{"id":17157,"date":"2026-09-10T16:17:53","date_gmt":"2026-09-10T16:17:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wildgreenquest.com\/?p=17157"},"modified":"2026-09-10T16:17:53","modified_gmt":"2026-09-10T16:17:53","slug":"why-lebron-james-joining-polymarket-doesnt-sit-well-with-fans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wildgreenquest.com\/?p=17157","title":{"rendered":"Why LeBron James Joining Polymarket Doesn&#8217;t Sit Well With Fans"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>LeBron James\u2019 latest business move is looking like an air ball with some fans. The NBA superstar is teaming up with prediction-market platform Polymarket, <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/7568178\/2026\/09\/05\/lebron-james-polymarket-partner\/\" id=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/7568178\/2026\/09\/05\/lebron-james-polymarket-partner\/\">The Athletic<\/a> reports. He\u2019ll become the company\u2019s first NBA athlete to sign an individual deal with the company. The announcement quickly drew some harsh reactions online.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRicher than god and still selling out to the gambling company. Sad as hell,\u201d one person wrote in response to James\u2019 post on X. Another asked, \u201cHow much more money do you need, man?\u201d Other critics dubbed him \u201cLeSellout.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-x wp-block-embed-x\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Damn I can\u2019t believe LeBron is a sellout now<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Specter (@DemonFramed) <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/DemonFramed\/status\/2097330420715008187?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 8, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>James isn\u2019t the only sports superstar getting into prediction markets. Giannis Antetokounmpo became the first NBA player to invest directly in rival Kalshi earlier this year. Lionel Messi and golfer Bryson DeChambeau have also partnered with Kalshi. Prediction markets allow users to trade contracts based on the outcome of future events, including sports.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>LeBron James\u2019 latest business move is looking like an air ball with some fans. The NBA superstar is teaming up with prediction-market platform Polymarket, <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/7568178\/2026\/09\/05\/lebron-james-polymarket-partner\/\" id=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/7568178\/2026\/09\/05\/lebron-james-polymarket-partner\/\">The Athletic<\/a> reports. He\u2019ll become the company\u2019s first NBA athlete to sign an individual deal with the company. The announcement quickly drew some harsh reactions online.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRicher than god and still selling out to the gambling company. Sad as hell,\u201d one person wrote in response to James\u2019 post on X. Another asked, \u201cHow much more money do you need, man?\u201d Other critics dubbed him \u201cLeSellout.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-x wp-block-embed-x\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Damn I can\u2019t believe LeBron is a sellout now<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Specter (@DemonFramed) <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/DemonFramed\/status\/2097330420715008187?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 8, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>James isn\u2019t the only sports superstar getting into prediction markets. Giannis Antetokounmpo became the first NBA player to invest directly in rival Kalshi earlier this year. Lionel Messi and golfer Bryson DeChambeau have also partnered with Kalshi. Prediction markets allow users to trade contracts based on the outcome of future events, including sports.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.entrepreneur.com\/business-news\/lebron-james-is-teaming-up-with-polymarket-fans-accuse-the-billionaire-of-selling-out\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LeBron James\u2019 latest business move is looking like an air ball with some fans. The NBA superstar is teaming up with prediction-market platform Polymarket, The Athletic reports. He\u2019ll become the company\u2019s first NBA athlete to sign an individual deal with the company. The announcement quickly drew some harsh reactions online. \u201cRicher than god and still<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":17158,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17157","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-green-brands"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wildgreenquest.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17157","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wildgreenquest.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wildgreenquest.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wildgreenquest.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wildgreenquest.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=17157"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wildgreenquest.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17157\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wildgreenquest.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/17158"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wildgreenquest.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17157"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wildgreenquest.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=17157"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wildgreenquest.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=17157"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}