LeBron James Threatens To Beat Up Heckling Spectator

LeBron James reportedly lost his cool during the fourth quarter of his teams win over Washington when he allegedly threatened to beat up a spectator who had been heckling him.

Bob Moore mentioned a years-old urban legend involving James’s former teammate Delonte West and LeBron mom’s Gloria which led to LeBron firing back at Moore.

Here’s the story according to NBC Washington’s Sarah Kogod’s Twitter timeline:

LeBron was waiting alone in the backcourt when fan Bob Moore made a comment to LeBron about Delonte West and LeBron’s mom…

…Accrding to Moore, LeBron said “The only reason you talk [expletive] is because you know I can’t come off the court right now and beat your ass”…

…Also according to Moore, LeBron continued “But if I had a free pass, I’d kick your ass right now.”…

…Moore replied “I’m right here baby. Let’s go” before security stepped in.

Kogod added:

“It’s not acceptable for ANY athlete to engage a heckling fan in this way.””

I personally disagree with Kogod, if someone’s yelling at me and trying to spread rumors about my family I’m going to shoot back at them. The pathetic part of the exchange is that Bob Moore was too much of a wimp to accept back what LeBron was slinging back at him.

Furthermore I hate attending sporting events where some drunken idiot is screaming at players the entire game, at least when their heckling has nothing to do with the game. If you want to make fun of LeBron’s or any other players lousy performance during a game that’s fine, but don’t be the idiot who’s screaming the entire time about their mom or some other heckle that’s been used a million times.