LeBron James had a choice: go high or go low.
This wasn’t an on-the-court decision, deciding whether to take to the air or lower the shoulder and grind in the paint. The game was already over. The Lakers had evened up their opening-round series against the Blazers.
No, this was about politics. This was about society. This was about his hometown, and James decided that up was the right direction to take.
James was asked in his postgame availability about his hometown of Akron, Ohio, in the context of President Trump’s call for a boycott of Goodyear Tires.