LeBron James once raged against the machine. Increasingly, he helps prop it up
LeBron James and Will Smith were in Angola as part of the E1 World Championship. Photograph: Malcolm Griffiths/Getty ImagesView image in fullscreenLeBron James and Will Smith were in Angola as part of the E1 World Championship. Photograph: Malcolm Griffiths/Getty ImagesLeBron JamesLeBron James once raged against the machine.
- ▪LeBron James and Will Smith were in Angola as part of the E1 World Championship.
- ▪Photograph: Malcolm Griffiths/Getty ImagesView image in fullscreenLeBron James and Will Smith were in Angola as part of the E1 World Championship.
- ▪Photograph: Malcolm Griffiths/Getty ImagesLeBron JamesLeBron James once raged against the machine.
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| Canonical URL | https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/sep/17/lebron-james-angola-will-smith-predictions-markets |
| Publication time | Thu, 17 Sep 2026 09:00:45 GMT |
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LeBron James and Will Smith were in Angola as part of the E1 World Championship. Photograph: Malcolm Griffiths/Getty ImagesView image in fullscreenLeBron James and Will Smith were in Angola as part of the E1 World Championship. Photograph: Malcolm Griffiths/Getty ImagesLeBron JamesLeBron James once raged against the machine. Increasingly, he helps prop it upLeBron James was once one of the world’s most outspoken athletes. Now he’s plugging a predictions market and an authoritarian leaderKarim ZidanThu 17 Sep 2026 05.00 EDTLast modified on Thu 17 Sep 2026 05.02 EDTSharePrefer the Guardian on GoogleThere was a time when LeBron James’s views on abuses of political power were considered dangerous enough that Donald Trump’s allies told him to shut up and dribble.
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