--- description: Or at least, that's what the ESPN announcers think is happening title: Lebron James Apparently Stares Down Michael Jordan During Dunk image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9c4e441d8f11f4c3/69868cb713c79f3db8191d41/screen-shot-2014-04-27-at-10-43-04-am.png?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # LeBron James Apparently Stares Down Michael Jordan While Dunking by [Samantha Grossman](/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 27, 2014 3:12 PM CUT  by [Samantha Grossman](/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 27, 2014 3:12 PM CUT While the Miami Heat were playing the Charlotte Bobcats Saturday, LeBron James just _might_ have thrown some shade at — _gasp!_ — Michael Jordan. James got a breakaway dunk, and as you can see in the video above, he casts a stern look to the right as he approaches the net. The ESPN announcers assumed that this stare was directed at Jordan, who owns the Bobcats. But maybe not. When asked during the post-game press conference about the alleged glare, LeBron said, “Don’t start that. Absolutely not, man, absolutely not.” ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/78387/lebron-james-michael-jordan/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/78387/lebron-james-michael-jordan/"},"headline":"LeBron James Apparently Stares Down Michael Jordan While Dunking","datePublished":"2014-04-27T15:12:16.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:09:09.882Z","description":"Or at least, that's what the ESPN announcers think is happening","url":"https://time.com/78387/lebron-james-michael-jordan/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Basketball","Sports topic","Lebron James","NBA","michael jordan"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9c4e441d8f11f4c3/69868cb713c79f3db8191d41/screen-shot-2014-04-27-at-10-43-04-am.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Samantha Grossman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9c4e441d8f11f4c3/69868cb713c79f3db8191d41/screen-shot-2014-04-27-at-10-43-04-am.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Screen Shot 2014-04-27 at 10.43.04 AM","caption":"","creditText":"","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/78387/lebron-james-michael-jordan/","name":"LeBron James Apparently Stares Down Michael Jordan While Dunking"}}]}] ```