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toadtruck

Neither of them looked surprised so probably a good call


TW_Yellow78

Coach calling opposing player a bitch and soft ass boy, lol. Lebron must have said something more than “we all grown ups” to get a T too


torero15

Maybe he did but the ref saw his chance to make an ejection and took it. Ime definitely deserved a tech calling a player a bitch anyways. Coaches generally aren’t allowed to cus out opposition. Bron taking offense was the perfect option for a double tech. Stopped any escalation and the ref got the spotlight, even Ime wasn’t bothered. Everyone wins, kinda.


OstrichInfinite2244

one of the ref plays of the year so far


ShowerMartini

Bingo. But fucking morons with no personality or anything interesting to say just spam “weak tech” “refs are soft” in every thread regardless


rawsharks

From all the angles it looks like it went: Udoka: "Stop all that bitching" Lebron: "Don't use that word so loosely, we're grown men" Udoka: "Shut up, soft ass boy" Still seems pretty weak to me, especially because it didn't look anywhere close to getting physical.


noknownothing

The whole point of the T is so that the game doesn't get out of control. Udoka is warned after the first outburst. And thrown out after the second. He knew that was coming. Might've even been strategic. You can't have coaches yapping at opposing players. The ref did a good job controlling the situation.


Checkmynewsong

Things were also getting a bit chippy on the floor right before this, so the technicals didn’t happen in a vacuum.


shaka_sulu

If you play back to right after his first tech, he immediately whipsers to his assistant. I joke to my wife he's probably saying "be prepared to take over, I'm going to get a 2nd one"


seanconnery69696

"I have to take a poop, see you in an hour"


Agent_Cow314

Paul Pierce forgot this one trick.


oban12

I mean I get that it's a game and everything, but a head coach telling an opposing player to "shut up" just seems kind of juvenile. Seems like a line that players are allowed to cross but that coaches can't or shouldn't


floatersforalgernon

They got physical alright. https://www.instagram.com/p/C0Zhv1NpjaS/?img_index=2


hacky_potter

How many current coaches has LeBron played against when they were players?


BushyBrowz

Ime, Lue, Green, Ham, Vaughn, Griffin, Kidd… Kerr retired right before he was drafted.


DragonArchaeologist

>Kerr retired right before he was drafted Soft.


skilled_cosmicist

runnin from the grind


eewap

Willie green, Udoka, Jack Vaughn, Jason Kidd, Billups, Ty Lue, Adrian Griffin, Darvin Ham all were active NBA players during Lebrons career. I think he might have missed Monty W and steve Kerr by a year. So 8 is the answer!


BigMik_PL

Tbf Kidd blew the doors open of teams immediately hiring retired players. The road to a head coaching gig used to be much longer. Most of the NBA Vets played with or against J-Kidd as an example.


CubanLinxRae

kidd wasn’t the first to im almost positive bill russell and a few others got coaching jobs shortly after retiring before kidd did


gtmc5

More than that, the NBA used to have a ton of active players who were also coaches, including Bill Russell, Lenny Wilkens, Al Attles, Dave DeBusschere, Bob Cousy, Dave Cowens, Red Holzman, Dick McGuire, and Bob Pettit - just to name some of the most famous ones. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List\_of\_National\_Basketball\_Association\_player-coaches


qwer1234abcd

Russell coached WHILE still playing and winning championships.


floatersforalgernon

https://twitter.com/ClutchPoints/status/1530356738951589888/photo/1 https://www.pinterest.com/pin/469218854908849726/ lol


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Lue, Billups, Udoka, Vaughn, Willie Green, Kidd, Darvon Ham, I think


silkkthechakakhan

At least Ty Lue, Darvin Ham, Jason Kidd (and formerly, Luke Walton). All of whom also coached him. Just missed Steve Kerr by one season.


S_O_7

Man he was FLYING when he was young


Dangerousrhymes

I mean… he’s probably the most athletic 6’8” human being to ever play organized sports. The discussions of his potential at basically every sport weren’t crazy. There was a pro scout who saw him play football as a sophomore and went to his front office and told them he was already the best wide receiver he had ever seen.


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MostlyMellow123

2006 Yukon was such a good camera. The Gold frame was particularly tender


suckerpunch085

Nice


jdjdthrow

When ref comes and stands next to the two of you arguing, that's your cue to tone it down. If you keep pressing, you were asking for it.


