“I am not in favor of this policy or any policy that divides and excludes people. I stand with the many, many Americans who believe this does not represent what the United States is all about. And we should continue to speak out about it”. This is what LeBron James said back in 2017 in criticism of President Donald Trump’s immigration ban on Muslims. Along with Stephen Curry and Steve Kerr, the 4x NBA champion continued to remain one of the most vocal critics of the Republican president during the latter’s first term.
Therefore, it is only more surprising and unusual that the NBA star did not speak out on the recent LA Protests against the current Trump administration’s stance on deporting immigrants, and other policies. Even though he has not spoken yet, LeBron’s name made it to a different protest, and not in the way you would think.
‘Playoff Sports’ CEO and co-founder Jake Samuel recently highlighted a picture from the Los Angeles ‘No Kings’ Protests that took place on Saturday. One of the people at the event had a sign made up that said, “THERE IS ONLY ONE KING IN THIS COUNTRY & HIS NAME IS LEBRON”. Woah!
This was, of course, an obvious reference to the ‘King James’ moniker that LeBron has been holding since his high school days. A local sportswriter in Ohio felt that a then-young LeBron reportedly had the skill set and potential that was worthy of comparison with those of Michael Jordan and Magic Johnson. Since then, the player has only continued proving why the ‘King’ term should not be removed from his list of names.
At the Los Angeles protests. pic.twitter.com/dEuZfudXbw
— Jake (@playoffjake) June 14, 2025
Trump hosted a military parade in DC to mark the US Army’s 250th Anniversary on Saturday. However, for many of his non-supporters, the fact that Trump’s 79th birthday was also falling on the same day was an alleged sign that the President was holding the military parade, costing taxpayers about $25 to $45 million, in HIS honor. This led to several ‘No Kings’ protests launching throughout America, taking place in populous cities like San Francisco, Buffalo, Atlanta, Louisville, etc.
For people in LA, if they had to call someone King, why not LeBron? Furthermore, given the player’s previous comments on the President, and Trump taking them personally, using the Lakers star on the protest poster was one way of getting the message to #47.
That poster, however, would also question again why LeBron James has not spoken out on the protests yet. Was his criticism limited only to the previous Trump administration? Well, LeBron’s wife and son are not among those people asking this question. Rather, they are the ones who are commemorating an important day with him.
This is a developing story.
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