 Welcome to another episode in the 23 part collection. We are currently doing 23 LeBron James videos in 23 weeks and today's episode is on the Golden State Warriors, the 73 and 9 record breaking Golden State Warriors who failed to win an NBA championship because of LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers. And in this video, each NBA player from the Warriors roster goes in depth on what their thoughts are on LeBron and also what happened in 2016. If you're enjoying the content and you're enjoying the weekly LeBron James videos as a part of this series, there's a playlist on the top right of your screen if you've missed any of the episodes in this series and also link down below in the comment section so be sure to check it out. If you appreciate the editing that gets involved within this video, I'd greatly appreciate if you guys could hit that like button, let's aim for 1000 likes on the next episode. Be sure to hit that subscribe button if you are new and of course full credit to all the interviews, podcasts and clips, they are on the screen right now so be sure to check them out in their entirities. And I don't want to keep you guys waiting so I hope you guys enjoy the video. After this game and expect moments like that to never happen. After the game, honestly it wasn't too much emotional. Like everybody was mad but it wasn't too much like you would think because guys know like it's been a long season, guys are chasing the record. I think it's the most, the highest ratings the NBA's ever had of their fondants, right? Whole world is watching and we lost. We lost a championship. That team that broke the record for 73 wins, we lost. Damn, what happened? The thought of us losing that series just did not cross our mind. And so it was just, it was shocked man. You're up 3-1 and you're already kind of counting. The win is like, just get it done. We're about to be two times like defending champs back to back in the whole vibe. Once you're up 3-1 you think, I mean you think the series is over. Like we like dominated the cast. Like they had no answer for whatever we were doing. We're going through, we're up and we're winning games because we're used to winning games. But then we're starting to lose people. People are starting to get banged up. Bogey gets hurt. Our kind of rotation got smacked out of whack versus Draymond being out. I get hurt in game five and our fastest has to start. Hasn't played a lot of minutes. This happens, that happens, this happens. I get hurt. It just threw everything out of whack. And then because it was 3-1 it got to 3-2. And then Draymond ended up getting suspended. And that like, that momentum switch was like crazy. And ironically the game Draymond's out. Both Braun and Kyrie go for 40. The first time there they go in the final they go for 40 a piece. I'm like, oh, could have used Draymond back there. And then that's when like LeBron and those guys just started going crazy. LeBron took over that series the last four games. I mean to come back in 3-1 it's just crazy to even think about. And I think they don't get enough credit too, you know. We had no answer for what LeBron was doing in the last three games. Kyrie hit that big shot game seven and man it was all she wrote. That was one game with the playoffs. They stole momentum and that's a beauty. They get the game six home game. Of a seven game series that's a beauty of it. It's not over. We get four wins and they stole momentum. You got to give them credit. A lot of things went their way. And should the league suspend the Draymond? It's questionable. Definitely. LeBron did stand over him and all that. And it wasn't really, it was a kind of a nut shot. But he was getting up off the floor. Yeah. Contentious issue there. But they came back. You know what I mean? Got to respect those guys over there. Where the Brown was doing his man every single game which is unbelievable. Oh man. This dude is incredible. I mean just showing crowds on great players. I mean that's what we have to do. We know that, you know he leads, he's one of the top guys in the league in transition in terms of scoring. So we're trying to make things difficult for him and try to make him just fine teammates. I don't know much about Michael Jordan. I always, we always have these conversations about who is the greatest ever. And the fact that you guys keep comparing him to MJ doesn't help at all because he's chasing rings. It's like, yo, like the main argument is, well MJ has six rings and I don't understand that whole argument. I didn't watch Michael play because I was back in Nigeria. And I see his stuff in arrears now. I always watch his videos and retrospect and all these things and he was incredible. But I can tell you from firsthand that LeBron James, if God created somebody to be just an athlete, that is what that person is. Being an NBA player playing in the NBA at this point in my life and seeing what he's doing, I went to two finals back to back. And I know the toll that