Lakers star LeBron James has offered a unique take on why reigning champions Boston weren’t able to progress past the second round.
“It seems like sometimes, it seems like they get bored sometimes with the — I don’t want to say the process. Because I mean, s–t, they are who they are, and when you look at (Jayson) Tatum and (Jaylen) Brown, this is years and years and years and years, they’ve punched their 10,000 hours,” James said on the Mind the Game podcast with Steve Nash.
“But sometimes it seems like they get a little bored because of how great they are. Not only as those two as individuals, but them as a team, sometimes it looks like they get bored.”
On the same episode, Steve Nash and LeBron discussed the way the game is being talked about and critiqued by the NBA media and James isn’t loving it.
Steve Nash: “I know a lot of players from my generation are critical of the game. But I watch these playoff games, and I love it. I love the NBA. I love the little battles, the chess matches, the randomness — but with principles. To me, the game’s in a beautiful place.”
LeBron James replied with, “I loved it growing up. But sometimes, the older generation makes you not want to love the game you grew up watching. Like, I grew up loving Knicks vs. Bulls playoff series. Pacers vs. Knicks. I loved that. And even though I never saw MJ live — I’m from a small town outside of Cleveland — when the Cavs got the chance to play him, that was exciting… but now, that generation talks so much s*** about today’s game, it makes you go back and watch those old games — and it makes you not even want to appreciate them the way you did as a kid. Or like, they say, ‘We can’t be friends,’ or, ‘Why are you smiling on the court?’ Then someone pulls a clip of them standing next to an opponent during the Finals, smiling and laughing. Like, what the hell? Can we just be honest? If you want your movie, you write your own script.”
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