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Meiji reveals the many reasons why Westbrook is fed up with James: promoting trades, pretending to read, etc.

10:55am, 21 October 2025Basketball

Hupu News, October 21st Today, The Ringer reporter Yaron Weitzman updated a long article describing the conflicts between Russell Westbrook and LeBron James during their time with the Lakers.

In the article, it detailed the many reasons why Westbrook was tired of LeBron's "fake" behavior during his time with the Lakers:

•LeBron had secretly pushed for a reunion with Kyrie Irving - a move that required trading Westbrook, although Although he publicly denied the matter;

•LeBron often said in interviews "Let Westbrook be himself", but did not really support him in private;

•When Will Smith came to the team to speak, LeBron and Davis suddenly left the game before the other party arrived. When they returned a few minutes later, they were overly enthusiastic - LeBron dominated the conversation, constantly asking questions and quoting movie lines;

• Westbrook watched the whole process in disbelief, and confessed to his teammates afterwards: "I hate this fakeness, I just can't do it. To ";

• Westbrook discovered that LeBron had created a false image many times: claiming that "The Godfather" was his favorite movie but could not recite the lines, bringing "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" to an interview but being unable to discuss the content, and even claiming to have foreseen Kobe's 81-point night. These moments made Westbrook decide that LeBron was something different from what he was.

At present, many media such as Fullcourtpass and NBACentral have forwarded the report.

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