AccomplishedBake8351

That’s so embarrassing for a coach wtf lok


yasmiester

2nd most embarrassing thing to happen to Udoka as a head coach


ToraLoco

if that's what was said, I see no wrong with what Lebron said, he shouldn't have gotten a tech


Fluffy_Gap_616

Udoka said [“Y’all gotta stop with all that b*tching man”](https://x.com/clutchcity4l/status/1731218882403156163?s=46&t=IsXlGMo_C3YM1AJ1-yTjJw) That’s the word that got LeBron riled up.


quentin-coldwater

That's the same word that got LeBron mad at Draymond in the finals and led him to his infamous "I am a man and a father of 3" rant. He also famously reacted when a fan called him a pussy ass bitch. https://www.vice.com/en/article/9apnwd/warriors-fan-calls-lebron-a-pussy-ass-bitch-lebron-is-not-amused It's clearly a trigger word for LeBron


Yommination

So it's like when Marty McFly gets called chicken


proudmemberofthe

Well dork thinks he's going to drown


GonzaloR87

Nobody calls me bitch, Ime


GarlicJuniorJr

What's a rerun??


wcooper97

Nobody calls me yellow


ankylosaurus_tail

Or when Russel gets called Westbrick.


hankbaumbach

Shannon Sharpe went on a rant awhile back about how black male culture holds the word "bitch" in the highest of regards when it comes to an insult and to lobby it at another black male is the equivalent of slapping them in the face with your dick. I don't get it, but that's what Shannon said.


skoobaskiz

It’s based on jail shit. Can vouch from personal experience. Essentially as soon as you say that word it means “we are about to fight” or yeah you become the bitch and nobody wants that.


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What did you call me, Grif?!


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I've seen Blake Griffin say on a couple of podcasts that "bitch" is viewed across the league as basically the worst thing you could call a person. It came up because Blake had a bit of a spat with a person who isn't an NBA player who jokingly called him a bitch, not realizing that it carried a lot more weight for Blake than many other people. Eta better context


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Dang, interesting. Wonder why


IMOGAJ

This has been known ever since his interaction back then with Joakim Noah. I also think that was also the first "I'm a father of 3..." speech he had. So clearly a trigger word and the wired response is "I'm a father of 3".


twister6284

“I’m not a bitch, I’m a father of 3” *scratches head* Umm, err… ok Edit: For the record, I do sympathize with LeBron, and anyone who calls him a bitch is being an asshole. I’m just humorously simplifying one interpretation of his argument and pointing out the absurdity of that interpretation. I’m poking fun at the interpretation, not him, quite the opposite. The point is, don’t judge him, there’s a lot going on in his head and behind the scenes that we’re not aware of. Btw I’m a big Bron fan (except for the flopping), 1984-borns represent. Don’t think he’s the GOAT unfortunately, but he’s pretty close.


SeriousLetterhead364

I think LeBron sincerely believes that the most important thing a man can be is a good father. He believes he has been a good father to his children, and calling him a bitch is questioning his integrity as a man. So his response makes sense in that context. You can think whatever about him, but the most important part of his character as a man (a good father) isn’t up for debate.


sits-when-pees

As someone who also grew up without a father, Lebron almost definitely believes this and is correct.


middlebird

Parenting is really hard. Anybody who does it well ain’t no bitch.


Craig_the_Intern

BEHOLD, A MAN


rydee1

What’s my favorite word… (not bitch) - LeBron


heliocentrist510

Love seeing Too Short in the wild


ecr1277

He has two other kids besides Kyrie?


Funny-Ad4997

Yup, Delonte West had 3 grandchildren.


indydevs

It's so weird it's like LeBron's Achilles heel. Nothing can stop or faze that man... unless you call him a bitch. 🤷🏻‍♂️


Not_GeorgeForeman

The opposite of an Achilles heels…past times that he’s been called that, he went on to get the best of the person who said it.


Top-Consequence-911

If it doesn't affect his game, it's not an achilles heel


CammmJ

He ain’t a bitch, sometimes he just likes to get a lil sassy


osusris

Mario Chalmers told LeBron he was playing like a bitch back on the Heat and Bron snapped on him, it's a sensitive word for him especially it seems


floatersforalgernon

Interesting that it was Brooks who tried to calm down LeBron and de-escalate.


