Candace Owens, the political commentator, and some would say anti-Black, anti-Semitic grifter who spreads fascist, divisive rhetoric that functions to divide the working class, is at it again.
Owens, who has built a large following on the far-right for being heavily critical of other Black folks has "the king" in scope.
Owens has been critical of LeBron James for years, but the "Diddy scandal," featuring music mogul Sean Combs — who was recently arrested and charged with sex trafficking among a slew of other salacious details — is the gift that keeps on giving for Owens and her ilk.
However, ex-Laker and first-overall NBA Draft pick Kwame Brown, now a content creator, has also led a tirade against James, who is entering his NBA-record 22nd season and is the NBA's all-time leading scorer and a four-time NBA champion. Nevertheless, Brown is adamant that James should not be mentioned alongside Michael Jordan, who selected Brown during Jordan's stint as vice president of basketball operations for the Wizards in 2001, and who he feels James can't hold a candle to.
"The problem is, when he plays teams like Chicago or Boston, who have real solid principles, he has trouble. And so the old-school players wouldn't have any trouble with LeBron because, at 39, he should have developed a mid-range and a post game, and he still hasn't yet," Brown said in a disrespectful monologue. "He still has the athletic ability to just go 94 feet — which, I don't know how, but he still has it.
"But if he didn't have this athleticism, his game really hasn't evolved outside of a three and putting his head down and going to the basket. He doesn't go like Paul Pierce, getting to a spot, pulling up. Those are the things you normally see out of a superstar player."
Still, it's surreal to see Brown, who champions himself a spokesman of the Black community while constantly bashing Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris, be chummy with Owens, who has perfected this craft.
But, here we are.
"LeBron James been ducking smoke from Candace Owens," Brown, the defiant NBA bust, said in a viral video. "He's been ducking questions from anyone asking him about this Diddy situation."
To which Owens could not wait to exploit in the latest episode of Candace: "I'm not OK with [LeBron's] silence," she said. "We ha ve this former NBA player, Kwame Brown, and he is calling out LeBron James. I think it's fantastic."
In all fairness, James publicly proclaimed there "Ain't no party like a Diddy party" live on Instagram during a chat with Diddy himself.
Yet, half of Hollywood allegedly graced Combs' "Freak-offs" or alternately-themed parties, but Owens and Brown aren't glued to them.
But they aren't James — the 20-time NBA All-Star who some dub the "Greatest of all time" and who signifies Black excellence — who they envy and are paid, in one way or another, to smear.
Todderick Hunt covers Sports and Culture and Recruiting.
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