Los Angeles Lakers ahead LeBron James reacts throughout the first half of an Emirates NBA Cup basketball recreation towards the Utah Jazz, Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2024, in Los Angeles. (AP Photograph/Etienne Laurent)
LOS ANGELES — LeBron James says he’s taking a break from social media.
The NBA’s all-time main scorer and Los Angeles Lakers star posted on X, the platform previously known as Twitter, and Instagram on Wednesday to announce that he’s stepping away from his pages. James has 159 million followers on Instagram, 52.9 million on X.
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James began the farewell by reposting one thing that Wealthy Kleiman, Kevin Durant’s longtime supervisor, posted to X on Oct. 24.
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“We will all acknowledge that sports activities is the final a part of society that universally brings individuals collectively. So why can’t the protection do the identical?” Kleiman wrote that day. “It’s solely click on bait once you say it. When the platform is so massive, you can also make the change and permit us all an escape from actual life negativity. I for one discover all of it a waste of breath.”
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And with that stated I’ll holla at y’all! Getting off social media in the meanwhile. Y’all take care ✌🏾👑
— LeBron James (@KingJames) November 20, 2024
James, on Instagram, posted a screengrab of Kleiman’s submit and added the caption, “Rattling disgrace what it’s come to.” On X, his repost of Kleiman merely stated, “AMEN!!”
Kleiman has posted solely a handful of occasions since his Oct. 24 submit, and evidently, James isn’t planning to submit a lot — or something — till additional discover.
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His announcement got here someday after he stated “everyone on the Web known as me a liar on a regular basis” when he stated he was watching Dalton Knecht’s faculty video games final yr at Tennessee — lengthy earlier than the Lakers drafted the sharpshooting guard.
“And with that stated I’ll holla at y’all! Getting off social media in the meanwhile. Y’all take care,” James posted, adopted by emojis of a hand holding up two fingers — typically symbolizing somebody leaving a spot — and a crown, a nod to his “King James” moniker.
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James, the NBA’s oldest lively participant — he turns 40 subsequent month — is a four-time NBA champion and a three-time Olympic gold medalist, the newest of these coming earlier this yr on the Paris Video games.
The Lakers are 10-4, winners of six straight and subsequent play Thursday at house towards Orlando.
