A radio interview on an Israeli sports talk station between Miami Heat minority owner Raanan Katz and respected international basketball journalist David Pick only fueled the speculation after Pick quoted Katz as saying James "made it clear that he wanted to dump head coach Erik Spoelstra" when he was in Miami. Katz later denied making the claim, telling the Miami Herald "nothing was correct" in the translation of his interview from Hebrew to English, which appeared on Bleacher Report. Furthermore, a Heat spokesman told the South Florida Sun Sentinel on Tuesday that James never attempted to have Spoelstra fired.
When asked about Katz's comments, James said, "I have no idea who that is."
Katz has courtside seats at AmericanAirlines Arena next to the visiting team's bench.
"I've never met that guy," James continued. I don't even know if a lot of guys that actually played ever met him. I was there for four years, and I never met him. I think my relationship with Spo had nothing to do with that. At the end of day, I don't even think ... the fact that I never met him, I don't think he was involved in any of the conversations that goes on with the personnel of the team or the coaching staff or anything. But it's easy to say that at this point. Did he have some type of ... what's his objective? What's his role with the team?"
LeBron is an idiot. He "comes home" to Cleveland to look like a hero but ends up looking like a jackass already. What the is he saying? Exposed.