In the wake of the shooting of Jacob Blake by a cop in Wisconsin, LeBron James was one of many players who took part in boycotting of playoff games on Wednesday.
Colby Covington is not impressed by this sign of protest.
The top welterweight contender recently took to Twitter and directly attacked the Los Angeles Lakers superstar by telling him to try being a cop to see how easy it is compared to be a basketball player.
“Oh wow, you postponed your games?! Wanna prove you’re really about change? Quit your multi million dollar jobs and soft privileged lives playing a kids game, take a massive pay cut and perform the toughest job in America. Become cops!!!! @NBA @MLB @KingJames”
On social media, NBA star LeBron James corrected the NBA for labelling the delayed games as “postponed”, instead he said the event had been “boycotted” in reaction to police brutality.
This isn’t the first time Colby Covington has taken issue with LeBron James’ public statements. In 2019, he called the Los Angeles Lakers star out for his comments relating to the pro-democracy protests in China.
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While James is unlikely to respond to this comment from Covington — UFC welterweight champion Kamaru Usman was more than happy to chime in.
