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NBA superstar LeBron James led the Los Angeles Lakers to an impressive 130-114 win against the Atlanta Hawks recently. James almost had a triple-double with 25 points, 10 assists, and 7 rebounds. With this latest win, the Lakers are now on a four-game winning streak. Hawks star Trae Young led the game with 32 points on a losing effort. However, one of the biggest talking points of the game came after the game was over. NFL legend and media personality Shannon Sharpe was courtside in Los Angeles and met James after the game.

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It is no secret that the NFL Hall of Famer is a huge fan of the four-time NBA champion. Sharpe has made himself clear many times that he is a fan and considers James the GOAT of basketball.

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LeBron James embraces Shannon Sharpe

After the end of the game, LeBron James went to Shannon Sharpe, and the duo embraced each other. While Sharpe is a huge fan of James, his co-host in Undisputed, Skip Bayless is famously not. On the contrary, he is widely considered to be the Lakers’ superstar’s biggest detractor. Bayless considers Michael Jordan the GOAT of basketball and has criticized the four-time MVP quite heavily over the years.

So when Sharpe had a moment with James, fans wondered how Bayless would have reacted seeing the two embrace each other. And this ensued in a Twitter frenzy as fans shared their reactions. Here are some reactions:

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Skip Bayless and Shannon Sharpe have had many arguments during their show. However, things looked a bit more heated between the two in the past few weeks.

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Because of their feud in the last few weeks fans wondered what the next episode of Skip and Shannon: Undisputed would look like after Sharpe embraced LeBron James.

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During a recent episode, when Shannon Sharpe criticized Tom Brady, Bayless commented that Brady has had a longer career than Sharpe. This did not sit well with the former Tight End who felt it was a personal attack. The video clip of the feud went viral. Then recently, there was a feisty exchange between the two after the horrendous Damar Hamlin situation. When the Super Bowl champion wanted to explain why Bayless’ tweet about Hamlin offended him and why he wants it taken down, Bayless replied that he won’t delete the tweet.

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This led to another heated argument between the two. Sharpe and Bayless have been working together since 2016 when the show first aired. After the recent outbursts between the two, there are rumbles in the air that this could be the beginning of the end.

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Bagavathi Eswaran

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Bagavathi Eswaran is a senior NBA writer at EssentiallySports, having a strong passion for the sport since the age of ten. As a former college player, Bagavathi has been following the NBA for more than a decade and has found his calling in writing about the sport. He has used his expertise in covering the NBA, as well as other arenas of the sport, to write more than 1400 articles at ES. Bagavathi's pieces on the increasingly dominant presence of European basketball and those following the journey of women-ballers are particularly noteworthy. Along with being a full-time writer, he is also a part of a group of young coaches groomed as trainers by Junior NBA. Bagavathi has trained players from schools and colleges, as well as underprivileged students who can attend the camps for free.

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