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发帖数: 12553 | 1 CLEVELAND -- LeBron James, partially responsible for ushering in the NBA's
era of superteams when he joined the Miami Heat in 2010, said that for as
much talent as the Golden State Warriors possess, the greater challenge in
bringing them down might be matching their collective basketball IQ.
"Now everyone is trying to figure that out," James said of the task of
beating the Warriors. "How do you put together a group of talent but also a
group of minds to be able to compete with Golden State, to be able to
compete for a championship?"
The Cleveland Cavaliers trail the Warriors 3-0 in the NBA Finals and are
just 1-7 in the Finals against the Warriors over the past two seasons since
Golden State added former league MVP Kevin Durant to the fold in the summer
of 2016.
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James reflected Thursday on how the Warriors came to be, a team on the verge
of its third championship in the past four years after averaging 66.3 wins
in the past four regular seasons.
"Golden State, because of Steph [Curry's] injuries early on in his career
and his contract situation and then them drafting Draymond [Green] and
drafting Klay [Thompson] and them being under the contracts they were in,
allowed their franchise to go out to get KD," James said. "So they win a
championship [in 2015]. Then we play them and we come back from 3-1 and we
beat them [in 2016]. But that was the best regular season -- probably the
best team I had ever played against. They go 73-9, and then you add one of
the best players that the NBA has ever seen."
Still, James emphasized, the common thread between recent juggernauts in the
Big Three Boston Celtics; or his Heat teams with Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh
; or the San Antonio Spurs teams led by Tim Duncan, Manu Ginobili, Tony
Parker and Kawhi Leonard; or the current Warriors is not the All-Stars, but
what's going on upstairs between the ears.
"In order to win, you've got to have talent, but you've got to be very
cerebral too," James said. "Listen, we're all NBA players. Everybody knows
how to put the ball in the hoop. But who can think throughout the course of
the game?
"This is so challenging for me to sit up here and say, because people who
really don't know the game don't really know what I'm talking about. They
just think that you go out, and, 'Oh, LeBron, you're bigger and faster and
stronger than everybody, you should drive every single time and you should
dunk every single play and you should never get tired, never.' Like it's a
video game and you went on the options and you turned down fatigue all the
way to zero and injuries all the way down to zero. So we come back here and
we get the minds and we build a championship team."
Of course, not lost on anyone is the fact that James is expected to opt out
of the final year of his contract with the Cavs to explore unrestricted free
agency this July.
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By detailing what type of smart players it takes to win championships, James
could very well have been intentionally dropping clues as to what he thinks
of his Cavs teammates, as well as what he will be looking for in weighing
any new franchise he should decide to join.
Of Wade and Bosh, whom he teamed with in 2010, James revealed, "I knew their
minds," before they wore the same NBA uniform. Of Kyrie Irving, whom he
teamed with in 2014, James said his goal was he "wanted to try to build his
mind up to fast-track his mind."
If there were breadcrumbs to follow, it's worth mentioning that in October,
James said "his passing is his best quality and [his] high basketball IQ,"
when asked about Philadelphia 76ers rookie Ben Simmons. Then again, in
February, he said, "I think George Hill's basketball IQ complements me,"
when asked about the Cavs' new point guard. He has made similar comments
countless times about his longtime friend Chris Paul of the Houston Rockets.
He also spoke highly of Los Angeles Lakers rookie Lonzo Ball when asked
about him in December: "It's always team. He passes the ball. Pushes the
ball up the floor. Someone you want to play with."
In other words, all four of the presumed most likely destinations for James
this summer -- Cleveland, Philly, Houston and the Lakers -- have at least
one player who fits the smart-teammate mold that he seeks out.
If he meant for his statements to be a reflection of what his current Cavs
team is lacking, James would only hint at it, rather than state it outright.
"We have a lot of talent, as well," James said. "We've been in a position
where we could win two out of these three games. So what do we have to do?
Do we have to make more shots? Is it we have to have our minds into it a
little bit more?"
Green was asked about James' praise of the Warriors' mental strength and
returned the compliment.
"I think you really learn where a guy's IQ is and then you kind of adjust to
that," Green said. "IQ isn't going to be everyone's strength. You look at
LeBron, he's probably one of the smartest players to ever play the game. You
can't say that about the rest of the Cavs' team. He's special in that
aspect. But it's on him to make sure that what he does rubs off on them, and
he puts them in the right spots. And he does do that.
"I think as far as we go, when you look at guys who are having a high IQ on
our team, it's our job to make sure we're doing whatever we can to help
other guys who may not be as strong in that area. And I think that all comes
with the system we play in, the culture that we've built. You don't really
want to be the sore thumb sticking out."
"So," Green continued, "I think that's very important and I think it's one
of the most underrated things when you're talking about the success that we'
ve had because you can't really measure it."
In other words, if the Cavs were to complete another historic comeback
against the Warriors, Golden State will have to have a mental meltdown as
much as anything.
"When you make mistakes, they make you pay," James said. "Because they're
already more talented than you are, but they also have the minds behind it
too, and they also have the championship DNA." | k*2
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: CLEVELAND -- LeBron James, partially responsible for ushering in the NBA's
: era of superteams when he joined the Miami Heat in 2010, said that for as
: much talent as the Golden State Warriors possess, the greater challenge in
: bringing them down might be matching their collective basketball IQ.
: "Now everyone is trying to figure that out," James said of the task of
: beating the Warriors. "How do you put together a group of talent but also a
: group of minds to be able to compete with Golden State, to be able to
: compete for a championship?"
: The Cleveland Cavaliers trail the Warriors 3-0 in the NBA Finals and are
: just 1-7 in the Finals against the Warriors over the past two seasons since
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