Rich Paul on what happened to LeBron in the 2011 finals and says he’s ‘glad they lost’
“Obviously we all know who the media scapegoat was… Sometimes you just run out. They had great games, great series, they get to the finals and have a game they should’ve won (game 2)….. Myself, D Wade and LeBron were talking, and I said ‘I’m so glad you guys didn’t win in that manner. I’m glad because I felt that villian role, that’s not who you are as a person. If God allows you to win in that capacity, that’s going to spill over outside of basketball. This loss was preparing you for what’s coming next. Without that loss, you don’t get the 3-1 comeback…. Yes he should’ve played better and was probably capable of playing better but I just feel like when God prepares you for certain things, you don’t know why but you have to go through it”
(Via Game Over)
Dwyane Wade breaks down how the big 3 came together and says ‘Blame Boston’ 👀
“We played into the drama and I did not know until LeBron said ‘I’m taking my talents to South beach.’ We had conversations leading up to it saying ‘hey, we’d love to be able to do this.’ We were all at a point where we realized we couldn’t beat Boston, we don’t know if we can beat the Lakers. We tried individually and Boston was just beating us up. They were the big brothers with Ray Allen, KG, Paul Pierce, Rondo, we can’t compete with that! So we had to like ‘hey Avengers!’ What’s up? We made our call so we can compete. Blame it on Boston! Don’t blame us. Blame Boston for being the big brothers beating everybody up”
(Via @ZachLowe_NBA / @DwyaneWade)