Winning the game is more important and understanding what the main goal is." James is a four-time NBA Most Valuable Player and a nine-time All-Star with two championships. I can still keep my head and I'm able to do what needs to be done to help our team win. "I don't ever start it, but I can get involved in it. "I'm not much of a talker, but I can," James said. James admitted he doesn't always stay quiet. I feel like I'm doing something right and getting under his skin."
"I used to always be the one who would say, 'I'm going to do something to get you mad.' "To me I think it's a sign of weakness because he never used to say nothing," Stephenson said after Indiana's practice on Sunday. Stephenson had 10 points on 3-of-9 shooting, 11 rebounds and five assists. When Karl Malone controversially won the MVP award ahead of Jordan in 1998, he took the opportunity to dominate the power forward in the Finals that season. James finished with 22 of his 26 points after his offensive charge. He was the best trash talker, he always put his money where his mouth was, and he would take any possible opportunity he could in order to win. Stephenson offered some words back in return.
Subscribe for all future episodes.After his offensive foul, James taunted Stephenson on several occasions when he or the Heat made a big play. They’ll resume acquaintances in an eagerly anticipated showdown on Christmas Day.ĬLICK HERE to listen to Episode Two of the new GiveMeSport NBA podcast, featuring New York Times senior writer Marc Stein. The All-Star duo will see a lot more of each other next season after the King chose to take his talents to the Los Angeles Lakers. “I would say though when you see guys working out with each other in the summers and you see guys playing pickup and all that - when you step foot on the court during the season, it’s a totally different environment.” “There’s definitely a mutual respect,” he said. James was clearly in the heat of the moment as his historic 51-point performance meant nothing as they’d let the game slip away.ĭespite their verbal encounter, however, Curry insists there’s still mutual respect between the two. And I was like, ‘I don’t want to be the sacrificial lamb for your leadership.’ (laughter). “And he was like, ‘I gotta do that to make sure my teammates know I’m a mentor’ and it’s a part of his leadership and that type of deal. “And then the whole Tristan and Draymond thing happened and I went back up to him and I was like, ‘Yo, what’s up? Is this really what we’re about right now?’
Steph Curry breaks down the sequence of events that led to him and LeBron getting into it at the #NBAFinals for #BSPocast: /wnJWMJHecJ “And I was like, ‘That’s what we’re really on right now? We’re about to win and you’re worried about mean-blocking my shot and talking trash?’ Then he stared me down and he said something to me. “…I was hot because I was trying to finish out a possession, I think it was less than a minute left, I didn’t see him coming over from the weak side so I tried to do a little soft scoop layup and he pinned it. But it was an interesting moment,” Curry said. Posted Up - Desmond Bane on his dust-up with LeBron James January 18, 2022, 3:06 PM The Memphis Grizzlies second-year guard makes a return visit to the Posted Up with Chris Haynes podcast to. “It was never going to spill over to that. In a recent appearance on The Bill Simmons podcast, Steph explained the situation and admitted he was caught off guard by LeBron’s trash talking. This led to the two superstars staring each other down and exchanging words. The Warriors capitalised on Smith’s error and dominated overtime to win the game.īut before the buzzer sounded, Curry attempted to convert a meaningless layup but LBJ was having none of it and rejected the shot. All of the sudden, LeBron says something to my husband, and I see this and I stand up. Smith’s inexplicable late blunder, James went into the overtime period feeling extremely frustrated. I dont give a fk about LeBron.' 'Anyway, Im minding my own business, drinking, having fun. After seeing an opportunity to take a 1-0 lead slip away due to J.R.
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