
In the weeks of WNBA star Brittney Griner’s continued imprisonment in Russia, many of her supporters have brought up LeBron James as a comparison point, insisting that the U.S. would have found a way to get him home. Now, James himself is speaking up about the issue.
In a trailer for a new episode of his HBO show The Shop, James appears to criticize what he sees as an inadequate response from the government in attempting to bring back the Phoenix Mercury center, who has been detained since February.