Jay-z backs up Lebron - by Matthew Zander

By now, the feud between LeBron James and DeShawn Stevenson is common knowledge to most sports fans.

For those who don't know, Stevenson, a Washington Wizards guard, called the Cleveland Cavaliers forward James "overrated" before their teams met in the first round of the Eastern Conference playoffs. To reiterate, that's Stevenson (who has a career average of 8.7 points per game, zero All-Star game appearances, and no Michael Jordan comparisons), calling out King James (with his career average of 27.3 points per game, two All-Star game MVP's and countless prognosticators predicting him to be Jordan's heir).

Well, LBJ shot back with a remark saying that he wouldn't even respond to Stevenson because that'd be like Jay-Z responding to Soulja Boy.

But here's where it gets good... Hov, who is a mentor and friend to the 23-year-old James, put out a Stevenson diss and had it played last week at Love, a club in D.C. That's Stevenson's home turf! Here’s his sickest line:


Who the fuck's overrated/If anything they underpaid him/Hatin' that's only gonna make him spend a night outta spite with the chick you been datin'


There's long been speculation that when Bron (who seems like a bona fide Roc Boy at this point) becomes a free agent in 2010, he'll sign with the New Jersey Nets, the squad partially owned by Jay. And if the Nets move to Brooklyn like many believe, that'll just cement it. Forget about Big, a combination of Jay-Z and LeBron James would really be Brooklyn's Finest.

Oh, and by the way – LeBron is averaging 30.4 points, 8.8 rebounds and 6.6 assists per game and has the Cavs up 3 games to 2 in the best-of-7 series. Stevenson? 12.8 points, 2.2 rebounds, 3.0 assists per run.

here's the song:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=I8oC8rtNqMc