Strategy Lebron James Thinks Would Help Cavs Beat The Warriors

LeBron James, partially responsible for ushering in the NBA’s era of superteams when he joined the Miami Heat in 2010, said that for as much talent as the Golden State Warriors possess, the greater challenge in bringing them down might be matching their collective basketball IQ.

The Cleveland Cavaliers trail the Warriors 3-0 in the NBA Finals and are just 1-7 in the Finals against the Warriors over the past two seasons since Golden State added former league MVP Kevin Durant to the fold in the summer of 2016.

On the verge of elimination thanks to a big night by Kevin Durant, Cavaliers star LeBron James said playing the Warriors is “almost like playing the Patriots.

After regularly losing to LeBron James in OKC, Kevin Durant has dominated with the Warriors.

James reflected Thursday on how the Warriors came to be, a team on the verge of its third championship in the past four years after averaging 66.3 wins in the past four regular seasons.

“Golden State, because of Steph [Curry’s] injuries early on in his career and his contract situation and then them drafting Draymond [Green] and drafting Klay [Thompson] and them being under the contracts they were in, allowed their franchise to go out to get KD,” James said.