LeBron James says during the season he questioned whether Cavs would even make the playoffs
In December Cleveland lost 9 games out of 12
LeBron will play the NBA Finals for the eighth straight season. The superstar had some doubts about the Cavaliers in the middle of the current season.
In December Cleveland lost 9 games out of 12.
Per ESPN, "It was at points where, 'OK, will the Cavs even make the playoffs?'" James told ESPN's Rachel Nichols on Wednesday in an exclusive interview. "And I was like, 'OK, I am not settling for that conversation. Now that is just ridiculous. Now I have got to get into the postseason.'"
"I was like, 'OK, I am not quite sure what we are going to do with this ball club. We are not playing good basketball, but you can't sell yourself short,'" James told Nichols. "'You have so many people looking up to you, you have so many kids to inspire, and you, yourself, you have always talked about be as great as you can be every day,' so I kind of hit that switch before the trade deadline."
“So I felt like the odds were against us from the summer," James continued. "And then you know we come into the season, and our All-Star point guard that we got from Boston [Isaiah Thomas] wasn't able to play until January. We just had so many things going with our team. We shuffled in different lineups, we shuffled in different players, we made a trade at the deadline, and I can't sit here right now and say that the Finals was a part of my thinking."
In December Cleveland lost 9 games out of 12.
Per ESPN, "It was at points where, 'OK, will the Cavs even make the playoffs?'" James told ESPN's Rachel Nichols on Wednesday in an exclusive interview. "And I was like, 'OK, I am not settling for that conversation. Now that is just ridiculous. Now I have got to get into the postseason.'"
"I was like, 'OK, I am not quite sure what we are going to do with this ball club. We are not playing good basketball, but you can't sell yourself short,'" James told Nichols. "'You have so many people looking up to you, you have so many kids to inspire, and you, yourself, you have always talked about be as great as you can be every day,' so I kind of hit that switch before the trade deadline."
“So I felt like the odds were against us from the summer," James continued. "And then you know we come into the season, and our All-Star point guard that we got from Boston [Isaiah Thomas] wasn't able to play until January. We just had so many things going with our team. We shuffled in different lineups, we shuffled in different players, we made a trade at the deadline, and I can't sit here right now and say that the Finals was a part of my thinking."
E. Carchia
@Sportando
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