LeBron James becoming a part-time owner of the Boston Red Sox sure sparked a lot of reactions around the league, especially from people in the city. James’ history with them is anything but great knowing the big rivalry between the Celtics and the four-time NBA champion.
Ever since his first stint with the Cleveland Cavaliers, LeBron and Boston created a big rivalry that lasts until today. In fact, it has increased since the King is playing for the Lakers, the biggest rivals of the C’s.
Knowing all of that, James becoming a part-owner of the Sox was a complete shock for a lot of people but this is business and he didn’t miss the chance to expand his portfolio.
One NBA fan took to Twitter to try to guess the reaction of Bill Simmons, an avid Boston sports fan.
“LeBron owns the Celtics and the Red Sox… I know Bill Simmons puked when that news hit,” @bansky wrote.
https://twitter.com/bansky/status/1371905317064343564
That caught a lot of attention and fans replied to the tweet, some mocking Simmons and others just praising Bron for his off-court moves.
If a team was worth 3 billion and you owned just 1% that’s 30 million so you do the math…
— WMjR™👑 (@WMjR23) March 16, 2021
He owns like 2%
— Zak Mallal (@zakmallal) March 17, 2021
No just an owner he actually doesnt make the decisions just influences them
— King Jaymes👑 (@Almighty__KingJ) March 17, 2021
He also owns space in Skip Bayless’ head
— MAGA Sucks (@mizzoubrian) March 17, 2021
As a Raptors fan, I can confirm.
— Halfwaytodead (@Halfwaytodead) March 17, 2021
Lebron beat the Celtics single handedly in 2018. Its thanks to lebrin the celtics havent even saw the finals since what 2010? Nah the reason lebron left is because he moved on to a better situation
— King Jaymes👑 (@Almighty__KingJ) March 17, 2021
Com on man he is getting paid he don't care who payin.
— Thomas Horan (@ThomasH65787368) March 17, 2021
https://twitter.com/Tititomi21/status/1372250990129381376
Hopefully
— Toilet Paper is Innefective (@UPoopedYurPants) March 16, 2021
James has stated that he wants to own an NBA franchise in the future. He’s making the right steps to do so, but in the meantime, he’ll start learning about these things with the Red Sox, one of the best and most famous teams in MLB.
