Lebron James pushed back against the National Basketball Association's newest proposal that could bar fans from attending games in an effort to prevent further spread of the coronavirus.
The organization released a memo on Friday to all of its 30 teams that they were weighing the possibility of playing games in empty arenas, which James flatly rejected when speaking to reporters Friday night at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. "We play games without the fans?" James asked a reporter who described the memo. "That's impossible. I ain't playing if I ain't got the fans in the crowd. That's who I play for."
James added: "If I show up to an arena and there ain't no fans in there, I ain't playing. They can do what they want to do."
- GLORY HOG! - ATTENTION STARVED! - CARES MORE FOR HIS EGO THAN SAFTY OF AMERICANS! - CHINA ORDERED HIM NOT TO PLAY...
You know how the saying goes. Better to get the coronavirus together than to play basketball alone.
Ya f the fans watching at home & massive tv contracts that bring in Major revenue. Lolololol facts are hard. China on Line 1 queen James
That's who I play for🏀
Boy. He needed tot hunk that one through a bit more.
Let him go play in China..:*
They can see it from the TV LeBron. I'd rather play in an empty stadium for a while knowing my fans are safe, then have them come and risk getting sick.
This dude is a mf cornball. Pro China, pro corona virus, pro man child. He is good at basketball tho. His brain may actually be a basketball
Give us free streaming nba and we may have a deal in works!
'I'... Selfish.
As much as I like LeBron as a Laker, it's his job to play.
I respect what he stands for but that would mean holding off the games for quite a while.
Does he have a brain?
corona is really that serious