"That drive Bron crazy" - Udonis Haslem on LeBron James' basketball intellect
LeBron James and Udonis Haslem spent four seasons together as teammates on the Miami Heat. Haslem recently opened up on playing alongside James, as well as the future Hall of Famer's basketball IQ. During a recent appearance on The Pivot podcast, the veteran big man stated:
"I seen this man work on a move one d**n practice for ten minutes and the man used the d**n move against the Knicks in the first round about ten times like he had been doing it his whole life. It was coming across the lane, going to his left, coming off his right foot, shooting that jumper. The man worked on it for ten minutes and the man tore those people a** up with the same move."
"Ain't nobody stopping that man. You can sit there and be like, 'I can try to contain him' or whatever you want to try to do, but you ain't gone stop him. If he choose to go for it, he's going to go for it. He is a very unselfish basketball player. He's a very intelligent basketball player. You can't be a person that doesn't have the ability to approach the game mentally. He don't go for that. That drives Bron crazy.
"You don't know the game? You can't keep up with him mentally? That's it. It was times where Bron would come in and we'll be going down the court and he'll say, 'don't worry about that. Don't look over there, just look at me. Don't look at [Heat coach Erik Spoelstra].' That was no disrespect to 'Spo, but we out here. I got it. Just follow me."
LeBron James and Udonis Haslem went to the NBA Finals in all four of their seasons as teammates on the Miami Heat. The Heat were able to win two championships in that span. Haslem has shared that he will retire following the 2022-2023 season.
Check out Udonis Haslem's comments on LeBron James below:
"I seen this man work on a move for one damn practice for 10 minutes. And the man used the damn move against the Knicks in the first round about 10 times like he had been doing it his whole life."
Udonis Haslem on LeBron James
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