Talking Turkey: LeBron James Jokes that Intense Exchange That Landed Him and Ime Udoka with a Technical Foul was about Thanksgiving

James and Udoka Twitter
James and Udoka Twitter

Over the weekend Nia Long started trending after a video clip showed Los Angeles Lakers’ player LeBron James getting into a heated exchange with her ex Ime Udoka, according to the Bleacher Report.

Houston Rockets head coach Udoka, 46, and James, 38, minced words during a matchup on Saturday, where the Lakers ultimately secured the win. Cameras caught a moment where the two locked eyes and applied pressure.

The tense instance resulted in Udoka getting ejected after his second technical foul. And James was issued a technical for his role in the dust-up.

While what was said between the two remains a closely guarded conversation, a reporter got James to address – and joke – about the ordeal.

“Speaking of techs, what were you and Ime talking about?” LeBron: “Thanksgiving. How much we enjoyed Thanksgiving.” “It looked very friendly.” LeBron: “Yeah, it was.”

Sports commentator Stephen A. Smith took issue with the coach ejecting Udoka and charging technical fouls.

“Let them talk,” he said.

On the opposite end of the spectrum Undisputed commentator Richard Sherman took issue with Udoka confronting LeBron.

“You ain’t tough,” he said about the Houston Rockets coach.

Another fan on Twitter posted what appeared to be audio of the argument between Udoka and James with Udoka appearing to tell James to tell Lakers players to “stop crying like b*tches.”

Udoka learned that day, don’t start none, won’t be none.

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