Fox Sports analyst Skip Bayless finally breaks silence on LeBron James fans labelling him a ‘hater.’ The veteran journalist addressed his obsession with the NBA legend and countered the accusations against him by providing pertinent facts. Bayless took the initiative to dispel the prevalent narrative about him regarding LeBron James in a recent segment of The Skip Bayless Show.
The idea that Skip Bayless is unfair in his judgements on LeBron James is nothing new. In fact, the 70-year-old reporter has garnered a reputation as one of the harshest critics of the 37-year-old superstar. In other words, members of the NBA community have often accused Bayless of distorting facts to create an unfavorable narrative against LeBron James.
However, Bayless decided to tackle the accusations against him head-on. As a matter of fact, he provided some stats and numbers to support his argument.
Skip Bayless fights back against ‘hater’ accusations
Skip Bayless tried to debunk the accusations against him regarding LeBron James. In fact, FS1 analyst talked in detail about a meme sent to him by a LeBron fan which made him laugh.
In this week’s episode, I respond to the claim that I have built my career on tearing down LeBron James. My response is here.
via @SkipBaylessShow:pic.twitter.com/GnBr86pPlw
— Skip Bayless (@RealSkipBayless) July 21, 2022
In other words, the meme accused Bayless of being obsessed with the four-time NBA champion. It supported the accusation by mentioning that Skip had tweeted approximately 50,000 times about King James in his career.
The former Chicago Tribune reporter responded by calling the fan “one of those billions of blind witnesses out there, those LeBron lovers, defenders, lunatics“. Afterwards, he provided some numbers to corroborate his argument.
As it turns out, Bayless has tweeted about 58,600 times using the social media app spanning over 13 years. Therefore, it is highly unlikely that 50,000 of his 58,600 tweets are about LeBron James.
Additionally, Bayless also mentioned that he tweets quite frequently about his favorite NFL team, the Dallas Cowboys, his favorite football player Tom Brady and the San Antonio Spurs. Therefore, the numbers don’t quite add up.
Furthermore, the former ESPN analyst also revealed that his segments on the Cowboys rated much better on TV than any LeBron topics.
LeBron James and the Lakers in the upcoming season
In the middle of his rant, Skip Bayless gave the verdict that LeBron James will never be better than Michael Jordan. However, the 37-year-old superstar will be looking to strengthen his position next reason.
With a new head coach in the building, the Lakers fans are expecting great things from their team this year.
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