LeBron James responds to racist vandalism to his Los Angeles home

After his home was found vandalized with racist graffiti ahead of Game 1 of the NBA Finals, LeBron James responded to the incident on Wednesday.

LeBron James has plenty going on already as he plans for the Cavaliers’ upcoming NBA Finals matchup with the Golden State Warriors, but had some bigger problems as his home was vandalized with racist graffiti on Wednesday.

According to a report from TMZ, “someone spray painted the n-word on the front gate” of James’ home in Los Angeles, with police quickly responding to the incident and treating it as a hate crime. James doesn’t live in the house regularly, spending most of his time in Ohio, but it doesn’t lessen the impact of the entire incident.

An emotional James sat down for a press conference ahead of the NBA Finals, and was upset that the spotlight was on the incident, rather than the league’s biggest spectacle starting up on Thursday night.

“We sit here on the eve of one of the greatest sporting events we have in sports,” James said. “If this is going to shed a light and to continue to keep the conversation going on my behalf, I’m okay with it. My family’s safe, and that’s most important.”

James, who also gave his opinion on race in sports and America just a month ago during the Adam Jones situation in MLB in Boston, said that it’s a prevalent topic in the country, and isn’t going away anytime soon.

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“It goes to show that racism will always be part of the world, part of America,” James said. “No matter how much money you have being black in America is tough.”

Hopefully James can bounce back from the incident after addressing it, and focus on what is sure to be an incredible and tough NBA Finals starting tomorrow night.