Just a few days after being traded from the Los Angeles Lakers to the New Orleans Pelicans, Brandon Ingram may already be taking a shot at his more celebrated teammate LeBron James.
Ingram was on Instagram Live recently talking to his viewers about a variety of topics. In a video posted on Twitter, it appeared as though the 6-foot-8 forward was making fun of James’ famous motto, “Strive for Greatness,” by sarcastically saying, “Strive for GOATness,” and calling it (or James) “bogus as hell.”
Ain’t even a week and Brandon Ingram throwing shade at Bron already 😹 pic.twitter.com/2csI5Pnts5
— Christian (@christianfromw) June 19, 2019
If taken outside of any context, it seems that Ingram is a bit salty about the trade that sent him, Lonzo Ball, Josh Hart and several draft picks to the Pelicans in exchange for Anthony Davis.
However, a couple of tweets later may help explain what Ingram was really referring to.
Since y’all deleted the other tweet and running from the truth…. It was a dudes @ name in his live. He told him to fail his physical so Kuz would go to NOLA instead of him. So he said that was bogus. Y’all lame
— Q✌🏾🏁 (@quinnessential_) June 19, 2019
Lots of Lakers fans now saying "strive for goatness" wasn't a shot at LeBron, but the handle of some jabroni on IG who told Ingram to fail his physical so Kuzma would be dealt to NOLA instead.
As you were.
— Jason McIntyre (@jasonrmcintyre) June 19, 2019
Jason McIntyre of Fox Sports Radio pretty much assures Lakers fans that Ingram wasn’t being disrespectful to the King but was rather shooting down a suggestion from an Instagram user whose handle was “striveforgoatness.”
