There’s no doubt that Tom Brady is one of the greatest athletes the country has ever seen. The former NFL star has never been shy of expressing his admiration for the best athletes from other domains. However, his recent take on the “Mount Rushmore of GOATs” left many fans stunned and angry, especially LeBron James supporters. Recently, Brady was asked to name a pantheon of athletic greatness. He started off strong by naming Michael Jordan, followed by Kobe Bryant, Tiger Woods, Rory McIlroy, and Shohei Ohtani. Fair enough, right?

But wait a minute, he did not name another player, who’s widely considered one of, if not the best, to ever grace the hardwood. Yes, we’re talking about Lakers superstar LeBron James. The football star faced huge backlash from Lakers and James fans after he forgot to mention the 40-year-old veteran in his list. Fans went off as they couldn’t believe this. However, it seems that Brady has taken a U-turn after snubbing LeBron during his interview with Bleacher Report earlier this month.

This comes after both James and Brady were under the same roof for the Fanatics event. The former quarterback, who’s built his career on unmatched longevity and championship success similar to ‘Bron, named him the ‘greatest-ever’. “He’s always risen above all the noise and the BS and continued to deliver. You’re witnessing the greatest ever, and I hope you all appreciate that,” Brady said about James. While this shows mutual respect between the two GOATs, NBA fans did not forget Brady snubbing James and called the star on social media.

The Los Angeles Lakers faithful were having none of it, as they reminded everyone that this was the same person who named MJ and Kobe, but not LeBron on his ‘Mount Rushmore of GOATs‘. “Bruh, he did not include LeBron among his random all-time athlete list, and now he is saying LeBron is the greatest???” A fan questioned Brady. “Anyway, I would love those Jordan pages post this. Saw them post the other quote a million times.” The fan straight-up confronted Brady over his previous statement.

Moreover, he also suggested that Jordan fans view this in equal light as they did with the previous statement. That’s some serious heat coming Tom Brady’s way, but this wasn’t all, as more fans joined in!

LeBron James fans call out Tom Brady for his controversial statement

While speaking to the crowd at a recent Fanatics event, the seven-time Super Bowl champion Tom Brady boldly chose LeBron James as his GOAT of basketball over Michael Jordan in one of the most heated debates of all time. After all, both superstars might play different sports but share a lot of similarities. It was great seeing greatness acknowledging greatness. However, things would’ve been even better had Brady not forgotten to name James during a previous interview, as fans couldn’t help but call out the former NFL star.

One fan pointed out this exact thing after hearing Brady’s latest comments about LeBron James. “He didn’t even mention his name as one of the goats the other day,” he commented, pointing out how the football icon missed the Lakers superstar’s name. In the meantime, another user echoed similar opinions, saying, “Glazing cuz he’s in front of him lmao.” The user suggested that the only reason Tom Brady named LeBron James the ‘greatest-ever’ was because he was sitting beside him at the stage.

The fans did not stop confronting Brady just yet. Another fan called out the NFL superstar by commenting, “but he ain’t on your Mount Rushmore.”. At the same time, a fan did not hold back and called Tom Brady ‘fake’. “People be so fake when the person is right in front of them. Tom just left Bron off his GOAT of GOATs list lmaooo,” they wrote.

Well, it seems that fans are not forgetting what Brady did anytime soon.