Mario Chalmers, a former teammate of LeBron James, unexpectedly made the news recently. The former NBA champion, who entered the league five years after The King and has since left the league five times, ripped at James.
No one feared James as much as they dreaded Michael Jordan, according to the former Miami Heat point guard. Nonetheless, he ought to be aware of how super teams came to be as he is a member of one. Super teams began to emerge in the late 2000s and subsequently in 2016 in part due to his consistent domination. Draymond Green’s most recent admission may only point in that direction.
Some Warriors Players Feared Le Bron James According to Draymond Green
Once James’ time in Miami came to an end, his rivalry with the Golden State Warriors and Cleveland Cavaliers rose to the top of the NBA. Without Kyrie Irving and Kevin Love available for the 2015 NBA Finals, he faced a young Warriors team headlined by Stephen Curry, Klay Thompson, and Draymond Green in his first season back in Cleveland.
With Matthew Dellavedova as his #2, he provided the Dubs a dogfight that undoubtedly ensured a promising Finals the next year. And the Warriors signed Kevin Durant in the off-season after his victory over the 73-9 Warriors in 2016 helped to produce arguably the largest turnaround and upset in sports history.
Maybe some of his teammates at the time feared the four-time MVP, which is what caused that. Green recently disclosed it without mentioning any specific individuals or seasons.
I personally know people that were scared of LeBron James I know a bunch of people who were and are in fact terrified of LeBron James. I ve seen it. At times I ve had teammates that were terrified of LeBron James.
Draymond Green
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The four-time NBA champion continued by saying that he had players who scared LeBron as he welcomed Tristan Thompson on The Draymond Green Show, who had also contributed his opinion to the Chalmers view.
Even Kendrick Perkins, whose injury, according to some experts, caused Kobe Bryant to switch to the Lakers, has admitted to being terrified of James, even going so far as to want the Cavaliers star to be hurt.
Gsw did T Form the First Super Team to Stop James
Not the first team to do it was the Warriors. In order to defeat the Kobe Bryant and Pau Gasol-led Lakers and win the NBA Finals in their inaugural season, the Boston Celtics did not sign Kevin Garnett in 2007.
They only wanted to get to the Playoffs and then advance as far as they could from there. And James Cavaliers, who had made it to the Finals in 2007, would undoubtedly pose a challenge.
Two years previously, the Cs suffered two first-round exits and were a long way from making the playoffs. The franchise would have suffered greatly if it had lost to a youthful LeBron James leading a group of role players and seasoned veterans. For this reason, KG and Ray Allen were added to a team that already had players like Paul Pierce and Rajon Rondo.
