LeBron James Was Reportedly Shocked By Former Cavs GM David Griffin Saying That He Was ‘Miserable’ Working With LeBron In Cleveland

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This afternoon Sports Illustrated released a profile of former Cavs GM David Griffin who is currently in charge of leading the Pelicans front office after the Anthony Davis debacle.

In the piece, Griffin appeared to lob several shots at LeBron.

Grffin went on to say that he was miserable in Cleveland and that he knew he was on his way out after the team won a championship.

Via Sports Illustrated

“Everything we did was so inorganic and unsustainable and, frankly, not fun. I was miserable,” Griffin told Sports Illustrated’s Jake Fischer. “Literally the moment we won the championship I knew I was gonna leave. There was no way I was gonna stay for any amount of money.”

Griff even talked about how he things LeBron has lost some of his edge on the court.

According to ESPN’s Dave McMenamin LeBron and his team were shocked by Griffin’s comments.

Via ESPN

Sources close to James told ESPN on Thursday they were “shocked” at Griffin’s characterization of the superstar. James seemingly addressed the Griffin story via a tweet on Thursday without mentioning him by name.

Former NBA center Kendrick Perkins, who played with James in Cleveland in 2015 when Griffin was the GM there (and later in 2018 when Griffin no longer worked for the team), suggested Griffin should direct his disappointment at Cavs owner Dan Gilbert, not James.

Griffin and a person close to James spoke after the SI story was published, sources told ESPN, and Griffin expressed that some context was missing behind his comments. James’ camp encouraged Griffin to clear up his stance on the record, sources said.

Former Cavs player Kendrick Perkins took to Twitter to defend LeBron.