*In spite of the 2 back-to-back NBA championships LeBron James helped bring the Miami Heat, a minority owner of the team is not a fan anymore.
Raanan Katz, while speaking on an Israeli sports talk radio show Tuesday evening, had some not so kind words for James.
The Sporting News is reporting that Katz said James caused the Heat to make poor roster moves during James’ four seasons in Miami. While the Heat appeared in the NBA Finals in each of the four seasons and won two championships, Katz said the Heat were not prepared for James to return to the Cavaliers.
“LeBron screwed us badly,” said Katz who was just getting started. he added: “We made the wrong decisions because of LeBron James — he told us to draft a point guard (Shabazz Napier) who didn’t meet the expectations, but we chose him because that’s what LeBron wanted.”
Over the weekend, James’ current team, the Cleveland Cavaliers fired head coach David Blatt, despite having the best record in the Eastern Conference. Whether it’s true or not that James is responsible for getting Blatt removed, Katz said James tried to do the same with Heat coach Erik Spoelstra.
“David Blatt’s main problem was LeBron’s attitude,” Katz said. “I sat courtside during all the games Cleveland played in Miami. I was a few feet away from the Cavaliers’ bench and I heard everything.
“With the Miami Heat, LeBron James — before and after his four seasons when his contract was up with the team — made it clear that he wanted to dump head coach Erik Spoelstra. At one point, (Heat president) Pat Riley called LeBron into his office and said that no one will tell him how to run the organization. Riley told James that Spoelstra is his guy and that firing Spoelstra is out of the question. That was the main reason LeBron returned to Cleveland.”
However, Katz later – via Twitter – backtracked during the Heat’s 102-98 win over the Nets on Tuesday night by saying James “never tried to get Spo fired.” Katz claims his actual quote was incorrectly translated from Hebrew to English and he conveyed that to Heat management.
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