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Rapaport joined Carton for the premiere of OutKick’s "The Craig Carton Show" releasing on Tuesday, where he called the Philadelphia 76ers star a player he loves to hate.Carton admitted that while he respects James’ game, his No.
1 reason for his dislike stems from an off-the-court incident in 2017."I'll tell you the number one reason I'm not a LeBron guy.Number one.
There's—it's and it's a clear-cut number one for me, and I think I'm the only guy that views it this way, and it p----es me off, all right.Years ago, when he was in Cleveland, and our country is going through racial issues," Carton said on the premiere of his new show.CLICK HERE FOR MORE OUTKICK SPORTS COVERAGECraig Carton speaks at Fox News Channel Studios in New York City on Sept.
4, 2025.(John Lamparski/Getty Images)"In my opinion, he invented a story that the people spray-painted racial epithets on the gate leading up his driveway."The Associated Press reported at the time, citing police, that unidentified vandals spray-painted the N-Word on the front gate of James' $20 million home in Brentwood.
Police said the incident was reported at around 6:45 a.m.local time and nearly three hours later property management covered it up.
No arrests were ever made. Carton said that he believed James used the event as a vehicle to include himself in the larger conversation at the time."And to me, I'm like, look, there's real racial issues in our country.We acknowledge them.
For a guy who's such a prominent African-American to try to get in on the conversation by inventing something that never took place.Dead to me," Carton said.
"No one talks about it.It's been forgotten because it never happened.
No one has the balls to ask—ask him about it, and I'm like, how do we forget the fact that he intruded himself into this serious conversation about race?"THE CRAIG CARTON SHOW–UNFILTERED, UNAPOLOGETIC AND UNMISSABLE.DOWNLOAD HIS DAILY PODCAST NOW!Michael Rapaport attends the Teen Cancer America Rock N...