Posted on 04/02/2026 2:16:29 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
There’s been growing discourse in recent weeks over the Memphis Grizzlies and whether the team should flat-out leave the city. Lending his voice to the conversation is LeBron James, who made it clear that he has no love for the West Tennessee city.
During a recent golf outing with the Bob Does Sports YouTube channel, LeBron was asked if he’d consider playing for the Grizzlies in the twilight of his NBA career. But the four-time NBA champion dismissed the idea, declaring that he has no interest in playing in Memphis year-round.
“I’m (expletive) 41 years of age. You think I want to do (expletive) in Memphis on a random Thursday? I’m not the first guy in the NBA to talk about this. You guys got to move the team… go over to Nashville already.”
LeBron joked that the only way he ever would have played in Memphis is if he had been drafted by them in 2003. Though even then, he joked that he might have simply refused to play rather than play for the Grizzlies.
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Large black man with skill no one should care about.
That’s the CCP money talking.
Life in the Urban ‘Rat Utopia of Memphis is grisly?
Lower the curtain down in Memphis...
apparently running your mouth is the most valued skill in the world.
Apparently? You didn’t know that?
Remember this: If you can’t dazzle them with brilliance baffle them with bullsh-t.
Why people pay good money to watch coked up wife beaters play basketball is beyond me.
Yeah, Memphis is no fun anymore since President Trump sent the Task Force in and cleaned it up.
Memphis should only be visited during the day.
I don't get it either. I don't even watch on television. It still has its followers though.
Go get some barbecue.
I hear that Memphis has plenty of good Bar-B-Q.
👍😂
I bet the Grizzlies move once their contract is up in ‘28 or ‘29.
Memphis to Nashville is a no-brainer.
I think that LeBron will be very popular in Memphis.
Joe Jackson - Memphis
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pfvi8CEsrxA
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