Soulja Boy feels disrespected by Cleveland Cavaliers' LeBron James, but he feels important because of comments

Playoff series is music to Soulja Boy's ears
Saturday, April 19, 2008
Branson Wright
Plain Dealer Reporter
DeAndre Way is not much of a basketball fan, and he surprisingly has never seen LeBron James play. So when Way saw that James mentioned his stage name, "Soulja Boy," in a recent article, Way was caught way off guard.

"Someone from Interscope Records called me and sent me the quote," Way said. "I looked and didn't really think much about it. LeBron said something like he was Jay-Z and DeShawn (Stevenson) is Soulja Boy. I took that as (disrespectful)."

Following the Cavaliers practice on Friday in preparation of today's Game 1 of the first round of the playoffs against the Washington Wizards, James said he was not trying to be disrespectful to Way.

The "Soulja Boy Dance" is performed in night clubs, socials and in sports arenas across the country. Even James was caught on camera doing the "Soulja Boy Dance" during a game this season.

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Although Way even admitted he doesn't have much of basketball talent, he would not oppose a 2-on-2 basketball game for charity between himself and Stevenson against James and Jay-Z.

"Oh man, let's do it," Way said. "I can't hoop, but we all have money, and I can quickly get some training."

I took that as (disrespectful).

LeBron James couldn’t say the words without cracking up. He tried twice. The thought was just too silly to fathom.
“There’s no DeShawn-LeBron rivalry,” James said.
Maybe not. But the back-and-forth between the Cleveland Cavaliers megastar and Washington Wizards role player DeShawn Stevenson sure has made their first-round playoff series entertaining. If nothing else, it had a teenage rapper dancing in the aisle in the second half of Washington’s 108-72 victory in Game 3 on Thursday night.
The rapper is Soulja Boy, who ought to give James and Stevenson some royalties from his next CD because he couldn’t buy better publicity than this. He was in Row 1 at the invitation of Stevenson, his big hit “Crank Dat” was played on the sound system, and — in part because of him — the crowd chanted “over-rated!” at James during a free-throw attempt late in the third quarter.
James couldn’t help but laugh. He was so distracted he missed the shot. Didn’t really matter. By then, the Cavaliers were trailing by 28 points in a stunning reversal from Game 2.

so quaint iirc