{"id":805162,"date":"2018-04-09T21:39:23","date_gmt":"2018-04-10T01:39:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/?p=805162"},"modified":"2018-04-10T00:25:09","modified_gmt":"2018-04-10T04:25:09","slug":"lebron-james-sends-a-statement-by-wearing-custom-sneakers-vs-knicks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/news\/lebron-james-sends-a-statement-by-wearing-custom-sneakers-vs-knicks\/","title":{"rendered":"LeBron James makes a statement by wearing custom sneakers vs Knicks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A Knicks fan called out LeBron James by getting a billboard put up outside Madison Square Garden.<\/p>\n<p>The billboard urged James to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nydailynews.com\/sports\/basketball\/knicks\/lebron-knicks-billboard-spending-time-oakley-article-1.3923536\">prove he&#8217;s the king of New York<\/a>, and it appears that the Cavs star was out to do exactly that during Monday night&#8217;s game.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s why he wore these custom sneakers for the game, which you can see in the photo below. One shoe displays &#8220;I&#8217;M,&#8221; while the other one features &#8220;KING,&#8221; so the message James was attempting to send was clear.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">LeBron&#39;s wearing some BOLD kicks at the Garden tonight. \ud83d\udc40<\/p>\n<p>(\ud83d\udcf7: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NBA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@NBA<\/a>) <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/iKDbl8rlyB\">pic.twitter.com\/iKDbl8rlyB<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Stadium (@Stadium) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Stadium\/status\/983487689034002433?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 9, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Take note, Knicks fans.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Knicks fan called out LeBron James by getting a billboard put up outside Madison Square Garden. 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