On the latest episode of his show, Fast Break with Jay Williams, Byron Scott leveled more criticism at LeBron James, invoking Michael Jordan, Kobe Bryant, and the Philadelphia 76ers' roster construction. Scott has been a frequent critic of James in recent years and didn't hold back in his latest assessment of James's fast-break opportunity against Jalen Slawson in the 76ers' win over the Indiana Pacers and how the 76ers were built before James chose to sign with the team.
Reacting to James’ explanation that he made a business decision not to dunk against the Pacers, Scott said that as a competitor he never thought that way and that Kobe Bryant and Michael Jordan wouldn’t have either.
“As a competitor and the guy who’s had breakaways with guys chasing me down, I ain’t never thought, ‘Well, maybe I shouldn’t try to dunk this.’ My thought was, dunk this sh*t. So, the first thing that came to my mind when I watched this podcast is Kobe and MJ. That’s the first thing that came to my mind. No way in hell they think about that dude back there blocking their shot. They thinking about dunking the sht out that ball.”
Article Continues BelowScott said the 76ers were already a team to be reckoned with before LeBron arrived, pointing to a young group that should be hungrier and to Joel Embiid’s health.
“If you look at Philly right now, and I always go back to, especially when you got a young team, a young group of guys that just got ousted in the Eastern Conference, right? They’re going to come back hungrier. We’ve been saying from day one that the key to that team is Embiid. If he stays healthy, they got a chance, right? That’s before they even added LeBron. I still think that. I think obviously when they added Jaylen Brown, that even gave them more firepower. So they have a chance when they brought him in before they got LeBron, that this team was going to be a team to be reckoned with in the Eastern Conference.”