Pat Riley speaks on his relationship with LeBron James and was disappointed when he left in 2014:
“We had a great embrace when they honored me with a statue out there….. LeBron and I we haven’t talked much but you let go of that stuff. I was very disappointed because I thought we were looking at a dynasty. When he left it was very disappointing. I want to see him somewhere on the golf course one day”
(Via @LeBatardShow)
Tracy McGrady says LeBron James would’ve had no GOAT debate if he learned the triangle offense early in his career
“If LeBron got introduced to the triangle at an early age, that’s different.”
“He would’ve expanded his game.”
“That would be tremendous.”
“He’s not as fast or the uber athlete he once was.”
“But if you took LeBron with his athleticism, speed, and agility and put him in the triangle…”
“I don’t think it’s a question.”
“I don’t think there would be a question who the greatest player would be.”
Tom Brady asked Shaquille O’Neal what made him become the most dominant player in basketball… his answer started with one lesson from his father.
“My dad was super hard on me. He was a military drill sergeant who wanted perfection.”
“I missed a finger roll in high school, and he stopped the game, took me outside, and told me, ‘Magic Johnson, you need to be Shaq.’”
“From that day on, every time I dunked, I wanted to tear the rim off. The biggest lesson he taught me was to never become complacent. Always move on to the next.”
Jr Smith on the 2018 Cavs LeBron vs 2013 Heat LeBron debate:
“Miami LeBron was nuts bro… That was Villian Bron. There was a point he wasn’t taking a shot outside of 9/10 FT. He was averaging like 30 something. He was shooting like 13/15 inside the paint. With D Wade and Bosh, he literally solidified his impact on the game. Miami LeBron was crazy”
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Michael Vick hasn’t played in over a decade, yet the NFL still pays him over six figures every year
“Yeah. Every year. Annual, for the rest of your life. Got a disability too, broken ankle, surgery.”
“It’s over six figures? Yeah.”
“The league provides us with opportunities to make sure financial longevity is in place for us, if you want it. Now I’ve seen a lot of guys who didn’t want it, who didn’t pay attention…”
“I knew about it, invest this, they match that, get it here, get it there. I can cover myself if I blow everything”
T-Pain broke down exactly why selling his music catalog was a total no-brainer.
"The amount of money that they gave me for my catalog, it literally would have taken me a hundred years to make that money.
"l calculated it and I was like, why would I sell y'all this? And they were like, "Look here's how much you're making per
year off of all of this. We're going to give you a hundred years worth of money right here, all at once."
“They gave me 100 years worth of money right here, all at once.”
Channing Frye says LeBron James stole "Taco Tuesday" from him and made a brand deal off it
"Do you remember when Bron started the Taco Tuesday? He didn't even start that. I did"
"On the airplane, I would always say I always get the burrito. He goes, 'Ted, you always over there eating burritos.' And I go, 'I know because it's taco Tuesday cuz I'm from Phoenix.' And he goes, 'Oh, it's taco Tuesday.' And he stole my ___"
"He jacked my stuff, dog"
"He even did a brand deal with Taco Tuesday"
"Honestly, I've never liked the guy shows how selfish he is"