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CLEVELAND (AP)—LeBron James reacted strongly to Charles Barkley's commentsthat the Cavaliers star isn't showing respect for Cleveland fans and histeammates by discussing his possible free agency following the 2010 season.
“He's stupid. That's all I've got to say about that," James said Fridaynight before the Cavaliers' game against Golden State.
Barkley made the comments on TNT's NBA studio show and Dan Patrick's radioshow.
“If I was LeBron James, I would shut the hell up," the Hall of Famer saidon Patrick's show. “I'm a big LeBron fan. He's a stud. You gotta give him hisprops. I'm getting so annoyed he's talking about what he's going to do in twoyears. I think it's disrespectful to the game. I think it's disrespectful to theCavaliers."
James, under contract for two more seasons, was bombarded with questionsabout his future when the Cavaliers visited New York to play the Knicks onTuesday night.
The Cavaliers can offer him an extension as early as July 1, 2009. There haslong been speculation James will eventually end up in one of the NBA's largermarkets and the Knicks have cleared salary-cap space in anticipation of the 2010free-agent class.
“I think July 1, 2010, is a very big day," James said when the Cavalierswere in New York. “It's probably going to be one of the biggest days infree-agent history in the NBA. So a lot of teams are gearing up to try toprepare themselves to be able to put themselves in position to get one of thebig free-agent market guys."
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