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洛杉磯湖人球星LeBron James近日發聲，力挺明尼蘇達灰狼後衛Anthony Edwards對「NBA門面」稱號的態度。

在2025年全明星週末的媒體日，Edwards被問及是否認為自己是聯盟未來的門面時，他直言：「不，不算是，因為他們已經有Victor Wembanyama了。」

LeBron James也對此表示理解，並指出當今媒體環境讓球員不願承擔這種責任。

LeBron James在昨天湖人以111比102擊敗灰狼後說：「Channing Frye前幾天說過，這很不幸……誰會想成為聯盟門面，當每天評論比賽的人都在批評球員？這種責任很奇怪，氛圍也很奇怪。」

今天LeBron在社群媒體X進一步闡述立場，強調NBA應該被更正向地報導。LeBron表示：「這不是關於‘聯盟門面’，而是關於籃球文化。我們應該討論Stephen Curry的偉大，以及雷霆和騎士本季的成功，而不是聚焦於負面話題。」

LeBron on Anthony Edwards’ statement at All-Star that he isn’t striving to become the face of the NBA: “Channing Frye said it … ‘Why do you want to be the face of the league when all the people that cover our game and talk about our game on a day-to-day basis s— on everybody?’” pic.twitter.com/dNHHrzWRiT

— Dave McMenamin (@mcten) February 28, 2025

Exactly made my point but anyways. Happy this convo has started. It ain’t about ‘face of the game” and it ain't about one person or one show, it's about the culture of basketball,, the most beautiful game in the world. Our game has never been better. Incredible young stars from…

— LeBron James (@KingJames) March 1, 2025