 This is the story of what happens when you trash talk LeBron James and it goes horribly wrong. As we all know the Cleveland Cavaliers were the first team in NBA history to come back and win a championship down three games to one. There were many storylines involved within this season, the Golden State Warriors were the greatest team of all time record wise winning 73 games and LeBron James was trying to chase his first NBA title in Cleveland. So in this video we have some hilarious untold stories of NBA players that were involved on this day, players from the Golden State Warriors team and players from the Cleveland Cavaliers team. I hope you guys enjoyed this video, it took me a long time to edit and produce for you guys so if you do enjoy it by the end of the video I'd really appreciate if you guys could hit that like button, let's aim for 3000 likes for the next episode, be sure to hit that subscribe button if you do enjoy these videos and you want more videos just like this one. Full credit to all the podcast interviews and clips used in this video, they are on the screen right now and in the description box down below and I hope you guys enjoy. We got to go out there and play obviously better than we played tonight, much better than even when we played in game three but we got to get one. It's not about overlooking this, about getting one on their home forward, they've been very successful so we got to come in with the mindset that our coaches that will give us a great game playing and we got to execute that. I'm also curious though after game four when you guys lose at home. Take us back to that locker room down 3-1. I can remember we were in Oakland, we went to their practice facility, the Golden State Warriors and it was the one, you know, Clay had started, Thompson had started talking about how they were better than the Showtime Lakers. You know I don't really look at that are you the best team of all time, are we the best team of all time because I think it's all subjective, you know, to say we're better than the Showtime Lakers. How can you say we can never play them? We were better than the Showtime Lakers. You know that was kind of a shot at his dad as well. I grew up with Clay. So we're going over the Bay Bridge and that commentary is just still picking up. It's on Twitter, it's on Instagram, it's on all these social platforms. Oh, Sports Radio, everything. So I called Bronnan to the office to listen. We got to do this, this and this. We can beat the, and Bronnan was on board was like man they getting tired, they getting worn down. Some things we got to change defensively to kind of change that. So we're going over the Bay Bridge and that's when Bronn just said, he looked around and goes, you know what guys, this is, it's written. You remember on the ride back when Bronn saw that tucker up? Bro, we sat on that, on that, on that bus going back and Bronn was like, no, we're going to win game five. We're going to win tomorrow night. We're going to have a huge game. It's going to be tough. Yeah. It's going to come down to the last few minutes. We're not losing at home. They going to say, whoa, whoa, they going to do that. We're going to come back here. We're going to get game six, right? And then they finna get scared. Game seven, anything can happen. He like, we actually in the best position. We have no pressure on us. We supposed to lose. He's like, but we going to win tonight. You know how the bus here, when you first get on, it's quiet. It was quiet as a motherfucker. Yes. How did this start? How did the conversation start? It was crickets for, bro. And for us, it was really, it was literally airy on the bus. Like, ain't nobody want to call nobody. Nobody had their headphones on, listening to music. Like, it was just frustration. And when he said that, I just remember everybody on the bus being like, hell yeah, we definitely finna win. And everybody just going to turn their headphones down until we was all on the bus. Like, yeah, bro, we 100% not finna lose, 100%. That's how it played out. It's crazy. It still gives me chills thinking about it. Everybody, the meaner changed. Like, we weren't even mad no more. It just looked like it took everybody to be like, yep, y'all down 3-1, statistics say y'all lost. So y'all lose. It's like, it took that for us all to look at each other like, yeah, fuck all that. What did you tell the team then? Walk us through that moment. Because it's funny, we just had Shump on here. And Shump told us what Brian said on the bus to kind of get them going. And then you added your part to it. We got down 3-1. And I just felt we can beat them. Like, if some things we had to adjust and make some adjustments and some tweaks. But I just felt we can beat them. I swear I did. We got down 3-1. I said, whoever don't believe we can win, don't get on the plane tomorrow. In the NBA finals, you got to lay it all in a line. If