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CINCINNATI The owner of a Cincinnati bar says he won’t show another NBA game until Los Angles Lakers star LeBron James is “expelled” from the league.
Linne’s Pub in Delhi Township made the statement in a Facebook post on Wednesday, the same day the four-time NBA champion was criticized for posting a tweet that has been accused of inciting violence against the Columbus police officer involved in the shooting death of 16-year-old Ma’Khia Bryant.
“If anyone wants to watch an NBA game, don’t come to Linnie’s Pub,” the post read. “We will not air them until LeBron James has been expelled from the NBA.”
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LeBron James clapped back at an Ohio bar owner who refuses to show his NBA games because he is too politically active.
Jay Linneman, the owner of the Linne’s Pub in Cincinnati, wrote that he is sick of King James speaking out and wants the Los Angeles Lakers superstar expelled from the league indefinitely.
“If anyone wants to watch an NBA game, don’t come to Linnie’s Pub,” Linneman penned on Facebook, according to MSN. “We will not air them until Lebron James has been expelled from the NBA.” Linneman added that NBA players “just need to play the game and that’s it” and that “their opinion[s] don’t really matter.”
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The owner of an Ohio bar announced last week that he would immediately stop showing NBA games inside his establishment until NBA superstar LeBron James is expelled from basketball.
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James incited controversy last week when he tweeted, and then deleted, a picture of a Columbus police officer involved in the incident that resulted in the death of 16-year-old Ma Khia Bryant. YOUR E NEXT #accountability, James said.
The basketball legend faced immediate backlash for suggesting police were wrong to defend the girl involved in the altercation with Bryant. Multiple video angles of the scuffle have surfaced showing the girl likely would have become a stabbing victim had police not acted. Video shows that Bryant was armed with a knife when she was shot by police.
LeBron James Responds After Ohio Bar Bans NBA Games Until He s Expelled
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LeBron James Responds After Ohio Bar Bans NBA Games Until He s Expelled
Space Jam 2 star LeBron James had something to say after a Cincinnati bar owner banned all NBA games unless the L.A. Laker is expelled.
Amid a recent boycott of Space Jam 2 due to a controversial tweet by LeBron James, an Ohio bar has made headlines after banning NBA games from the establishment completely until King James is expelled from the league. Catching wind of the ban, James has since offered a direct response on Twitter.