India, April 10 -- LeBron James responded to social media criticism during a Lakers practice session at the SMU campus in Dallas. The 41-year-old Lakers star clarified his recent remarks about not enjoying road trips to Memphis and Milwaukee, pushing back firmly against suggestions that his comments were racially motivated or targeted the cities' residents.

"Did I say I don't like Black people?" James asked reporters. "I said Milwaukee as well. I'm 41 years old - there's two cities I don't like playing in right now. That's Milwaukee and that's Memphis. I'm not talking about the people in Memphis. I just don't like staying at the Hyatt Centric. What's wrong with that?"

James added that he doesn't even like going "home" to Cleveland, emph...