that takes on you. He went to nine. The mental fatigue, it's incredible. He went to nine finals and it was an eight straight. This will be, this is eight straight. Yeah, this is eight. I mean, the level of what he's doing right now is unbelievable. What Brian has done, like when you talk about Sicily Tyson. Yeah. Brian started in the 0-3. By 2005, Brian was the best player in the NBA. In 2020, he was still the best player in the NBA. He was the best player in the NBA, no matter what the game did. The game went from too sluggish, like slow big man, to like a stretch for big man, to like back to too big man, to like no big man. Me, you out there playing the phone with my bags. And he's been the best, no matter what. When you look at the teams that Brian has carried to championship or carried to the finals, MJ didn't beat the greatest team ever assembled, nor did he run up against the greatest team ever assembled every year. You look at the skill set that Brian has. There's nobody that has ever played the game of basketball that can do what LeBron James does on basketball court. Nobody. LeBron James is incredible. And it just felt like the whole time and just like, each game we're getting more, we're getting tired. He's just going up and up and up, jumping high or running faster. In terms of, you know, one guy being able to change the course of the game the way he can, he controls the pace, he does things that kind of look like, how did he, how did he do that? And some of the stuff that he did on a nightly basis, it was, it was, it was spectacular. It was one of the loudest, the loudest sounds I ever heard. And when it happened, I kind of, 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. Where did he come from? You know what I mean? Like seeing it in life in real time, it happened so fast. But obviously, you know, it's been broadcasted everywhere in slow motion. So you can see, you know, just him coming. It was like a fan moment. I was like, man, that was beautiful. When he blocked the shot, I'm like, God dang, that was amazing. Like I had that energy. Right. Well, I remember one time in the finals, I got the ball on a break and Andre was behind me, Godalla, and the bronze chased me. He said, you better dunk it. You better dunk it. So I went up to flush it and I almost killed myself because I was nervous. The bronze had to come by and just, just an awe of like, I've never seen such a big human move so lightly on his feet. Like his steps are small, but they're so quick. That's incredible. And like, sometimes you're in, even when you're playing against him, you're in awe. Because it's like the way he can control the tempo of the game, the way he can dominate scoring, passing, you know, just his overall just presence in his IQ. Like, oh, that's the way we all talk about it. And you have to appreciate your competition if you want to beat him. It sucks that we didn't win it because like you'd always hear about that performance how we won. 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, knowing that probably, you know, it was a lot of slippage towards the end of the year. Like we was a team who knew how to win. You can always take your hat to somebody who just outplayed you. And that's what they did for three-story games. Shout out to them, man. They, you know, obviously we had some controversial calls and things that went on about guys getting suspended and things like that and injuries. Obviously Bows got hurt too in that game six. But shout out to them, those guys put on the show. And know how it ended. What I say about that 3-1 situation is I've never seen two guys play at that level. For three-story games. It was the craziest thing I've ever seen. Like, Braun and Kurt Kairi were just on. Like, we played well. They just played better. But that was special, man. Still a special team. We didn't finish the job, but that was such a special season. No, I hope that record is still dear in my heart, man. Yeah, but Braun is a beast. My goodness. See, I was like a triple double with that series. Because LeBron has some of the highest knowledge when it comes to basketball. You know, making these runs, to me, that's why what LeBron has done. Incredible. It makes no sense. That's insane. That's insane. Yeah. And you guys had a lot to do with his record in the finals too. But you're back to your, 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. I get asked all the time about MJ, LeBron, and it's such a difficult question to ask. All I know is they're the two best players that I've ever witnessed. They're very different. But, you know, however you want to rank them, you know, they're right there together. And let me know what you thought about the video down below in the comment section. Be sure to hit that like button if you enjoyed. Hit that subscribe button if you're new. And also, here are two new videos I think that you will also enjoy as a part of this LeBron James series. So be sure to check it out. And I'll catch you guys next week.