Lakers’ LeBron James responds to Zlatan Ibrahimovic: ‘I’ll never stick to sport’

LeBron James returned to Zlatan Ibrahimovic on Friday after the soccer star was quoted as saying James and other famous people should stay out of politics.

“There’s no way I’m sticking to the sport,” James told reporters after the Lakers won the Trail Blazers in Los Angeles. “Because I understand how this platform – how powerful my voice is.”

James has said he “preaches” on “inequality, social injustice, racism (and) the systematic suppression of voters.”

James was also proud that Renee Montgomery became part owner of the WNBA’s Atlanta Dream earlier today. He said to ask him what would have happened “if I shut up and dribbled.”

James said in January that he was interested in forming a group to buy the franchise and evict co-owner Kelly Loeffler. The Dream Players campaigned against Loeffler in the 2020 election cycle because of Loeffler’s positions as a United States Senator. Loeffler, a Republican, lost a second round of elections on January 5 to Democratic challenger Raphael Warnock.

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Ibrahimovic basically told James and other famous people to stay in their halls.

“[James] is phenomenal at what he does, but I don’t like when people have some sort of status, they’re going to be in politics at the same time, ”AC Milan stands out. says Discovery + in Sweden. “Do what you’re good at. Do the category you do. I play soccer because I’m the best at soccer.

“I don’t play politics. If I were a political politician, I would be playing politics. That’s the first mistake people make when they get famous and gain some status. Stay out. Make it. just what you do. better because it doesn’t look right. “

James, who is part-owner of Premier League giant Liverpool, tried to turn things around Ibrahimovic by referring to the forward’s claim several years ago that he himself was the target of racism in his Sweden native.

“Funny he said because I believe in, like in 2018 he was the same guy who said when he was back in Sweden talking about the same thing because his last name wasn’t not a certain last name that he felt like there was racism going on when he was on the pitch Is that true? He said that, right? Yeah. I thought he had say that.

“I speak with a very educated mind. I’m not really the go-to type because I’m doing my homework.

James’ memories were slightly out of place. Ibrahimovic told a French interviewer in 2018 that the Swedish media practiced “latent racism” in their coverage of him because “they do not accept that I am Ibrahimovic”.

“If another player made the same mistakes as me, they would defend him. When it’s me, they don’t defend me. But that’s OK, that’s what made me stronger,” Ibrahimovic said. .

“I’m talking about racism. I’m not saying it’s assertive racism, but latent racism. That’s all, I’m sure. If my name was Svensson or Andersson, or if I was blonde, they would defend me even if I robbed a bank, ”he added.

Goal material has been used in this report.