After the Los Angeles Lakers‘ win over the Portland Trail Blazers on Nov. 30, LeBron James reversed the roles on the media. During the post-game press conference, James took control. He called out what he considered to be a “double standard” on what reporters asked his opinion on.

The double standard James addressed is the dismissal of an old photo of Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones, verses the media frenzy surrounding Booklyn Nets player Kyrie Irving.

@SpectrumSN shared a clip of the 37-year-old player calling the media to the carpet.

“I got one question for you guys before you guys leave,” James began.

“I was thinking when I was on my way over here, I was wondering why I haven’t gotten a question from you guys about the Jerry Jones photo. But when the Kyrie thing was going on, you guys were quick to ask us questions about that.”

As a reporter attempted to cut in, James asked him to “hold on” so he could continue.

“When I watch Kyrie talk and he says, ‘I know who I am.’ But I want to keep the same energy when we’re talking about my people and the things that we’ve been through.”

He continued, “And the Jerry Jones photo is one of those moments that our people — Black people — have been through in America.”

“And I feel like, as a Black man, as a Black athlete, as someone with power and a platform, when we do something wrong or something that people don’t agree with, it’s on every single tabloid, every single news coverage, on the bottom ticker, it’s asked about every single day,” the NBA megastar stated.

James calmly continued, “But it seems like, to me, the whole Jerry Jones situation, photo — and I know it was years and years ago and we all make mistakes, I get it — but it seems like it’s just been buried under, like, ‘Oh, it happened, OK, we just move on.”

“And I’m kinda disappointed I haven’t received that question from you guys,” James concluded.

James quickly made his exit after ending his statement, saying, “Appreciate it.”

Blavity followed and reported on the controversial happenings surrounding Irving.

The Nets player was suspended earlier this season after he tweeted a link to the movie Hebrews to Negroes: Wake Up Black America!

The film was criticized as antisemitic. Irving was condemned and seen as problematic for refusing to apologize.

James expressed his feelings about the scrutiny after Irving apologized.

The image James discussed shows Jones included in a mob of white teens outside of North Little Rock High School that was harassing six Black students as they attempted to enter the school.

Jones was 14 years old in the photo.

The photo was used in the Black Out series by The Washington Post. It was included in an article, by David Maraniss and Sally Jenkins, revolving around the longtime owner’s lack of effort to change race relations in the NFL.

Jones told USA Today he “didn’t know at the time the monumental event that was going on” and that he was there as a “curious kid.”

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