you don't think we can win, don't get on the plane. It's not hard. You just go out and do your job. You give everything that you have to your team and to your teammates. I know what I'm capable of doing. And I know what our team is capable of doing, especially in a do or die game. The first two games, I thought they blew us out on their floor because we weren't ready for their speed and the pace of how they play. You can prepare for it all you want, but until you actually get a chance to get on the floor and see how fast they play, how hard they cut, you really don't know. And so after game two, we came home, made some adjustments that I thought was great for us. Game four, we lost, it was a close game, but our adjustments were exactly what we needed to do. And so before we left to go to game five, I said, listen, if you don't believe we can win, just stay here. I'm being like, no bulls, just stay here. We don't want you on the bus. We don't want no negativity. If you don't think we can win game five, just stay at home. We'll see you for game six. And I thought we actually really could win. I didn't think it was over. So we go there for game five. You know, Draymond got to spend the game five. What happened? He stepped over me and I had a natural reaction to get from over. You don't step over a grown man. It's disrespectful. I'm not sure I would react the same in the moment, just because I've grown as a person. I don't regret reacting the way I reacted in the moment because the only reason I can't promise you that I wouldn't react that way, because if somebody steps over my shoulder, I'm naturally going to try to get you off my shoulder. That's just who I am, I don't want a guy stepping over my shoulder. I'm sorry, I just don't. And if it happened again, I would do the same thing and get off me. And so I can't promise you that I wouldn't react the same way. Green was assessed a flagrant foul for striking James in the growing Golden State one game four. Green was suspended for game five. What I do know is, I think LeBron coaxed me into that. I knew we still had a chance. Like, it would be so much harder. You know how it is, Draymond's a heart and soul. Did you think he deserved it to get kicked out? Honestly. I didn't at the time. Yeah. I thought he got stepped over. Yeah. And I was like, man, he's defending him. So what happened? You're supposed to just do this and let him step over? LeBron figured out a way to get in Dray's head. And that's what happened. The heart and soul of the team. If you take out the heart, how does the body look? I mean, guys talk trash in this league all the time. You know, I'm just kind of shocked. Some guys take it so personal. It's like, I mean, you know, it's a man's league and people have feelings and people's feelings get hurt even if they're called a bad word. I guess his feelings just got hurt. Clay Thompson said, I guess he just got his feelings hurt. What did you say, Clay said? Clay said, I guess he just got his feelings hurt. Oh my goodness. Did you guys talk about this in the locker room when it happened? Now, you know, it was always difficult for me because I played with Clay and Steph and Draymond. The thing that I found ironic is that Clay got a thigh bruise because he thought it was like somewhat of an illegal screen and it's not even, it is a man's game. Clay is true, right? But you can't say it's a man's game when it's in reference to somebody else but then be calling a screen where you just got kneading your thigh, you got a little thigh bruise saying that. But I don't believe that any great player needs any extra motivation, right? Like the motivation is the thing. This team truly believes and has no plans to bow out gracefully. Two most important games of your life, it's when you were born and when you discover the reason why you were born. I think we're born to be champion. Game six, game strides. We win game five. Kyrie and Braun both have 40. Ironically, the game Draymond's out. Both Braun and Kyrie go for 40. The first time they're in the finals, they go for 40 a piece. I'm like, oh, could have used Draymond back there. We won game five, we're in the locker room. So after the game, everybody's in the locker room. All the coaches, the front office people, the owners. And I had everybody in the locker room give me $200. Give me $200, players are everybody. And they said, what you doing with this money? I said, I wrapped it up and I'm gonna take it and I'm putting it in the ceiling. We come back to get our money. We're coming back for game seven and get our money. So that means we had to go home and win game six and then come back for game seven. And so we go home, we win big in game six. Steph gets ejected. If you told us to be in your season one game and win a championship in Oakland, we'll take that any day of the week. We're coming back, Braun gets a speech and is like, listen, they getting worn out, they