LeBron James has ‘zero appreciation for what he has’: Joe Concha

Washington Examiner columnist Joe Concha slammed basketball legend LeBron James for appearing to continue warming up during the national anthem before the Philadelphia 76ers’ season opener on Tuesday.“Obviously this is completely intentional, he always knows that all cameras are on him, especially in an NBA opener,” Concha said on Fox News’s Fox & Friends First on Friday.The controversy escalated Thursday, when President Donald Trump posted a video of James, bashing him on Truth Social. While other players stood alert and paid attention to the anthem, some bowing their heads, James was notably the only player out of line, standing out as he swung his arms back and forth and imitated shooting free throws. “While listening to our National Anthem, LeBron James disrespects our Country!” Trump wrote. “I said right from the beginning that he’s no good, a TOTAL DISGRACE.”“LeBron James should apologize to all of those Great American Warriors and Heroes who died for the American Flag, and all that our Country stands for!” the president continued.Concha said the “Woke 1” era, the peak cultural progressivism of 2019–20, is no longer a “thing of the past.”“Apparently, they’re back,” he said.“He has zero appreciation for what he has, LeBron James,” Concha added. “In this horrible country, apparently, he became the first NBA player to achieve billionaire status, and if he hates it so much, just like all those WNBA players who continue to thumb their noses at the national anthem, there are plenty of opportunities overseas.”PLAYERS ‘INTENTIONALLY TRYING TO DESTROY’ WNBA AS NATIONAL ANTHEM CONTROVERSY ERUPTS: JOE CONCHAConcha was alluding to another basketball controversy, in which WNBA players from both the Golden State Valkyries and the Atlanta Dream walked off the court before the national anthem was played during two WNBA Finals games on Oct. 17 and 19, respectively.“LeBron James, ultimately, is a cheesy, performative, ‘LeCoward,’” Concha said. “And in the end, as hard as he tries, LeBron’s never going to be Michael Jordan. Live with that, king.”