don’t think so, it does not seem so, just his size and some of the other things about the way he plays ,I don’t think he’s a future star player…The thing is numer 55 is not such a high value pick…my second round picks theory, people throw them around like singles at a strip club because there’s so many of them and they don’t mean that much”
.@Rachel__Nichols breaks down Bronny James’ potential and NBA ceiling: pic.twitter.com/0sjfj1enbl
— UNDISPUTED (@undisputed) June 25, 2024
Days after Nichols’ comments, NBA Twitter tracker NBA Alerts revealed that LeBron had unfollowed Nichols on Twitter.
👀 LeBron James (KingJames) is no longer following @Rachel__Nichols
— NBA Alerts (@theNBAalert) June 27, 2024
Fans immediately criticized LeBron for unfollowing Nichols.
“Is Lebron going to unfollow every TV basketball personality every time they give an honest opinion about him and his son?!” said one fan.
“Knew it broke Bron’s heart to see one of his most reliable agenda-pushers over the years dare to speak objectively about his son’s situation” commented another fan.
It’ll be interesting to if LeBron gives Nichols the cold shoulder when she covers the Lakers next season.