Skip Bayless Calls Out LeBron James During Kings Matchup, Claims Lakers Have ‘No Real Competitive Fire’

As we’ve seen him do before as well, Skip Bayless was live commentating on X (formerly “Twitter”) during the Los Angeles Lakers-Sacramento Kings clash. With the Kings holding onto to a comfortable lead and looking like the favorites to clinch a win, Bayless has made full use of the opportunity to mock LeBron James and criticize Darvin Ham’s boys for a subpar performance.

Skip Bayless didn’t show any mercy to the Los Angeles Lakers for their 130-120 loss against the Sacramento Kings on 6^th March and has been reiterating himself tonight as well.

The UNDISPUTED analyst had a field day after LeBron James recorded 0 points in the first quarter. Keeping aside the snarky comments that the 72-year-old made, he does make a good point. With Austin Reaves being the one to carry the offensive load of the team, the LA side has found themselves in a soup, trailing at halftime.

Come on, King. Kings still have your number, which was 0 points in the first quarter. Austin Reaves (13) can do only so much.

— Skip Bayless (@RealSkipBayless) March 14, 2024

LeBron is … just … not … into it.

— Skip Bayless (@RealSkipBayless) March 14, 2024

Bayless also called out the Purple & Gold for not being as motivated as De’Aaron Fox and co. to grab a victory.

Once again, the Kings just want it more than the Lakers. I’m just not seeing real competitive fire from AD or LeBron … and DLo has gone up in smoke.

— Skip Bayless (@RealSkipBayless) March 14, 2024

The Lakers came out of the halftime locker room like they were on the way to the bus.

— Skip Bayless (@RealSkipBayless) March 14, 2024

Following a few more tweets, mocking the King for being unproductive, Bayless highlighted the Lakers’ awful record against the Kings in the past few years. Apart from their only win on 7^th January 2023, the Lakers have lost each of their remaining seven games since 12^th January 2022.

The Kings still rule the King. This will make 8 of the last 9. You’d think at some point he’d say, “Enough.” Nope. Not yet.

— Skip Bayless (@RealSkipBayless) March 14, 2024

With the Kings expected to win tonight’s contest as well, they will not only clinch the regular season series 4-0 but will have also improved their record to 8-1 against LeBron James and co. in the past 9 meetings, as per StatMuse.

Considering that there is a good chance that Mike Brown’s team meets them in the postseason, the Lakers’ abysmal performance against the Kings is absolutely concerning. Without a doubt, if the two Californian teams face in the playoff, it’ll be the Sacramento side who will be favored to clinch the series win.