The Lakers’ LeBron James responded to Zlatan Ibrahimovic: ‘There’s no way I’ll ever be away from the game’

LeBron James on Friday quoted the football star in Zlatan Ibrahimovic as saying that James and other famous people should stay out of politics.

After the Lakers’ win over the Trail Blazers in Los Angeles, James said, “There’s no way I’ll ever stay away from the game.” “Because I understand how powerful this stage – my voice.”

James said he preaches “about inequality, social injustice, racism (and) systematic voter suppression”. “

James also made Renee Montgomery proud to be a part of the WNBA’s Atlanta Dream on day one. He asked her what would happen if “I would have shut up and just dribbled.”

James said in January that he was interested in forming a group to buy the franchise and to exclude co-owner Kelly Loeffler. Dream players campaigned against Loeffer in the 2020 election cycle because of Loeffler’s stance as a US senator. Loeffler, a Republican, lost a runoff election Jan. 5 to Democratic challenger Rafael Warnock.

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Ibrahimovic essentially told James and the others who gain fame to be in his lane.

“[James] What he is doing is unprecedented, but I don’t like when people have some kind of situation, they do politics at the same time, “AC Milan standout Told Discovery + in Sweden. “Do what you are good at. The category you work. I play football because I am the best at playing football.

“I don’t do politics. If I were a political politician, I would have done politics. This is the first mistake people make when they become famous and they are in a certain position. Stay away from it Just do what you do best because it doesn’t feel good. “

James, who is a part-owner of Premier League giant Liverpool, tried to turn the tables on Ibrahimovic several years ago citing the striker’s claim that he was a target of racism in his native Sweden.

“It’s ridiculous that he said that because I believe, like, 2018 was the same guy who said that when he was coming back to Sweden he was talking about the same thing because his last name was a certain last name.” Not what he felt was racism. He was walking when he was out on the pitch. Right? He said okay? Yes. I thought he said that.

“I speak with a very educated mind. I am like the wrong person because I do my homework.

James’s memory was slightly off. Ibrahimovic told a French interviewer in 2018 that Swedish media practiced “latent racism” in their coverage because “they do not accept me as being Ibrahimovic.”

He said, “If any other player makes mistakes like me, then they will defend it.” When it is me, they do not defend me. But it’s okay, it makes me stronger, “Ibrahimovic said.

“I am talking about casteism. I am not saying that it is racism, but latent racism. This is it, I’m sure. If my name was Svensson or Andersson, or if I was a blonde, they would have defended me, even if I robbed the bank, ”he said.

In this report material derived from the target was used.