LeBron, LeBron, LeBron. You’re a legend. Kids and adults love you. So much so, they’ll drop about $200 for a pair of shoes to put under the ol’ Christmas tree.

LeBron was on fire this week and sounded off on HBO’s “The Shop”:

In the NFL they got a bunch of old white men owning teams and they got that slave mentality. And it’s like, ‘This is my team. You do what the f— I tell y’all to do. Or we get rid of y’all … I’m so appreciative in our league of our commissioner [Adam Silver]. He doesn’t mind us having … a real feeling and to be able to express that. It doesn’t even matter if Adam agrees with what we are saying, he at least wants to hear us out. As long as we are doing it in a very educational, non-violent way, then he’s absolutely okay with it.

The difference between the NBA and the NFL, the NBA is what we believe he [a player] can be. The potential. In the NFL, it’s like what can you do for me this Sunday, or this Monday or this Thursday, and if you ain’t it, we moving on.”-LeBron James

He then took to Instagram and posted a video to include himself rapping along to the lyrics of 21 Savage:

“We been gettin’ that Jewish money, everything is Kosher (On God) Bought myself a ‘Ventador and bought my b*tch a Roadster (Straight up) Drive my Lambo to the store, I’ma wave with my doors.”-21 Savage

Hmm. Just exactly what has “King James” been able to purchase with his “kosher, Jewish” money? Take a gander:

Two mansions to choose from in the Los Angeles area alone. A $154 million dollar contract over the next four years from the NBA alone (excluding endorsements). Personal chefs, trainers. All Kosher. Right down to his Rolex and Gucci sweatshirt collection.

Some publications think LeBron is dead-on. The messiah of the hoops has spoken. Yeah, the NFL is exactly like a slave plantation. Ask former Seahawk now Philadelphia Eagles defensive lineman Michael Bennett. Ask (another former Seahawk), San Francisco 49ers cornerback, Richard Sherman. Ask (current Seahawk), receiver, Doug Baldwin. Slavery, I tell you! Richard Sherman received a deal worth $39 million plus incentives, including a $5 million signing bonus when he signed with the 49ers. Doug Baldwin’s four-year contract extension with the Seahawks was worth $46 million, with $24.25 million guaranteed. Sure, I guess the NFL salaries are paltry, slave labor when compared to LeBron’s $35 million annual NBA take-home pay. Let’s go with that.

All of the kids working in the factories in China where his Nike shoes are made completely agree with his outrage.

— Napoleon Dolemite (@NDolemite) December 23, 2018

Just goes to show that being the greatest in the world at one thing (basketball) has nothing to do with being great at something else (social commentary).

— Kevin Walker (@kmwalker33) December 23, 2018

Outrage. Slavery. Oppression at its worst. Don’t you feel for these guys? LeBron is a puppet and takes that “kosher money” from Jewish NBA team owners. Nothing says “slavery” like getting paid millions of dollars a year to shoot hoops. You know what, LeBron? I’ve had a few old, white, grumpy guys who were my bosses in the day. You’re right. The boss tells you what to do and if he has workers who choose not to comply, the door is not too far away. This is not slavery in modern-day America. This is called employment at-will. There are no shackles or chains holding you or your NFL buddies down. You all have a contract and in this contract, you have clauses of what is expected of you as a representative of your team and as a professional. It’s a give-and-take and judging from the amount you and your fellow athletes are taking, we’d say it’s more than fair!

You know what’s unfair, though? The concept that there are kids in inner-cities who look up to you all and race-baiting still remains the priority. Want to free them from shackles? Quit the divisive rhetoric and complaining about your current circumstances and try to help these kids and their families to break free from the grips of government assistance and financial struggle. Teach them athleticism, sportsmanship, drive and heart and how not to be a victim of one’s own circumstances. Teach them to not over-extend themselves (including refraining from purchasing your latest Nike designs that could set their parents back a few hundred bucks). Then again, we’re asking this of a person who let his own mother take out a $50,000-dollar loan so he could drive around in an H2 during his senior year of high school.

Apparently, we missed the history lesson where slaves got paid anything. And as far as “kosher, Jewish money” is concerned, I’m sure a wealthy Jewish sports team owner or entrepreneur can tell LeBron a few stories about his ancestors on the topic of slavery circa World War II. Stay tuned for the next episode of Oppressed Slaves: The Priveleged Elite Athlete Version. Drive your Lambo to the store, wave with your doors, LeBron.

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