Back in 1994, Sports Illustrated ran a cover story proclaiming, “The NHL (is) hot and the NBA’s not.”
Fast forward nearly 30 years, and LeBron James, the face of the NBA for the last 20 years and perhaps the greatest basketball player ever, doesn’t even know his own local NHL team.
The King was asked by reporters on Sunday before the NBA All-Star Game about the prospect of owning the NBA’s hypothetical 31st franchise in Las Vegas. James, who has been vocal about wanting to be involved, going as far as to call out NBA commissioner Adam Silver by name, once again reiterated his stance.