LeBron James slams Phil Jackson for using term 'posse'

[JonLP24]

INDEPENDENCE, Ohio (AP) — LeBron James respected Phil Jackson's unmatched coaching accomplishments. That affection has vanished.

"I've got nothing for him," James said Tuesday.

James fired back at the 11-time coaching champion and current New York Knicks president for using the word "posse" in a recent interview to describe the NBA megastar's business associates. James said he lost all respect for Jackson and his comments underline a larger societal issue for young African-Americans trying to succeed in business.

In the interview, Jackson, 71, said James has always demanded preferential treatment and called his departure from Miami as a free agent a "slap in the face" to the Heat organization. Jackson recalled a time when James asked for the team to stay over in Cleveland while on a road trip, a request that put coach Erik Spoelstra in a bind.

"You can't hold up the whole team because you and your mom and your posse want to spend an extra night in Cleveland," Jackson said in the ESPN interview .
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[ProfessorGAC]

1. Tempest In A Teapot

James and Carter are pretty classy guy, but a guy who was friends with Bill Russel, Wilt Chamberlain, and Walt Frazier is not a bigot.

This is much ado about nothing. They are making about the word. It's about being called out.

Now i don't even know if Jackson's information is correct, and if it's not, then they have a beef. But, this isn't about a word and it isn't about Jackson having a problem with young black men. He's been around them and been friends with them for 50 or 60 years.