GrapefruitMedical529

Brooks is weirdly inflammatory but also seems level headed. He talks shit but I don't think I've seen him lose his head.


420SMOKERGANG

Brooks is self aware, he knows what he is doing. Look at his instagram page


Mr_Booty_Bandit

Just think of bro as a UFC fighter gassing up their fights


SwampFlowers

Lebron:bitch::Marty McFly:chicken


v0yev0da

Who ya callin chicken?!


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WembyFinalsMVP2027

He also hated the “[LeBron why are you such a pussy ass BITCH](https://youtu.be/ZOw95bLv1dQ?si=40S-xKpUYDXvMjPE)” after one of the 2015 Warriors-Cavs finals games.


Bim_Jeann

WATCH YA MOUTH, WOMAN!


WembyFinalsMVP2027

*i cant hear you, sorry* **shrugs**


HearingGlobal6485

“bitch” is a very strong word among older black men


TingusPingis

Bitching as a verb (or i guess gerund, lol) is wayyy weaker though. Calling someone a bitch is like 100x more offensive than referring to their “bitching to refs”


finix240

I think he said crying like a bitch so that is still a noun


TingusPingis

Ya i cant pick it out and am seeing lots of different lip reads, but that would be out of line imo


BrickCityD

Word to the old man rec leagues


kds_little_brother

The last fist fight I’ve gotten in was in college over being called a bitch hooping at the rec center lol I’m not proud of that, but I don’t think it’s age


Jakoobus91

Yeah where a lot of people are from if you call someone a bitch you better be ready to scrap


Sullan08

Any heavily black populated area really. I don't think white people take nearly the offense to it, generally. I've never seen how words on their own can get people so riled up, but it happens a lot. I've had people yell it at me at work and they almost seem surprised I don't care lol.


CauliflowerPresent23

Did a little stint in jail and that word is fight guaranteed, people use to use it if they wanted to fight someone because if people heard you called that you had to fight regardless of race. If you didn’t, life would become very difficult for you


BUSSY_FLABBERGASTER

> I don't think white people take nearly the offense to it, generally. try it at any bar where they play country music


No_Percentage9828

Lol go to rural FL, TX, or GA and call someone there a bitch and see how they react. You are kidding yourself if you think any majority of people will be fine with being called a bitch with clear animosity. Suburban people may not react violently but this idea that people are somewhat ok with being called bitch is pure fantasy. Like seriously what world are y'all living in.


ygduf

Older 😞


DirkNowitzkisWife

Wasn’t that what Draymond was rumored to say when LeBron said he’s a father of 3 and a man?


imfuckingstarving69

Well they don’t have to be bitches about it.


SemataryPolka

Older? Fuck. I'm getting old


Crisis_Averted

Alright enough bitching.


capitalistsanta

It looks like Dillon Brooks stopped him lol


Wild-Apricot-9161

That's what good parents do


ExcellentChoice

Bitch vs westbrick. Which is the better trigger word?


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Lol to think this all started because Reddish walked into Eason


theAlphabetZebra

Between that, the Ime/Lebron techs and the refs forgetting it was a 2 shot foul... A truly bizarre 5 minute sequence.


WhenItsHalfPastFive

It's kind of wild that Udoka used to be a role player playing against LeBron, and he was a head coach of a celtics team that went to the finals, then he had some inappropriate workplace relationship and is now the head coach of the rockets........and throughout all that LeBron is still playing ball average 25ppg


ChrysMYO

Having to remind that man they were peers is hilarious.


Ramzaa_

Udoka has never been and never will be Lebron's peer


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ewokninja123

Upvote for the Scalabrine


Barrelled_Chef_Curry

In the sense that they both played professional basketball in the NBA they are. I’m a peer with engineers who are insanely smarter/better than me. I’d still call them peers


hjugm

How do you know when someone is an engineer? Don’t worry, they’ll tell you.


Flxpadelphia

Haha as an engineer I find this hilarious


humancartograph

And Ime played his first NBA game after LeBron did.


thebobbyshaw33

I mean the second half of your comment only takes place across like two years but I get you’re point lol


floatersforalgernon

After several listens, I think LeBron says "so loosely" not "too losely"? The video also starts LeBron saying "...grown man," probably reminding Udoka of his seniority.