getting tired, they getting, like we just gotta keep going, keep going. When we attack, like I said, when we attack that, it cannot guard us. All right, we play with pace, it cannot guard us. By the way, they're f***ing up. Mentally and physically, they, I'm telling you, they're f***ing up. And you're up three-one and you're already kind of counting the win as like, just get it done, dream on suspension and all that. Like kind of is a little distraction, but you're like, we're still right there. Whether we two-times like defending champs back to back in the whole vibe. Honestly, I thought we were good even when we got back home to Oakland. Like I knew like, we don't lose at home. Yeah. Then last time we did lose, it took Kyrie and LeBron to go for 40 a piece. The first time I found it was history. Two teammates, some like, all right, anomalies happen. So we get back to game seven. This is the game seven in NBA finals. This might be once in a lifetime. Leave everything out on the floor. We do that, we'll give ourselves a great chance to be by the ear with our dream, all right? LeBron James and the Cavs with victories in games five and six to even this series and seven games apiece. Can they pull off the victory here tonight? Actually by Jefferson Barbosa, shot blocked by James. Keep playing, cut. You know, Bron was, you know, Bron is right. You can get 20 and 10 in the first and one half just like run out of bed. Like I pulled him over to the side. I was like, do you see the way he's playing? You see how they are playing? He was like, what? So we go over it. And I was like, so cause if I was guarding you, I'd do X and he was like, cool. He took it and used it. I've been in the G league for the whole year and I'm talking to the young kids and they just like, man, screw you, man. Like whatever, you old, you don't know what you're talking about. Like they not listening to nothing. And I'm fighting them for their attention just to teach them things that I just picked up along this journey. And they not really listening to the end. So like I'm not used to somebody listening. He was taking every set of information you give them and applying it, no matter who it is. Like he can take, he can take constructive criticism. But the first half he was like, he was just, he wasn't doing enough for me. You know what I'm saying? So he come to the bench one time. He's like sitting on the bench and he sit with legs crossed. He's like five hundred nails and something. He jumps like, no, not right now. I'm sorry. D Jones like not right now. And she's like, he's buzzing me. Like, what's he doing? So then halftime comes, we go into the locker room. And so halftime, we got the film and all the film. I said, no, we ain't doing no film. I said, Brian, you got to be better, bro. You got to be better. You got to pick up by language up. All right. You got to play harder. You got to be more aggressive. All right. And listen, man, everything we got is 24 minutes, man. Everything we got. I was like, what you mean? I got this. I said, I don't care about no stats. You got to be, what you want me to do, T-Lew? Guard Raymon, be aggressive, shoot the ball, stop, turn the ball over. And Taran Loo in game seven is just pleading for more from LeBron James. How much do you expect LeBron James to give you, dude? You said it was an intense halftime, like in the locker room. What was said? You know, even though LeBron's leading the Cavs in rebounds, assists points, Ty Loo goes to LeBron. In halftime, he says, you got to be better. Like, he's getting you and everything. He's like, come on, LeBron, come on, LeBron. Warriors are up by seven. Draymond Green is headed towards the finals MVP. He's hitting everything. LeBron is guarding him. He's getting scored on. And I don't remember what specifically he was asking for, but, man, that was just so great. LeBron's like, what do you mean I got to be better? And this profane argument breaks out. He's like, man, I said, man, we need you to be better. If you want to win, it's on you. He's like, so I stormed off. I go to locker room, stay in the door, boom. Ty Loo kind of went at Bron. Ty Loo kind of went at Bron, and then went back into the coach's room. And then Bron was pissed off, was like, man, because Bron was in a very good vibe. I think Bron the whole time had a great vibe about him. This whole time, he had never lost his cool, never been emotional, never, he was just like the ultimate leader, right? If there was any kind of like doubts or moments, like we never saw them. We go grab D. Jones. D. Jones, man, was your boy tripping? He's like, he's like, who? Like, man, Ty Loo, he's talking about I ain't doing this and doing that. Well, man, listen, I ain't been here all year. Everything I read is about how you trust him and how you, why not trust him now? So Bron was like, fuck you. So he go to James Jones. JJ, I can't believe, man. And then James