 You know I appreciate LeBron from day one. I think what what first hit me was how he was able to Limit the noise that he allowed into his head when many in your profession would criticize them every single night I've never seen so many people Want LeBron to fail They thought LeBron should know at 20 at 21 at 25 even You know that he should know how to lead a team He should be He should know how to talk to players when they're down if he took the shot He should have passed it if he passed it. He should have taken the shot, you know those sorts of things Welcome to the second episode of the 23 video series. This is 23 LeBron James videos in 23 weeks I'm really excited for this one and I think you will really enjoy it the first episode of this series did Extremely well, and I really really just want to say a massive thank you to everybody who watched and also to all the comments They were really nice, and there are so many people excited for this series, which I'm really glad But yeah, thank you guys before the video begins. 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That's a mental toughness. He went on to the next play He went on to the next game. He went on to the next interview And it really impressed me at that young age for him to have that sort of maturity and ability to understand What was important and what wasn't you know from that day? Long ago. I really respected the mental side of how he looked at things You land your first job in 2005 as a head coach at just 35 very young at that time Did you feel like you were ready had you had enough bumps and bruises yet if I was keeping it real? No and and and that's That even though we had success we had a lot of success because we had LeBron James He was still learning and growing too, but he made my job a lot a lot easier From from off the court to on the court Unbelievable to his body to how he take everything is mine Whoo at 21 at 21, but I was fortunate and blessed lucky to be able to have the job at the time In the tape box and bruises Yes, sir. Yes, sir, and that which in turn has helped me Be a better coach to that. Mm-hmm. What coaches do is they see what you do, you know We we defended LeBron well, you know for a while when we was in Cleveland. He was just playing basketball Like he was just better than everybody Where I give LeBron a ton of credit the Cleveland LeBron was so much different than the Miami LeBron The Cleveland LeBron We would run plays and he would get food we could trick them We could do things sometimes his athletic ability and his instincts would figure it out anyway The Miami LeBron was a student of the game. He was prepared. He's in Miami now. He's calling our plays out He's just staring over our bed. Yeah, I remember the the stink moment sitting next to tibetho and we call the polite And he's calling out our actions This guy was looking in your mouth like right there and just calling it was telling the players Exactly what was going to happen on the play that you call Dwayne brings it up There's when you're drawing a play in a timeout, you know as an opposing coach that that one guy Can can screw things up for you. It's really hard to figure out what to do with LeBron He's just seen and he seems to see and beat everything. There's heart. It's hard to make him that uncomfortable It's fun. We got to do it ever, you know, we got to come up with this stuff on the fly sometimes and he's had some of the biggest Clutch games and NBA history yet. No one knows it. It's incredible I think LeBron's gonna be one of those guys when he retires in 10 years from now People gonna say man LeBron James was one of the best players ever and we're gonna be back saying We're trying to tell you that 20 years ago. You're too busy telling them that he wasn't talent preparation Toughness work ethic all those great qualities as he has he displays it every single day of his life and it's something that Every player in this league should look at him as the goals and you treat you treat every day as a Championship potential there and he does it a lot of players that work hard and prepare like that but he has a talent and Physical abilities that not a lot of players have he's one of two players that can play all five positions That could be an all-star at those positions That's him in magic and no other players can do that if we just played him at Any of the five positions from day one of the season all the way to the end would he at that time be the best at that position? regardless So play my point the entire season and he can't play any other position Would he have been the best point guard in the league same as the two Three play the four which you know we started to play him at the four You know and we started to introduce that they didn't totally love it But he got to a point where he embraced that and he was probably the best four in the game in those minutes We never I always regret that we never played him at the five But if we played him at the five he would have been probably been the best five in the league It just gives me a hard time even to this day that I didn't have the guts to do it to play But all five positions and it bothers me to this day bronze first year back to Cleveland When he came back, you know, I was think 2014, you know, that was my second-year coaching in Cleveland So I didn't know Bron. He came back to Cleveland and we went through the regular season and I remember as a coach I was like Now these dude don't play hard all the time. Mm-hmm. I was saying that to myself. I was