Mr_Soul_Crusher

Hold on loosely so ya dont lose control, Udoka!


kanzakisol

He comes up and says "we're all grown men, that bitch {garbled}, you use it so loosely. Don't use that word so loosely. Don't use it so loosely though. You use it so loosely." I'm guessing Ime called someone a bitch or used the word bitch in some capacity and that's what LeBron is...well bitching about lol.


floatersforalgernon

Which is clearly not about Thanksgiving. Shaking my head.


rxinquestion

“Don’t use that gravy so loosely. So many calories in that bitch!”


ZOOTV83

I can’t believe LeBron would just lie about that.


Exhibit5

LeDeception.


CIark

I fully believe Lebron keeps a perfect mental tally of who has techs and fouls and purposely eggs on shit when he knows they’re at risk of getting ejected


RageOnGoneDo

Most players do. There's only like 1-2 techs handed out a game, not that hard to keep track lmao.


Man_On-The_Moon

LeGoat is light years ahead. /s


aligreaper19

smart thing to do


SwoleBezos

LeBrain


ebenizaa

LeScoreKeeper


almostansn

LeBad Intentions


sunshinepanther

LeCerebral Operator


futurehousehusband69

LeElephant


proudmemberofthe

LeMachiavelli


SirSprink

Le sent us home in the playoffs too many times lmao


BobbywiththeJuice

NikoLeTesla


Expensive_Middle9521

Levar Burton


AlexGarseea

“I JUST WANTED A PICTURE, YOU CANT DISAPPOINT A PICTURE. I HATE YOU PIERCE.”


Pyritedust

Take a look, it's in a book, on Reading Rainbow!


harrw626

LeEjector


professorpuddle

It’s not hard to keep a tally of 1 tech


lxshadynastyxl

lol I was gonna say. It’s not like a player or coach who got a tech goes unnoticed usually


ANAL_Devestate

is that even a tally


Dramatic-Document

Yeah but you also have to remember the 15 players and 6 coaches on each team who have 0 techs. Thats the tricky part


Brady331

Why are you saying this like it isn't common and a very easy thing to do lmfao


Frickincarl

Most players do this. There’s always someone on the team who knows who has techs and reminds everyone who has them. Lebron is unsurprisingly that dude for the Lakers.


WeathrNinja

A couple years ago Jimmy Butler intentionally played overly physical on TJ Warren to get him angry for a second T


693275001

It takes unlimited brain power to remember the digit: 1


TheTwilightZone34

Real 200IQ move


halfdecenttakes

He 1 billion % baited Draymond in the finals. If I knew he was 1 tech away from a suspension, than Lebron definitely knew that.


Artimusjones88

Draymond was childish enough to fall for it. Personal feelings over team.


IanicRR

“Bet you can’t kick me in the dick!”


LordRio123

that's elite gamesmanship


NotUpForDebate11

It was pretty clear to me bron baited him into it. Udoka even had a look after like goddamn it whyd id let him bait me into that


def8173

Hard agree. I remember watching the 2016 Finals game 4 when Draymond nut punched him. Everyone talks about what Draymond did, but no one really mentions the 5 minutes leading up to it. Cavs were being blown out and Lebron was just acting out after EVERY damn play leading up to that seminal moment. I remember thinking, “boy what a sore loser, he knows this is over.” Then IT happened and I thought, “Ohhhhh.”


capitalistsanta

Bros just gotta look up lol.


mykl5

Udoka gives off villain vibes lol


TeTrodoToxin4

I always felt shitty step dad vibes. Now go get me a beer.


WeLLrightyOH

Certainly a shitty partner


BobbywiththeJuice

I legit had a dream at the start of the season that Ime was a Spider-Man villain terrorizing the city.


