LeBron says his Dennis Smith comments were meant to be a shot at Phil Jackson not Ntilikina

LeBron James said that with his comments on Dennis Smith jr and the Knicks he was not throwing a shade at Frank Ntilikina.

Per Uproxx, “I wasn’t throwing shade at Frank at all,” James said. “People that got they pants in bunches, things of that nature in New York. They look for any controversy here. I was basically stating what I saw in Dennis Smith and what I saw of him coming out and watching the draft. I thought he would be a great fit here with Porzingis. That’s not to say Frank won’t be a great fit…it’s the same as me thinking Deshaun Watson should be a Brown. It’s not to say Myles Garrett won’t be a great football player, but Deshaun Watson should’ve been our quarterback. It’s not you sh*tting on the next guy. It’s just you stating what you see. That’s all that is for clarification for people who just live in the box, and for Enes Kanter, who’s always got something to say. He says, I don’t know what’s wrong with him.
“Oh yeah, it was definitely a shot at [Phil Jackson],” James continued. “That’s for sure. … It’s no shade at Frank. I wasn’t even thinking about the kid when I was talking about Dennis Smith. I was just thinking about the Knicks organization and Phil Jackson. And Dennis Smith’s talent and Porzingis.”