LeBron picks Warriors as NBA playoff team he would play for

LeBron James has been a winner at each vacation spot he is traveled to by means of his Corridor of Fame journey.

Prosperity appears to comply with James like thunder does lightning, and he has been the catalyst for nearly all of it. So when James was requested which playoff workforce he’d most prefer to play with, it was no shock to listen to him title the one which’d give him the simplest workload.

“It’d be Golden State,” James mentioned in response to a query posed by longtime buddy Maverick Carter on an upcoming episode of HBO’s “The Store.”

“I’d like to get right into a pissing match with Draymond [Green]. I like when anyone cuss me out.”

Inexperienced and James’ relationship is thought for its fiery nature on the court docket, and lots of followers vividly keep in mind their string of spats that led to Inexperienced’s one-game suspension in the course of the 2016 NBA Finals.

However the pair share a doting relationship constructed on respect for one another’s résumés, and this yr James even despatched a young “good luck” message out to his fellow Klutch Sports activities consumer forward of his postseason run. 

“My brother, my G!” James wrote on an Instagram story, “Love you child! Good luck within the postseason! Virtually that point once more!” Inexperienced reposted the salute on his personal story, reciprocating James’ love.

Inexperienced and James even took a trip to Cabo collectively throughout this yr’s All-Star break, a interval by which Inexperienced himself was amazed by James’ unrelenting work ethic — even in Mexico’s paradisiacal local weather.

“It is insane that LeBron continues to supply on the stage he’s producing in his nineteenth season within the NBA,” Inexperienced mentioned on his podcast following the journey.

“It is humorous as a result of we had been simply in Cabo weeks in the past for All-Star break. I walked into Bron’s crib, and he is utilizing this electrical present sort of machine on his quad. And I mentioned to him proper then ‘Dude you simply do not cease’ and he is like ‘Man, gotta do it. Gotta get the quad high quality you recognize I had this situation.’ So I used to be similar to ‘Dude, you simply by no means cease. Like there’s at all times one thing with you with reference to your physique and the sport. It is mind-blowing to me'”

Given all of this, Shannon Sharpe wasn’t stunned that James’ talked about a need to play with the Warriors. However he opined that the selection was extra about enjoying with the Warriors’ major star than it was about Inexperienced.

“That is extra about enjoying with Steph Curry. Within the final two All-Star Video games, LeBron has drafted Steph,” Sharpe mentioned Wednesday on “Undisputed.”

“Within the 2022 All-Star Sport, Steph had 50 factors on 16 made 3s. And LeBron noticed simply how straightforward it was to get him straightforward appears to be like. Now think about you’ve got received Steph and Klay [Thompson]? Have a look at Cleveland. He had Channing Frye, J.R. Smith, Kyle Korver, Iman Shumpert. You have a look at Miami. He had Ray Allen, Mike Miller, Mario Chalmers, Shane Battier. Now he can get downhill with out them constructing a wall to attempt to hold him out of the lane.”

Sharpe went on to query James’ need for a difficult presence within the locker room.

“I do not know if LeBron James has ever had a participant that might come at him like Draymond,” he mentioned. 

“He says that is what he desires, however should you’ve by no means had that, you may’t probably count on him in 12 months 19 to be cool with that. I do know that is about gamers: The better the participant is, the critiques higher be increasingly more fluff. When Bruce Arians was harshly critiquing Tom Brady, he wasn’t accepting that. I nonetheless imagine it is about Steph. After they requested him months earlier, he did not point out Draymond. May you think about? LeBron would common 16-17 assists.”

LeBron James would like to play with Warriors over Celtics

launched from the most recent episode of “The Store,”LeBron James spoke about preferring to play with Golden State against their NBA Finals opponents Boston Celtics.

It is unlikely that James’ hypothetical want does come true, but when it did, Golden State’s already legendary dynasty might very nicely attain GOAT standing.

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