LeBron James announces he's leaving social media

LeBron James is taking a break from social media, citing negativity online.

The Lakers star posted a screengrab of a post from Rich Kleiman, Kevin Durant's longtime agent, to X, formerly Twitter.

In the post, Kleiman explained how "with so much hate and negativity in the world today," he's confused by how "some of the national sports media still think that the best way to cover sports is through negative takes."

"We can all acknowledge that sports is the last part of society that universally brings people together," he penned. "So why can't the coverage do the same? It's only clickbait when you say it. When the platform is so big, you can make the change and allow us all an escape from real-life negativity. I for one find it all a waste of breath."

James wrote "Amen" in response to the post.

Moments later, he revealed he's stepping away from social media for the time being.

"And with that said I’ll holla at y’all! Getting off social media for the time being. Y’all take care," he said alongside a peace sign and crown emoji.

Lately, the NBA's all-time leading points scorer has been wearing his emotions on his sleeve.

After Tuesday night's 124-118 win against the Utah Jazz, he touted rookie Dalton Knecht's performance and slammed those who called him a liar for predicting he'd be a star player when he was still in college.

"I don't know. The same s--t I said last year," he told reporters. "Everybody on the internet calls me a liar all the time. They say I lie about every f---ing thing. So what am I now? I've been said it. I watched him, I watched Tennessee a lot."

During the game, Knecht scored a career-high 37 points.

"I did not think he was going to fall to us," James said. "I thought it would be impossible. I have no idea how that happened but very grateful and very happy that he's here. I knew exactly what we was getting when he fell to 17."

It's unclear when the four-time NBA champion will return to the online platforms.

However, this isn't the first time he's done this.

In April 2015, he announced he was taking a break from social media to lock in during the playoffs.

"Zero dark thirty-23 activated #StriveForGreatness," he wrote.