LeBron: No apology necessary

Miami Heat star LeBron James says he will not be apologizing for tweeting about Blake Griffin's dunk over Oklahoma City Thunder center Kendrick Perkins last week.

James said, "I would never apologize about anything like that when I'm connecting to my fans."

On Wednesday, Perkins said he was upset that James had sent out a tweet to his 3.5 million followers about Griffin's play.

James tweeted, "Dunk of the Year! @blakegriffin just dunked on Kendrick Perkins so hard!!! I guess I'm No. 2 now.  Move over #6."

James said, "Did I call him out?  I mean, did you read the tweet?  Did I call him out? I can see why he felt embarrassed.  I don't think I was the only one to react to the unbelievable play by Blake and that's what it was all about."

Perkins told Yahoo! Sports, "You don't see Michael Jordan tweeting.  If you're an elite player, plays like that don't excite you."

James also responded to Indiana Pacers president Larry Bird's comments that Bird would prefer to play with Kobe Bryant over LeBron.  James said, "It's simple, (Kobe) has five rings and I have none, so it's easy to say that.  If I had five rings and Kobe had none, it'd probably be the other way around."