"Garbage comment by a bootlicker": Jason Whitlock's podcast co-host reacts to Rich Paul's controversial LeBron James take

The Lebron James run with the Miami Heat is one team that will go down in history as one of the most successful, yet controversial rosters in the NBA. The conversation around the team resurfaced this past week when the owner of Klutch Sports, Rich Paul, discussed Chris Bosh's role on the team.

Paul stated that the 2011-2014 big three was, in fact, not a big three at all because Bosh was forced to take a backseat and could not be the player he was for the Toronto Raptors before coming to South Beach.

Jason Whitlock's co-host Jay Skapinac spoke on a segment discussing the comments on the "Fearless with Jason Whitlock" show. Skapinac called Paul's take "garbage", adding that Paul had been licking James' boot for 20 years.

"The first three in player effency that year [2009-2010] was Lebron [James], Dwayne Wade, Kevin Durant and then Chris Bosh so what you're telling me is you took three of the top four players in the NBA and thrust them on one team, that's a big three," Skapinac said.

In Bosh's final season in Toronto, he averaged 24 points and 10.8 rebounds per game. He earned second-team All-NBA and went on to be named an All-Star for 11 straight seasons before retiring due to health issues.

Skapinac pointed to all of those reasons to further explain why Paul had a bad take on Chris Bosh and the Miami Heat.

"Shout out to you Rich, the king bootlicker that you are," Skapinac said. "This guy has been running along side licking the boots of Lebron for years now so this is just another way to prop up Lebron. So yes, it's a shot against Chris Bosh, but it's also saying, 'oh well Lebron didn't have any super teams, Lebron didn't have a big three.' BS Rich Paul. It's a garbage comment by a bootlicker."

Chris Bosh was elected to the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame in 2021 and has his No. 1 jersey retired by the Miami Heat. Lebron James, on the other hand, is getting set for the NBA playoffs with hopes of winning a fifth ring.

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