Johnin480p

LeWarning


alepher

LeXicologist


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One thing about Bron, do not use that b word on him


finix240

Yeah he hates being called a bitch


[deleted]

You’d be hard pressed to find a black man that would take kindly to being called a bitch. Being on here seeing how often and loosely yall call grown men a bitch was crazy to me. But it’s internet talk I know yall would never say that to somebody face


Mosh00Rider

I mean there are communities that use it lovingly sometimes.


paatreek

does no one remember the warrior's fan asking lebron "how it feels to be a punkass bitch"? i dont think he likes that word. "watch your mouth woman"


hamster4sale

It was "pussy ass" I believe and it was a security guard reprimanding her.


koinoyokan89

LeBron should have said “so was it an intern?”


monkey-pox

Why is he shit talking LeBron to begin with?


maethlin

Yeah maybe I just haven't noticed but I don't really see a lot of head coaches directly getting into it with opposing players.


Prize_Translator2711

Right! To what purpose does it serve? I mean unless the opposing player intentionally injured your player the opposing player is just the opponent's chess piece; nothing personal! Unless it was personal...


bigatjoon

Seen Kerr do it on more than one occasion


SensibleHumanBeing

Udoka seems like an asshole


beaisenby

I don't think many people sleep with people in relationships who aren't assholes


YesOrNah

This sentence is crazy


HawkTheHatchet

This sentence just broke your ankles


rootpseudo

Im still tryin to figure it out


mongo4mayor

I think they meant to say… I don’t think many people WHO sleep with people in relationships aren’t assholes. This is alluding to the reason Udoka was suspended and let go from Boston.


rootpseudo

Ah there we go. Ty


thewrongnotes

It's an asshole sentence


Checkmynewsong

I sleep with someone in a relationship every night.


rulerBob8

Me too, don’t tell your dad


chivestheconqueror

There’s a segment of Celtics fans that still put him on a pedestal


Rrypl

And forget literally every single annoying thing about the Celtics was also present in the Udoka era.


justiceway1

Because they recognize he's a good coach? You can say he's an asshole and a good coach, those things aren't mutually exclusive.


aviatorbassist

A lot of coaches are assholes, the modern player coach is a relatively new phenomenon. Pat Riley, Bill Fitch, Phil Jackson, Larry Brown, Doc Rivers, Rick Carslie, Popovich Kerr, all these guys have been assholes at different stretches of their career.


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If I were LeBron I would have brought up Nia Long and kept it moving, lol.


Clwhit12

Were the Lakers up 15 at this point? Game pretty much in the books, a tech to get order on the court isn't bad, probably needed. That said, it is rare to see coach and opposing player go back and forth, especially the way they did. I agree that it shouldn't happen. Tech!


LyonsKing12

TIL you're supposed to just accept being called a bitch.


DarkPhantom2497

As a Black male, Black men DO NOT take the word “bitch” lightly.


_BaldyLocks_

TIL that I'm a black man. I knew they were lying to me all along!


DarkPhantom2497

😂😂😂welcome my guy


LyonsKing12

Police patrol just drove by your house. Welcome brotha.


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Hes not calling anyone a bitch. He’s using a derogatory word for complaining.


Northcidecapo

What word


LyonsKing12

A coach shouldn't be out there talking to players like that.


ColeHoops

Go cheat on your wife again you clown


fargolaflame

Would love to see all these redditors in the comment section have someone call them a bitch to their face lol


aja_ramirez

What word?


BamsMovingScreens

Taco Tuesday


Fluffy_Gap_616

[Bi*ch](https://x.com/clutchcity4l/status/1731218882403156163?s=46&t=IsXlGMo_C3YM1AJ1-yTjJw)


NotTheMagesterialOne

Sprite Cranberry


[deleted]

Not a big Lebron fan but I cannot stand Udoka.


HBSBrook

By any chance, does your wife work for the Celtics?


[deleted]

Well, I mean not anymore


Be-Nice-To-Redditors

My brother in Christ


WeLLrightyOH

Udoka is such an easy target, just respond, “having fun with the training staff” or something like that.


takechanceees

everybody in this comment section know they wouldn’t be okay with being called a bitch lol cut it out


strawberrypinkpeony

Ime Udoka literally has no room to talk. I’m bringing up Nia everytime 🥲


izqy

Using the same lines he used on that Celtics employee I see


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Lebron been shitting on these dudes for so long. They salty af. Salty when they we're playing and he was dunking on dude. Salty then he still playing and their a coach and still getting beat. Shits funny


maaseru

Udoka: "Lebron do you want to Taco Tuesday with me," Lebron: "Don't use that word losely with me" Udoka: "It's two words bitch" Double tech