A faction of NBA fans lambast Rachel Nichols for bringing up LeBron James as she interviewed Tim Duncan, ahead of his Hall of Fame induction.
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The Spurs legend is one of the 10 greatest basketball players of all time in most people’s eyes. Timmy D set the standard as probably the best franchise player in league history.
Duncan played 19 seasons in San Antonio, a span during which they never finished below a 60% win percentage. Duncan’s career began with a rookie year when he cracked an All-NBA First Team as a power forward alongside the great David Robinson.
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Through the course of his career, Duncan faced LeBron James thrice in the NBA Finals. There was a clear rivalry between James’s teams and Duncan’s, especially during the mid-2010s when they faced each other in successive Finals.
Their fates are forever intertwined with one another, which is why Rachel Nichols was 100% justified in bringing it up in his Hall of Fame interview. The part being discussed on Twitter comes after the 3:30 mark of the video below.
And yet, there are a few fans who can’t seem to spot the obvious. They’ve chosen to ridicule ESPN, calling this a tactic to subtly push LeBron’s GOAT candidature.
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Fans ridicule Rachel Nichols for ‘inappropriately’ bringing up LeBron James in a Tim Duncan interview
The vitriol is aimed towards both LeBron and Rachel Nichols equally for taking footage away from Tim Duncan in a national TV interview ahead of his Hall of Fame induction.