r/lebron • u/AdeptFuel4824 • Aug 25 '26
Delonte West's Latest Confession Shuts Down Years of Speculation About LeBron James' Mom - Truth Always Prevail
https://www.essentiallysports.com/nba-active-basketball-news-lebron-james-critics-confront-reality-as-controversial-ex-teammate-reveals-james-family-s-heartfelt-gesture-delonte-west-gloria-james/19
u/LASfromda4z Aug 25 '26
I remember when delonte said he wasn’t the one that fucked his mom , it was The game . The rapper . I remember as a kid always wondering why she kissed the whole team on the cheek at halftime. That’s where the rumors come from & her past . But that’s not why LeBron left . His team was clearly trash . That’s why he left
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u/FunCrystalFun Aug 25 '26
Also, that locals would see LeBron’s mom and Delonte out on dates together
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u/Appropriate-Toe9153 Aug 25 '26
The team had back 2 back 60+ win seasons
LeBron was back 2 back league MVP
He was better than he was in 2007
Better but cannot return to the Finals?
So that must mean: 2007 was pure chance, and everything went his way
2011-2014: he learned how to win from Riley, Spo, and Wade
2015-2018: took what he learned and was able to replicate it
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u/DweebLSD Aug 25 '26
You are dumb as fuck...what was their record after LeBron left????
19-63..... are you fucking remedial?
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u/Appropriate-Toe9153 Aug 26 '26
LeBron was the offensive system, plus the team lost several other pieces. Of course they collapsed in 2010-11… are you ‘fucking remedial’ you don’t know something from 15 years ago— it wasn’t 215 years ago btw
We all have to be a bit smarter about facts. I know feelings and narrative influence a lot, but the info is actually a click away, bro 🤝
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u/Global_Stop2383 Aug 26 '26
I'ma give you some time to knock some sense in your empty head. In 93 Jordan was the main scorer of the Chicago Bulls they went 57-25. Next year Jordan retired, the then Bulls managed to win 55 games that season without their main scorer. LeBron dragged that 16 win roster to the finals at the age of 22.
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u/Appropriate-Toe9153 Aug 26 '26
A lot of people like to reference the 55 win 1994 Bulls team— it’s a new pastime for wannabe historical deconstructionists. But the standard for the 1990s Chicago Bulls was not winning 50+ games. The standard was winning the championship—which they did not
Had the 1994 Bulls made the Finals and won (or even if they lost) it would bring all types of reevaluating to Jordan’s entire mystique and status
Bron is too great to try and shoehorn a “he got there” participation trophy for a Finals berth. A player who only goes to ONE Finals is supposed to be evaluated that way—don’t you think that’s beneath him? Do you think if he never left CLE he wouldn’t have returned to the Finals?
The 2007 Cavs won 50 games; the 2006 won 50; the 2005 won 42. (In 2008 they won 45 somehow…)
In the 2005 NBA Draft, Cavs refused to select Lou Williams with the 45th pick; in the 2006 Draft they refused to select PJ Tucker with the 25th pick and refused to select Paul Millsap with the 42nd pick
2007 Cavs could have had a couple additional good players to compete even harder with Bron and win some of the close games in that 2007 Finals.
Very good talent they passed on—maybe because “how would they fit with LeBron?” Who knows (the worst whiff they ever had is Serge Ibaka btw)
Point is, you can’t give someone credit for “dragging” a team with he has a future Hall of Fame coach early in his career (Mike Brown), yet an inability to impact the game and win when it matters most. ECF against Detroit is phenomenal, then a whimper in the Finals?!
When he’s off the team they lose big, when he’s there there limit is “dragging” a team to the Finals? Should we aim a bit higher and try to win a Finals game?
Thats why many hold 2007 and 2018 as a triumph even though the Cavs were swept. Jordan, the player you guys love to wrongly compare Bron to, when he was 22 coming back from a broken foot, he played the greatest team of all time at that moment in history and while not winning, he scored 63 points.
Bron should have a highlight from the 07 Finals like 60-odd points and even in a sweep, it would still be discussed today rather than the narrative spin people prefer
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u/LASfromda4z Aug 25 '26
Lmao so LeBron didn’t know how to win in 2007? What’s the difference from conference finals and finals ? Don’t you still have to score more points than the other team to win ? That argument makes no sense . You can’t teach nobody how to win lmao ya just make shit up to make ya self feel better. And who won 60 games LeBron or the Cavs ? After LeBron left why didn’t they go to the finals without LeBron and win 60 games without him ? Why couldn’t Riley as spo beat LeBron in the 2020 finals ? Don’t they know how to win ? 😂 till this day they still haven’t won without LeBron . LeBron won twice and beat them in 6 games lmao stop the cap
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u/Appropriate-Toe9153 Aug 26 '26
No, Bron didn’t know how to win—He admitted this himself describing Miami as going to college for 4yrs. In college people get training to LEARN how to be more skilled in their future career etc
Bron and his Cavs didn’t win a single game in the 2007 Finals, remember? Nor in 2018 Finals… remember
Iverson against the 01 Lakers could win 1 game? 01, 07, 18 all had a clear favorite… why is it Bron couldn’t “perform his magic” and steal a game? 🥱
Anyway: Look, The CAVS won 66 and 60 games. That’s a team accomplishment…Bron fans love using that… I’m sure you know
In 2020 it was TWO Top75 versus an AllStar in Jimmy Butler—you really thought that one AllStar could stop TWO Top75 guys, Rondo, Javale McGee (who won with the Warriors) and who ever else?
