Recently, Skip talked about James' decision on his channel "The Skip Bayless Show".

He said: "I just can't understand it, LeBron. This is so outrageous. Even by some of the standards you set for yourself, this is so low. It just feels sad to me that you've gotten to this point because of what the Lakers did to you, and now I keep hearing about you having this injury and that, and now you have a neurological issue. I don't know, it's just a bunch of hypocritical bullshit. I really can't handle it. You know, this is nonsense."

"You are just throwing a tantrum. You are a 40-year-old man, and you have always been like this. In my opinion, you still play like a child every time you stand on the basketball court, but you behave in a childish way. diva). "

"You won't be playing in the preseason. You sit out the preseason. Okay, we get it. You're essentially saying, 'I'm going to literally take my basketball and go home. ’ This is what you’re doing now. You are simply declaring, ‘I will not participate. I won't - I won't give because you give me nothing. You are not renewing my contract. You don't show me any respect. You no longer give me the slightest respect. So, by sulking and being awkward Come for revenge. I'm going to level with you, I'm going to say, there's a little discomfort here, there's a little groin problem, there's discomfort here and there. I can't, I won't play any preseason games. ’”

“You have to show them that you have one foot in the door and one foot out. I guess that carries over into the actual season, the regular season, those games that count. I think your playing time is going to plummet - trying to save yourself for the only way to preserve your pride, which is to go back home to Cleveland or go to New York. "