LeBron James celebrates NBA scoring record with vulgar live speech

On Tuesday night, LeBron James celebrated making NBA history by dropping the F-bomb live and in front of fans after losing to the Oklahoma City Thunder.

James’ Los Angeles Lakers lost their home game to the Thunder in overtime. But during the shootout, he became the NBA’s all-time leading scorer.

The 38-year-old surpassed Kareem Abdul-Jabbar to take home the record by finishing the game with a score of 38,390.

James marked the moment after the game with a not very elegant speech.

“I want to say thank you to the loyal Lakers, you guys are one of a kind,” James said. “Being able to be in the presence of a legend and a great man like Karim means so much to me.”

Abdul-Jabbar was present as the record he had held for four decades was broken.

“It’s very humiliating,” James said. — Please give Cap a standing ovation.

He continued his speech, which was broadcast live on TNT.

And in the NBA, in [commissioner] Adam Silver, to the late, great David Stern, I thank you guys for letting me be a part of what I have always dreamed of, and I have never, never in a million years dreamed of it even better than what was in fact. tonight,” he said.

ATTENTION! The following video contains language that some viewers may find offensive.

LeBron’s speech after passing Kareem pic.twitter.com/4beojjgLk7

— Lakers all day every day (@LADEig) February 8, 2023

The self-proclaimed “woke up” player, who is in his 20th season, concluded his brief comments with, “So, fuck, dude. Thank you guys.”

James has been criticized for how he handled the historic moment.

Call me a hypocrite, but the luster of the moment was lost when LeBron dropped the F-bomb on national TV and all my kids (and I’m sure millions of others) were watching. Just don’t.

— Keric Seegmiller (@KericSeegmiller) February 8, 2023

LeBron just lost a fan by saying F Bomb on national TV. Show some respect @KingJames. This language is not suitable for “King”

— ∞ (@nicknbagenda) February 8, 2023

Wow big moment and LeBron James drops a classless F-bomb… SMH

— Phil (@philbo2011) February 8, 2023

James finished with another great statistic sheet and, in this case, a record that is unlikely to be broken anytime soon. He scored 38 points after shooting 13-20 and 4-6 from behind the arc.

But like many of James’ great performances in recent seasons, his team was still losing 133-130.

This article originally appeared in The Western Journal.

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