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Whoops! ESPN calls attention to fake LeBron James response to Anthony Davis
LeBron James has been accused of tampering when it comes to recruiting Anthony Davis to the Lakers but it has never been this blatant, which should have sent off red flags at ESPN.
Unfortunately for ESPN, no such measures where taken and a big mistake was made recently on the network’s airwaves.
If you have missed the news, ESPN reported this week that former Kentucky star and current New Orleans all-star Anthony Davis is requesting a trade to an NBA contender. He has reportedly informed New Orleans that he will not resign with the franchise when given the option to do so. Many suspect Davis plans to join James in Los Angeles and play for the Lakers.
So what exactly happened that made ESPN slip up?
Check out the response to this Anthony Davis Instagram post, under James’ account, “kingjames” which is the second response from the top:
“SHEESH that sweater is fire !!! Ur killin it bro anyway cya laker oops that was a typo I meant cya LAter #striveforgreatness”
The only problem with the response is it isn’t real. It is a photoshop made by Twitter user sreekar. The content of the fake response should have given away that it was fake, but apparently, it did not to ESPN.
Here is sreekar celebrating the fact that ESPN aired the photoshopped image on the show and actually called James out for “giving the middle finger to the NBA” via his response, which was fake.
Ladies and gentlemen…we got him pic.twitter.com/YvyIrfDORW
— sreekar (@sreekyshooter) January 30, 2019
Once ESPN realized its mistake, they called out sreekar as being “some kid with way too much time on his hands,” to which he had the best possible response for the World Wide Leader in Sports:
I'd rather have too much time on my hands so I can take 3 minutes to make a joke on twitter than have such little time on my hands that I don't bother to verify the veracity of a ridiculous instagram screenshot because I'm desperate for content https://t.co/6D03kCTZr6
— sreekar (@sreekyshooter) January 30, 2019
Damn. He just got ESPN twice in a row.
A graduate of the University of Tennessee, Michael Wayne Bratton oversees the news coverage for Saturday Down South. Michael previously worked for FOX Sports and NFL.com