A former Cavalier is not on the LeBron team this time.
ESPN analyst Richard Jefferson, who retired, took a liking to several Instagram posts by Juliana Carlos, who gained 15 minutes of fame and the nickname blessed by LeBron James, “Courtside Karen,” after his tough actions during the Hawks-Lakers ’Monday night game. .
“Richard Jefferson is messing with Lebron, liking all the photos of courtside karen on Instagram” the Twitter account @buckets he wrote shortly after the game, accompanied by four screenshots of Jefferson that he liked from Carlos’ photos.
Jefferson, 40, played on eight teams throughout his 18-year career, including the Cavaliers during James’ return to Cleveland. The pair won the NBA championship in 2016 and are close.
Jefferson, perhaps jokingly, did not refute the accusation and even went a step further.
“Do you expect to see him?” “I’m by his side,” he said he wrote in a quote-tweet a few minutes later.
Carlos, who claims to be 25 on social media, was one of four fans expelled Monday from Atlanta’s State Farm Arena after holding a verbal debate with the Lakers star during the fourth quarter. She raised both middle fingers while she was being escorted and posted a video loaded with explanations on Instagram claiming that James was the one who started the fight by cursing her husband, Chris Carlos.
“I have no problem with LeBron,” he said. “I have no hobbies about LeBron. Anyway, I’m thinking about my own business, drinking mine [beverage], having fun. Suddenly, LeBron says something to my husband, and I see him and stand up. And I say, “Don’t talk to my husband.” And he looks at me and says, “Sit down, b – h.” And I say, “Don’t tell me the king calls me ab – h. Sit the fk. Get the fk out of here. Don’t talk like that to my husband like that.”
After the game, James, 36, coined the nickname “Courtside Karen,” which had been tending to Twitter for hours and sparked a flood of #CourtsideKaren memes.
“Karen court was MAD MAD MAD !!” James tweeted after the Lakers ’107-99 victory in which he recorded 21 points, 7 rebounds and 9 assists.
“At the end of the day, I’m glad the fans are back in the building,” James told reporters after the match. “I do not think it was justified to expel him. There was a back and forth between two old men. We said our piece, he said his piece, I said my piece, and then someone else jumped in and said his piece. I didn’t think they should have been kicked out, but maybe they could have had a couple of drinks and probably could have continued and the game would no longer have been about the game. the referees did what they had to do. “
The Lakers go 16-6 this season after Monday’s win and will face the Nuggets (12-8) at the Staples Center on Thursday.