The Los Angeles Lakers took revenge on the Boston Celtics on Tuesday night, beating them 117-102 at Crypto.com Arena following a terrible first duel for the purple and gold. LeBron James, Anthony Davis, and Russell Westbrook played great, recording the best collective performance of the season for the trio.
It was a sweet night for the Lakers, including Bron, who had the chance to taunt Enes Kanter Freedom while discussing a foul with the Celtics bench. After their first encounter, LeBron called out Freedom for walking by him and not saying anything, but the Turkish-American player replied by saying it was LeBron who didn’t speak to him at TD Garden.
Last night, the moment was caught on camera, with Kanter being close to LeBron and not saying anything to The King, who debated a prior foul on Dennis Schroder with the rivals.
Enes had an opportunity to say something to LeBron but kept quiet 😅
(h/t @LakersDailyCom ) pic.twitter.com/6kG3YecVLa
— NBACentral (@TheDunkCentral) December 8, 2021
After footage saw the light, NBA fans didn’t hesitate to criticize Enes Kanter Freedom, saying he’s scared of LeBron James. Others, defended the big man, asking if they expect two professional athletes to start discussing politics in the middle of the game.
He’s a coward, only time he gonna say some shit is in an interview or on twitter, won’t say it to Bron’s face
— 🥷🏽 (@LBJcrib) December 8, 2021
He’s scared
— JT (@JTsMVP) December 8, 2021
Lebron chose a time to talk when enes was in a compromised position, what’s enes to do in that situation. For that it shows more about lebron being weak than anything else
— Mathew George (@thekidmg89) December 8, 2021
Lebron chose a time to talk when enes was in a compromised position, what’s enes to do in that situation. For that it shows more about lebron being weak than anything else
— Mathew George (@thekidmg89) December 8, 2021
That’s called posturing.
I hear others call it virtue signaling.
— Dax McCoy (@DaxGotFacts) December 8, 2021
It’s the middle of the game, what y’all expect??
— The Hoop Code (@TheHoopCode) December 8, 2021
Flip side: what does Enid want LeBron to do? Retire, and become US Ambassador to China?
— Joseph T. (@phillyjt3) December 8, 2021
https://twitter.com/RackzNick/status/1468443101719150593https://twitter.com/wolvesplug/status/1468444780824875011
Seems like Enes don’t, could’ve said anything he wanted right there but doesn’t. Weird
— Drew (@drewreed03) December 8, 2021
How do u know he didn't 😂😂😂😂🤦🏾♂️
His mask was on, not 1 person on this thread was on the bench and don't have a clue what was said
— Dre Haynie (@DreHaynie) December 8, 2021
Looked like Bron wanted to know what his problem was and he couldn’t even make eye contact
— 𝓛𝓪𝓴𝓮𝓻𝓼 𝓓𝔂𝓷𝓪𝓼𝓽𝔂 (@LakersDynastyLD) December 8, 2021
Ppl acting like he wanted to fight him 💀. He invited bron to have a sit down discussion sometime, obviously there not gonna argue about human rights in the middle of a third quarter while they’re down 10
— . (@headbvss) December 8, 2021
He called him out publicly on a serious issue and invited to take him to the source but bron has said nothing but disrespectful comments in return.
— NBA King (@nbaking44) December 8, 2021
https://twitter.com/NotAkuien/status/1468441949258625028
Freedom sitting there shakin knowing he’s gonna be playing in Saudi Arabia if he speaks his mind
— miz wiz (@shmizzzzzz) December 8, 2021
It’s the middle of the game so you really think they want to get into a political debate? Lol cmon man this is embarrassing
— Kentucky Sports Talk (@KentuckyZone) December 8, 2021
Yeah mid game is a great time to talk humanity and politics. Farm engagement harder
— Michael (@VivaLaBitcoin) December 8, 2021
He’s literally in the middle of the game? They finna talk politics in the middle of the game?
— dee (@deeeeh187) December 8, 2021
Freedom was scared of the goat. Just sayin
— TSO Tou (@Ninjaz567) December 8, 2021
This debate has earned a lot of attention and criticism for both LeBron and Enes. They have a long-tenured feud and the latter’s words have worsened everything. Now the back and forth has resurfaced, but Kanter hasn’t looked good in the past weeks.
He’s gotten against LeBron, Michael Jordan, Brooklyn Nets’ owner Joe Tsai, and even Jeremy Lin, calling them out for not raising their voices against China due to commercial interests.
Now fans are against Enes given his outspokenness, which got a lot worse after his ‘freeze-out’ moment in front of James, the face of the NBA. The Celtics lost by 15 and he looked bad against his nemesis. It wasn’t a good night for the Turkish player.