just like no, that's not it This is what I was saying to myself The playoffs started so I had never been around brown in the playoffs The playoffs started brah. I after game three in the playoffs. I went to him and apologized I was like, I was like brah. I Got I got apologize to you man because I was just like I was clowning you during the regular season because and he was like pH They said I've been to leave for a long time and this is how I wrap myself up I have to go through the regular season and make sure when the playoffs hit. I'm optimal I'm ready to go at the apex Bro that that level that gear that he went through. Mm-hmm. I was just I was blown away You know when we came here three years ago in the first meeting We know we we weren't fearful of his shot We were fearful of his power and his penetration and his passing but now you fear everything He's unbelievable and I think the you know, we've played now till May 25th and May 27th the last two years and We started on September 25th, and that's every day like every day that you're totally focused on this and He's gone past that eight straight times to me. That's why what what LeBron has done incredible It makes no sense and I think maybe the greatest testament to LeBron is that you know five years ago he was one of the top five players of all time and From five years ago till now. He's it seems like he's ten times better because he's added so much skill to his game and I Get asked all the time about you know, MJ LeBron, and and it's such a difficult Question to ask all I know is there the two 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 they're right there together It's kind of like when I first came in the league back in the in the 80s as an assistant coach I Get mesmerized watching Michael on the court and you know, I wasn't much help to Larry Brown I'm watching Michael and I do that with LeBron that he'll do things and you know He'll look over once well. It's smart, you know, and I'll get cheese You know that kind of thing But it's it's one of the joys of being able to coach in this league To be in the presence of people like that and to be able to watch him play and perform and do the things they do on a consistent basis, so He's been very special to me in those ways and 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 Yep, and that can't wait to play you and and you're so you're you're already exhausted And now you see these people climbing below you trying to pull your leg down. You're like leave me alone You know, so it's it's exhausting So, you know ten ten finals appearances for LeBron, but I think if I'm not mistaken This this is nine out of the last ten years, right that he will be in the finals That's insane It's ridiculous And does it at this level and with the pressure with the scrutiny doesn't matter every single day He's gonna come in get his work in you're gonna do the right thing There's no messing around once he gets in between the lines and they helped us You know it helped us do those see, you know through the long seasons of just waiting to get to the playoffs waiting to get to the playoffs It's just unbelievable. Our goal going into the series was to make him exert as much energy as humanly possible and and try to be as good as we can on everybody else who are good players and You know for the most part I thought we were pretty good at that and you know multiple games now in TD garden Held them under a hundred, you know three games in the 80s, but he still scored 35. It's a joke You know some how many players have that gear? Yeah. Yeah, it's not it's not very it's very shoot I was blown away by it dog. Well, he's 50 years old or 25, you know, if you got LeBron, you're supposed to win And so when I coached you for that little bit I would always go home and tell Mickey I said, you know, like I know a lot of people are the who's the greatest and whatever But LeBron, he's the most complete like he can play every position. He can guard every position But along with that He's he's brilliant He's really smart and he has I think incredible leadership qualities Because he can communicate really well his voice is good his presence is good and he has a good value structure Yeah, he knows right and wrong when you think of yourself as a player. How would you describe you? Um, I Kind of describe myself as like a Swiss Army. Yeah, you know, it's a little pair of scissors on there It's a knife on there. It's a it's a wine opener on there. I've always liked when My little lead coach or my high school coach would just call me up. I'm just a basketball player. Yeah, that's what I'm not a point guard I'm not a shooting guard. I'm not a small forward a power I'm a basketball player whatever the team needs. You can put me on the floor You can implement me in there and I can make it happen And you know being able to a year 18 of my career when we won the championship You know with the Lakers, I started at point guard. They're gonna assist You know in Miami, I played all five positions for Coach Spoe and we was able to win two titles If I'm on uniform and I'm on the floor, I don't want to be alive, but and that's why he is so remarkable And thank you guys so much for watching if you did enjoy the video Please help me up a hitting that like button hit that subscribe button if you did enjoy it And you want more videos like this here are two new videos I think that you will also enjoy so be sure to check them out and let me know which LeBron video you would like to see next And I'll catch you guys there