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Cory Woodroof

LeBron James riled up NBA fans with his Super Bowl holding call takes

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NBA superstar LeBron James didn’t hide his opinion on the controversial holding call that frustrated fans during Super Bowl 57.

On that pivotal play, Philadelphia Eagles cornerback James Bradberry grabbed the jersey of Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster while the Chiefs were in the red zone toward the end of the game.

The penalty gave the Chiefs a new set of downs and time to drain the clock for the game-winning Harrison Butker field goal.

Bradberry admits that he did grab Smith-Schuster’s jersey on the play, even if holds like that get looked over by refs all the time in regular NFL games.

James, who attended Sunday’s contest, didn’t like the call and criticized it with a tweet on Sunday.

Well, sports fans didn’t take long to call out James on his thoughts. They remembered how, just a couple of weeks ago, he broke down in a meme-ified outburst about the refs missing an obvious, game-altering foul during the Los Angeles Lakers’ game with the Boston Celtics.

You know, it was the game where former Laker Patrick Beverley tried to show the ref the camera shot of James getting fouled and got a technical.

Sports fans found it a bit rich that James would get upset over a similar situation he wanted to work out in his favor.

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You can bet the internet wasn't having it.

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