Jones was like, No, James ain't. But Bron, is he lying? Fuck you, he grabbed him. Boom, he stormed out of locker room. That was the first time that he was mad that Ty Loo kind of said, I need more from you. Ty Loo was like, yo, I need more from you. And Bron was like, what are you talking about? He's like, well, I just need more. It's not enough, I need more. And then Ty Loo went into staying. And Bron was like, man, mess with my vibe, man. I've been cool. And all of a sudden you're just like, oh, geez, here. Because we were down. We were down going into halftime. So you come out and you're like, man, last thing you want is Bron to be worried about what Ty Loo talking about. People who have known LeBron for years who were there have never seen anybody speak to LeBron the way that Ty Loo spoke to him at halftime. And LeBron basically says some really bad language and walks out. He's the first guy on the court because he's so angry at Ty Loo. Boom, he stormed out of locker room. And the second half, Dom made the whole game. Max in, tough fallaway shot. It's good. James drives, gets in the paint, puts it up, and puts it in. Five to shoot. Azeli again goes back up on him. James steps back for three, puts it in. LeBron, James from downtown. And the Cavaliers go up by two. You know, obviously, Ty Loo, who is a master motivator, got that one or two more percentage points from him. That was needed. But we were all kind of looking around like, yo, this is the first time in the whole postseason that Bron's kind of had an attitude. He felt like he had a good grasp and Ty Loo kept pushing and trying to get more. Two hours later, LeBron's in the huddle before the shot that Kyrie Irving makes. And he's making the suggestion with Ty Loo in concert. Let's set this play up for Kyrie. And in some of Kyrie's hands, walk us back through that process. So you remember, Bron had just made that big block. And it's no knock to Azeli, it's just bad. Nigga Dalla to Kyrie, back to Nigga Dalla, up for the layup. So when Steph, I got the rebound, pushed it. I probably should have kept going. But I hit Steph to do two on one. Like we practice drills every day, and then he bounces it back. I'm like dunk on his head. That's game seven. He's played every minute. It's the last possible game. It's the last possible minute. And he does an athletic feat of sprinting back. Split second late, that's a goal taken. Kyrie back there, got the rejection. I'm not on the court and I'm sitting down. I see the two on one. I've been a two on one guy my entire career. So I'm thinking it's either gonna be a foul or a buck. That's the only thing that's gonna happen, right? I'm hoping that if it's a foul, it's Andre, who's not a great free throw shooter, but you're seeing it in real time. And then all of a sudden you just see a blur go across the screen. And it was one of the loudest, the loudest sounds I ever heard. Boom! And when it happened, I was like, damn! I was like, yo, that was the loudest. I'm like, what just happened? I didn't even know he blocked it, but I heard boom. And I was like, man, that was cold. I was really, it was like a fan moment. I was like, man, that was beautiful. And that's what it was. It was just a blur past me. And it was, you know, you can see me sitting down. And I'm like, wait. And then I see Braun come in late. And once he gets that block, I knew we'd just taken away an opportunity from them. So now it was back on our chance to have an opportunity to score and do something. And Andre was like, dude, there was nowhere for me to go. If I would have tried to reverse it, he had both arms on both sides. He was gonna block either side of it. He came out of nowhere and just made an incredible play. And then I'm thinking like, maybe I should have went to the other side. He had the other side. Yeah, exactly. It was just an amazing play. And, you know, I've done many articles about it. And people expect me to have some type of, you know, ill feelings. I'm like, man, that's one of the best things I've ever heard. But I heard it. I ain't see it. I heard it. Down three, one, it's over. Golden States winning again. And it's like, this dude, you know, led the series and points, rebound blocks, assists in every category. And he was exhausted. Like he hadn't came out of game the whole game. And so he was done. When I look at plays of any human being that have ever been done and at the moment they were done, I can't think of a bigger defensive play, you know. When he blocked the shot, I'm like, God dang, that was amazing. Like, I had that energy. Right. He was fried. And so we came to the bench. I think it was a man in 13 left in the game, something like that. And we came back to the bench. And man, bronze over there, he got the wet towel. He just saw him looking like, shit, I'm gonna Kyrie. I, you know what I'm saying? Like he's exhausted. And he's making suggestion with Tyloo in