LeBron James dropped 21 points in the first half of the Los Angeles Lakers-New Orleans Pelicans In-Season Tournament Semi-Finals in Las Vegas. He’s done everything from try to guard Zion Williamson to rain in three 3s in a row in the second quarter. Doing what he’s doing a couple weeks away from turning 39 years old is unprecedented and yet, Skip Bayless is finding a way to discredit his stellar showcase of offensive brilliance.
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The tweets not only try to go at LeBron and what he’s accomplished but also lead to him setting up the age-old agenda of ‘Michael Jordan is better’. Bayless’s attempt at blackening James’s name while bringing MJ into the mix has led to fans outright calling him out on it.
I give LeBron this: He did keep his team together long enough to outlast everyone and win a Bubble Championship that deserved a cubic zirconia ring, and now he has won a cute little gimmicky November/December tournament in its first year. Impressive.
— Skip Bayless (@RealSkipBayless) December 8, 2023
But of course, LeBron will never pile up enough career accolades to catch Jordan’s 6-0 Finals record with 6 Finals MVPs … not to mention Jordan’s 10 scoring titles to LeBron’s 1 … & Jordan’s DPOY to LBJ’s 0 … & LBJ’s 6 Finals losses (including 2011 meltdown) to MJ’s 0 …
— Skip Bayless (@RealSkipBayless) December 8, 2023
“LeBron is playing so well that Skip Bayless is currently tweeting out MJ’s [Michael Jordan’s] basketball resume,” wrote one fan. Fans in the comments chimed in with agreeance with one even saying, “That’s how you know Bron is hooping.”
LeBron is playing so well that Skip Bayless is currently tweeting out MJ’s basketball resume
— Jason Timpf (@_JasonLT) December 8, 2023
Bron certainly is hooping as he finished with 30 points in under 25 minutes, which is the first time that’s happened in his career, shockingly. This is also his 531st game with 30+ points in his career as the Lakers advance to the In-Season Tournament Finals after beating the Pels 133-89.
Skip Bayless has made a name for himself by discrediting LeBron James
LeBron James has never once acknowledged Skip Bayless by name in his 21 years in the NBA. This is quite the accomplishment considering the fact that Bayless’s career over the past two decades has been predicated on James’s shortcomings.
As seen above, even times when James is at the pinnacle of it all, Skip finds a way to go at him and twist reality in his own favor. For years he’s been pushing the ‘LeBron isn’t clutch’ narrative, a narrative that has been disproven with pure stats.
There was a tiny glimmer of hope this past year when it came to Skip easing his take on LeBron as he showered him with praise after a 43 points performance against the Hornets. However, it seems as though he’s fallen back on his old ways.
Skip Bayless pulling out ALL the stops . He got canceled so bad he said he’s a LeBron fan. pic.twitter.com/dBSYnWvVue
— Polo Kerber (@PoloKerber) January 3, 2023
