Doug Gottlieb calls out LeBron James for using knee injury to miss Met Gala

Doug Gottlieb, of Fox Sports radio and Wisconsin-Green Bay head coaching fame, called out LeBron James for missing the Met Gala. More specifically, Gottlieb rolled his eyes at James missing the event due to his knee injury suffered in the NBA Playoffs.

Once the injury was revealed, it was said James would’ve not played in Game 6 had the Los Angeles Lakers staved off elimination vs. the Minnesota Timberwolves. Safe to say, Gottlieb found that hard to believe.

He even called James “the boy who cried wolf,” after the famed fable. With Monday’s Met Gala having come and gone, James was not present this year and Gottlieb couldn’t wait to comment.

“LeBron James had a sprained MCL, and had they won against the Timberwolves, he wouldn’t have been able to play the rest of the series anyway because of the knee injury,” Gottlieb said on his show Monday. “People go back and they show the video after he collided with Donte DiVincenzo, and they’re like, ‘Yeah, he was fine.’ Then after the game, he was limping some when he was in street clothes and Civies walking out. Then today, he tweets out, ‘Unfortunately, because of my knee injury, I sustained at the end of the season, I won’t be able to attend the Met Gala in New York tonight, as so many people have been asking and congratulating me on. Hate to miss a historical event. My beautiful, powerful queen will be there holding the castle down as she always has done.’ That’s from LeBron James.

“Everyone remembers the fable of The Boy Who Cried Wolf, right? The Boy Who Cried Wolf. LeBron James, earlier in the series against the Timberwolves, acted like he got hit in the face, had both hands over his face like he got hit, and then the camera caught him peeking with his right eye to see if he got a call. We’ve all seen it, right? Here’s the thing. It’s like we were taught this as kids. The Boy Who Cried Wolf, and when there’s really a wolf, we don’t believe you. I think you know how the fable ends.”

It remains to be seen how many more years James plays in the NBA. There’s whispers that he’ll try to keep it going until his son Bryce James, who’s committed to Arizona for next season, potentially gets to the league after a one-and-done campaign.

“Do I think LeBron James is legitimately hurt? Yeah, I think he’s injured,” Gottlieb admitted. “Do I think he would have played? I do think he would have played. I honestly think the ‘I can’t go to the Met Gala because I sprained my knee.’ Honestly, stop. Stop. Now, I’m more than rolling my eyes. Now, I’m cackling and I’m laughing at you. You can’t go to the Met Gala? Even if you tear your ACL, you can walk. You’re fine to walk. 

“The MCL is the medial collateral ligament. He didn’t have his leg amputated. He didn’t tear his Achilles tendon. He had a sprain, a Grade 2 sprain of the MCL. A sprain, by the way, is a partial tear. But again, I do think he’s hurt. Do I think he’s injured to the extent that he can’t go to the Met Gala? Stop it right now. Stop it right now.”

Gottlieb’s hot takes kept flying on the radio all season long. Unfortunately, there was little on-court success for Green Bay as the team went 4-28 in his first year as head coach.