concert. Let's set this play up for Kyrie. Is LeBron telling Tyloo here, hey, give Kyrie this next shot? I think he was trying to say, let's get him on staff and then let him go to work. Bron, Bron is the ultimate teammate in that sense. Like he always tries to make the right play. He is, he is playing chess in all times. So we come out of the timeout and we just went into 12 action with JR and Kyrie. We cleared the whole right side out and said, JR, you gotta set us a hard screen. Make him, and Kyrie, you gotta fly off to force a switch. So that's a great defender too. But I'm just like, man, I can't believe I can see through that switch. It still burns. JR set a great screen and then Kyrie came off. So I ain't gonna take the three. I thought I was gonna go to the right. You know what I'm saying? Kyrie size him up, step back to the right. You gotta take that one. Yeah, you gotta take it. That was a dagger. Man, I feel like that ball hung in the air so long. I was like, man, this better not go in. Off the dribble too though. This better not go in. This better tarnish. It went in. Damn. That's one of the biggest shots of NBA history. What I say about that 3-1 situation is I've never seen two guys play at that level. For three straight games. For three straight games. It was the craziest thing I've ever seen. Like, Ron and Kyrie were just on. Like, we played well. They just played better. They stole momentum and that's a beauty. They get the game six home games. Of a seven game series, that's a beauty of it. Not only do we get four wins and they stole momentum, you gotta give them credit. And I think they don't get enough credit too, you know? That was obviously, you know, a low point for the Dubs at that time because everything we went through to get that record too. Like, we went after that record. I'm grateful we went after it. I'm thankful. And hindsight, looking back, and we got it. But of course, you know, give me that ring. Yeah, for real. Give me that ring. I'll never forget walking back to the locker room after freaking, I see your coach. I see Tyloo. The first thing I see when that buzzer sounded is Richard Jefferson with his hands up. I'm already mad. I'm like, God damn you, Richard. Yeah, yeah, yeah. You're Richard. And then I see Tyloo run to our bench and I'm just like, it's the most deflating. It's a feeling you can't really describe. Like, the deflation inside you. It's like, all that hard work. It just hurts so bad. It still hurts. We went in championship, everybody's going crazy. And so I go in the ceiling and get the money. And so the first thing, Braun asked me like, hey, man, where's that money? I said, man, I don't know. It disappeared, but I kept it for myself. So, but just think about that. We went in the championship and Braun asked where's the money at that's hidden in the ceiling. Doesn't miss anything. Doesn't miss anything. But I kept it. So now you know, Braun. It meant so much to him to win one there. And that's what I thought was so cool. You know, so he wins a couple in Miami and now he goes there and this one almost meant more to him. Cause that first one, the joy on his face when they won in Miami. But for him to do it in Cleveland and do it with a block, you know, just it showed what it meant to him. The hunger that he, you know, he went after that title was pretty amazing, especially the way that series went. The 2016 Cavs coming back from 3-1 versus 73 and 19 being down 3-1 versus one of the best teams that ever been assembled. Two-time MVP. Two-time MVP. This was an unbelievable achievement for a franchise unbelievable achievement for myself. What I was able to do for this team with this team was able to do for me. I've never been so locked in with a team to where it's like we like loved each other. Ah, that happens. That's the beauty of sport, you know? You gotta take the wins and losses. It is. You know, making these runs, to me, that's why what LePron has done incredible. It makes no sense. While you're going through that grind, there's four or five other teams that are on the climb that are incredibly motivated, that have been building their teams specifically to beat you and that can't wait to play you. And so you're already exhausted and now you see these people climbing below, you're trying to pull your leg down, you're like, leave me alone. And you guys had a lot to do with his record in the finals too. But you're back to, yeah, go ahead. Yeah, he got us, he got our best team. He did. Yeah, the 73-win team was, you know, not our most talented team, but, you know, that team was, oh, steam rolled through everybody and then they got us, so that one's done. Yeah. You know, stuff doesn't age well, not an age well. And I hope you guys enjoyed the video. If you did, please help me up by hitting that like button, subscribe if you are new and hit that notification button. 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