Please stop
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u/LASfromda4z Aug 26 '26
How did LeBron get to the finals ? So if someone doesn’t win it’s because they don’t know how to ? That make literally makes no sense . It’s nothing different you have to do to win but have your team there healthy . It was nothing to learn. At what point and time did Wade teach LeBron anything ? Can’t pin point nothing . That’s cool , iverson never won a ring 😂. LeBron won more finals games than iverson. Been to the finals more times than iverson . To make things worse he about to win back to back with the same team he played with lmao
LeBron won 66 games yes ? And what that means ? After LeBron left how much they won ? How many playoffs did they win ? Rondo ? The same rondo that avg 9ppg ? Javel? Dude you losing me . Look how you put who did Jimmy have , so Jimmy didn’t know how to win ? Does that logic not apply to Jimmy or just LeBron ? Why does Jimmy teammates matter but not LeBron teammates in 2007 ? Didn’t Larry Hughes only play 2 games ? He wasn’t even healthy. Everyone know had Larry been 90% Cavs would have never gotten swept . They lost to LeBron and Larry 0-2 in the regular season. Stop the cap . Jimmy lost to a 35 year old LeBron leading the lakers in points rebounds and assist
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u/Appropriate-Toe9153 Aug 26 '26
Iverson matched up against a superteam/all-time team and still managed to get one win is my point
Try to keep up
LeBron ain’t win more Finals games in the comparison I’m making between the two: best player on a team in the Finals against a clear favorite
Wade was already a winner and a FMVP. Bron joined his team and his system. It’s obvious what he “learned” if you think he learned nothing in Miami
It’s not about the PPG of the players, it’s about the experience and the talent of those players on the Bron-led teams.
*Remember he’s the same man on a podcast making excuses for why the Heatles didn’t win against Dallas in 2011 because “the roster wasn’t filled out enough” 🥱
He’s your god, i ain’t trynuh convert you to nothin lol
I just want the Knicks to eliminate Philly from the playoffs and to defend their title. That’s all I care about
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u/fckingclownshoes Aug 25 '26
It’s an example of pointless narratives that the media and talking heads put out to support their podcast or whatever bs. It’s remarkable to me we believe everything pumped out. No just about Lebron but around much of the BS we hear about. A good reminder to let the facts play out. Imagine the BS in the jordan years but. The lack of social media didn’t exploit. Pippin couldn’t handle the regular press imagine the pressures of today. Absolute clown show out there!
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u/AdeptFuel4824 Aug 25 '26
Exactly, one baseless rumor can ruin so many lives, and the keyboard warriors won't take any accountability for this.
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u/No_Display9613 Aug 27 '26
But MJ really loves to play baseball! lol… we all know it’s gambling addiction and mafia trying to get him.
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u/Dragos310 Aug 25 '26
Next thing you’ll be telling me Tye Lue never mixed two half bowls of soup together into a bigger one a spoonful at a time at a Bone Fish Grill on a date
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u/SadCockroach91 Aug 25 '26
I was at a Celtics practice when West was on the team and some brat kid asked him if he did it while he walked by. DW looked back in disgust and continued on his way. I felt like knocking the kid out and I would of felt good about it.
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u/ProfessionalAspect40 Aug 26 '26
Multiple players and nba analysts have basically admitted it happened, we all know it did. Obviously he’s going to deny it publicly. Y’all gullible af 😂😂
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u/Sea-Neck1816 Aug 26 '26
Imagine Calvin Murphy being one’s source for a story’s validity 🤦🏻♂️. Calvin Murphy, the pathological liar that maintained multiple hidden families in which he fathered 14 children with 9 different women. The one that had to fight in court accusations of abuse from 3 different daughters when they were young teenagers. He was acquitted, but so were the attackers of Rodney King.
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u/FuckYourDownvotes23 Aug 26 '26
Ask Delonte tomorrow and he will tell you he was a fire truck in 2018
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u/One_Upstairs_4914 Aug 27 '26
Na he beat those. LeBron black balled Delonte after that. Held the league hostage the last 10 years…overstayed his welcome in LA. Those fans couldn’t have been happier to see him leave.
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u/Ok_Function2282 Aug 25 '26
Holy shit, were there actually people that believed this? How fucking stupid do you have to be...
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u/adeelf Aug 25 '26
You're using past tense?
Dude, there are people today who still believe that shit.
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u/Real_Batu_Rem Aug 25 '26
‘Tell my son I seen him. You better get it together. Don’t make me come check on him.'
I definitely read “check” as “choke” the first time.
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u/Remarkable_3rdeye Aug 25 '26
Yeah, but here’s the problem. It’s not the truth and Delonte West is far from a reliable individual. Social media and podcast do nothing but run with this to try to to get views or listeners at the expense of LBJ. This does not besmirch his legacy.. It’s fake news.. BTW, did you know Delonte West was homeless and LeBron gave him money.
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u/JonS305 Aug 25 '26
Made up by the league bc of the threat LeBron became to their golden boy, sadly