“I wasn’t like, ‘Oh, you trippin’. I’ve hit game-winning shots my whole life.’
“I was not like that. I was like, ‘Damn.’ Because … I played with Kyrie for three seasons [with the Cleveland Cavaliers]. The whole time when I was there, I only wanted to see him be a MVP of our league. I only cared about his success. And it just didn’t align. It just didn’t align. And we were able to win a championship. That’s the craziest thing. We were still able to win a championship, and we could never align. But I only cared about his well-being, both on and off the floor.
“And it kind of hurt me a little bit.”
James and Irving played together from 2014 to 2017 and won what is considered one of the greatest comebacks in NBA Finals history when they defeated the 73-9 Golden State Warriors in 2016 after being down 3-1.
LeBron was hurt by Kyrie’s comments a few months ago about finally having another closer on his team. pic.twitter.com/kDxc0ub72Z
— ESPN (@espn) December 8, 2020
