This was undoubtedly a bombshell.
However, since there were no recordings of the phone call, Gilbert's revelation was met with significant skepticism from LeBron fans.
After all, that public letter had already pitted Gilbert and James against each other like fire and water.
Now, in their view, Gilbert's recent actions were nothing more than kicking James when he was down after a failure.
But for Knights fans, they were more inclined to believe what Gilbert said was true.
Because only then could it explain the seemingly irrational actions of the past.
Hansen also thought it was probably true—it explained why Ferry had been hinting at something higher up, as he indeed would not have known about this.
Moreover, if it wasn't true, Gilbert probably wouldn't have been so upset as to lose his composure and openly curse James as a traitor in his public letter.
As for James, it wasn't just about going back on verbal promises; hadn't he contradicted himself plenty of times before?
