LeBron James says he is taking a break from social media.
The NBA’s all-time main scorer and Los Angeles Lakers star posted Wednesday on X, the platform previously known as Twitter, and Instagram to announce he’s stepping away from its pages. James has 159 million followers on Instagram, 52.9 million on X.
James started the farewell by reposting one thing that Kevin Durant’s longtime supervisor Rich Kleiman posted on X on Oct. 24.
James, on Instagram, posted a screenshot of Kleiman’s publish and added the caption: “It’s a disgrace what we have come to.” On X, his repost of Kleiman simply said: “AMEN!!”
Kleiman has solely posted a handful of occasions since his Oct. 24 publish, and James evidently would not plan on posting a lot — or something — till additional discover.
His announcement got here a day after he mentioned “everybody on the Internet all the time known as me a liar” when he mentioned he was watching Dalton Knecht’s faculty video games final yr at Tennessee — lengthy earlier than the Lakers drafted the taking pictures guard .
“And with that mentioned, I’ll say whats up! We’ll be leaving social media for now. Everyone take care,” James posted, adopted by an emoji of a hand holding up two fingers, which frequently symbolizes somebody leaving a spot – and a crown , a nod to his nickname “King James”.
James, the NBA’s oldest lively participant – he turns 40 subsequent month – is a four-time NBA champion and three-time Olympic gold medalist, the newest of these coming earlier this yr on the Paris Games .
The Lakers are 10-4, winners of six straight video games and can play at dwelling towards Orlando on Thursday.
Associated Press reporting.
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