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I'm at peace, you know. Brothers, LeBron James reminds me of the lead character in the film *Unbreakable*. And that film, for those of you who've seen it, the lead character's played by Bruce Willis. He's a person named David Dunn who basically has superpowers, super strength, super durability, etc. His only weakness is water. If he's submerged in water, he's going to drown, he's going to die.
With LeBron James, his only weakness seems to be excessive heat. If he's exposed to excessive heat, he's going to cramp up. He's not going to be able to perform to his optimal capabilities. Well, according to Chris Bosh, he believed that the San Antonio Spurs turned to LeBron's kryptonite in order to render him powerless in Game 1 of their series back in 2014. So, of course, to talk about it, I'm gonna chime in. Theory: Game 1 event series, he did it on the South Beach Sessions podcast with their laboratory. Take a listen.
"And so I go back in the arena. Well, something like that will only work on an athlete who was not properly prepared. Nothing against LeBron James, but it's very obvious that he was not properly hydrated. We've seen other great athletes who were subjected to similar situations, ala Muhammad Ali and the Thrilla in Manila. It's very obvious that he had brought himself to an unparalleled level of conditioning because he was able to maintain himself throughout 120-degree heat over 14 rounds against Joe Frazier."
And Chris Bosh is actually going to bring up the notion that it felt like they were in the Thrilla in Manila in Game 1 against San Antonio. For those of you brothers who go back when it comes to NBA history, you'll remember that, I believe it was in Game 5 of the 1984 Finals in the Boston Garden, they turned off the AC so that the Lakers also suffered due to the heat. But the Boston Celtics play in that same heat and they were able to win. We know that they had the advantage though, because what the Lakers wanted to run, they wanted to get up and down the court.
And I knew LeBron's no crap. Did you know he has that body type? He's always had cramps because his muscle mass is so dense. Yes, I wonder why his muscle mass is so damn dense that he cramps up whenever, whenever the temperature gets above 80.5 degrees. I mean, come on. At the end of the day, the brother has to do a better job of making sure that his muscles are loose and that his body's properly hydrated. We're gonna win that game. They lost that game.
Did you brother see Richard Jefferson? When they, when they first brought the camera back to the panel, it looked like he was telling Tracy McGrady something. I was just reading his mouth like he says something like, "Off-mike, Richard Jefferson probably knows something about that story that he does not feel like he can tell while on the air." Let me rewind it back a little bit. Yeah, we just said we'll talk off-mike. Richard must know something. Remember, he played with LeBron James in Cleveland. LeBron probably told him something about the whole situation. "We're gonna win that game." They lost that game. That's all that was. And he clearly had a potassium deficiency as well. Question was, was it on purpose or not? You would do that to your own today? Seem...
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These are not fair conditions. For once again, Pat Riley has experience with that situation because he went through the same thing in Boston back in 1984. And as the players are saying, "How is Pat Riley gonna stop the game when everybody's playing in the same conditions?" It makes no sense. Rachel Nichols sounds like a LeBron James fan girl, which, we know she has to be, because she's probably the only reporter in all of the mainstream liberal sports media who can get exclusives with LeBron James. But anyway, peace.