Stephen Jackson reacts to Curry's record night in GM 2 blowout over LeBron's Cavs | NBA | UNDISPUTED

no one tells me 1, Jackson, welcome, good morning, how are you glad to be back? Well, see you at the beginning, what do you do? I need help from my man Steven Jackson, who is still in very good shape. Thanks, you could play in the NBA. Ready to go, you could play for the Cavs right now and give them 15 minutes and what I don't know, 10 points, 7 rebounds, I don't know if he steals, yeah, why not? You can get more with Junior and a couple of other guys. giving them, I would agree with that, so this constant theme baffles me, frustrates me, perplexes me, torments me about the great LeBron James, the fittest athlete in the world, in almost every playoff game this year has There's been some topic about whether he's tired to

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, why should that even be a question if he's so fit?

Game 5 in Boston was the tiring game. LeBron was just tired of him being like, no, I'm, I'm crazy about this because the great Chauncey Billups said last night at halftime on ABC national television that LeBron looked tired in the first half. He had played a Finals game in six days before last night, meaning he had five days off between that game he played last Thursday. night and Sunday night you look tired Chauncey Billups was the Finals MVP. I have nothing but respect for him, he was the lord. in fact, he was a candidate for the Cavaliers' general manager job.

Remember I don't know what happened if they didn't offer enough money. I don't know, he turned it down, he dropped out of the race, so this is not a guy, this is not an impactful athlete, he's just giving an opinion, this is Chauncey Billups saying that and then we had LeBron after the game saying I think I got tired only once, well I'm sure everyone gets tired here and there in an obviously you just do it, but why would you admit that you got tired because you again mentioned Michael Jordan? I covered Michael Jordan. I went through an entire postseason when he was 34, which is a year older than LeBron, no one raised any questions about whether Michael is tired tonight, it just wasn't an option, it wasn't because you just don't do it.

None of the great Magic Johnson, Larry Bird Akron, whoever is stuck, no one mentions if he's tired. but every night, and maybe it's the media's fault, maybe it kind of feeds itself, but it's a constant theme during the playoffs, is he tired and you're like, well, he's taking such a mental and physical toll? I get it, but Jordan did it too because six times. In the playoffs, Jordan led the entire playoffs in usage rate six times, so six times he had the ball in his hands more than anyone else in the entire playoffs, just once, while LeBron led the entire playoffs in usage rate. , so, I'm sorry.

I don't understand, it's just you, you get tired, how can I help myself here. I am going to try to help you understand in the history of the game that there is not a single man who has had the responsibility of scoring rebounds and assists in the magic of basketball. Jonathan didn't do it because he always had Kareem that night, you keep mentioning Michael Jordan he was 34 35 34 he was third on his team and in assists he was third or fourth in rebounds on his team, so he didn't have the responsibility of LeBron is 1 1 and 1 across the board, he made the first team Michael did it that year at age 34, first team All Defense LeBron was ranked 309th and defensive windbreaker, so he didn't even try.

How about he plays half again? Bron Bron basically last night he knew he was probably going to have to play the whole game he was pacing himself he went 46 48 48 43 that's what he's going to do minutes yes it takes I want you to jump here LeBron James has played 585 more minutes 585 minutes more than the next closest competitor you know what that's real holiday you're talking about the rainy season his plan when you combine the regular season and playoffs it's fine when everything is fake wait a second he led the regular season in minutes and Now he's leading the playoffs in minutes and that's who's fault that his selection is the fault of greatness because the only way they can be in this position if he plays those minutes and puts up those numbers is just as simple and when all is said and done , the gap between one and two will be good.

So basically right now he's 12 games ahead of the real vacation, so when it's all said and done he'll probably be in Golden State, it's 13. I had a clay so when it's all said and done he'll probably have 15 games ahead, 16 games ahead of everyone else. played this year skip no one has had this burden of what they ask him to do every night no Michael is not magical I do not agree disagree no one sorry no one not good I look like this too much to whom a lot is given a lot is required correct question I think when people say tired, I don't look at the worst part, being physically tired, I look at being mentally tired, maybe because not only does he have to do everything for his team when this guy is paid millions of dollars just to recover, but that you also have guys around the team, they're just guys that get paid just to take an open shot and they don't do it.

I think that would be mentally exhausting for anyone, right? Especially when you go out like you have a game like you had knowing that's the type of game, you have to win on the road and the first game in the finals and nobody shows up. Your starting point. I can't score a free throw. Jr was in la-la land. It would be frustrating for me to know that. I'm doing everything I can and I play every game every minute and we pay other guys, my support guys, to do a job that's not being done. I think mentally tired, I should be physically tired.

I don't think he's physically tired. I think people just make excuses for him because he's doing a lot and and and and the games he should be in when he's not winning, not because of him because of the supporting cast and I think people just make an excuse for him, I don't think. LeBron is tired, like I say, he's in the best shape ever, but mentally tired, he should be, he missed some shots at the rim, okay, they make it look like everyone who tried to drop the ball or try to run over someone, make every shot they try to leave it in the hoop, you're going to miss some shots, skip their field kickers, why do guys get so mad at field kickers when they miss, that's all you do is kick or when part of the handle It was us.

You backed up and then you threw one at the 20 yard line, all you do is put, yeah, it's not like you got the quarterback, he's got 100 things, just think about the guy, it's not like you're a running back, you got to run, the ball doesn't have it. a block and catch, everyone else has multiple jobs except you and you didn't do yours and that's LeBron, wait, you're doing 14 15 minutes and all I want you to do is make an open shot, that's it. boy, you're turning sixteen, can you get me more than really Tristan, you're getting fired, rebound boy, that's all you're inviting, that's all you're giving me junior, wait for junior in 30 minutes, sit up late, I'm in the Jail, play that one, make sure?

I understand this well with you Junior junior played 31 minutes jumping he had five points zaji a low shot and you missed we called it plate three and a half minutes and we had six well, those you wonder why you wonder why the bar looks tired, those are some garbage minutes, what we ended up with Junior should have been begging because he plays like an attack outfield guard, okay, that's why I said elevate Kyle Korver and the starting lineup. I don't think he gives you more than what the juniors give. you're a much more consistent house, he's much more consistent, but you know, in the second game you can't put that on LeBron.

I think Katie came into the game with a different mentality, she played much better defense against Brawn, but hey, I've been playing since then, but guess what, guess what. who had a lot of snaps, Dre mine also left because what they saw is that if we make Kady play LeBron James for the entire game, there is no way he can tell us about that production incident, well, what they told him to play toughest since the beginning of the game. You see, the first possession of the game took him onto the court. You know, I say it.

I think the game plan was that we would hit you, but you have to use all your energy. At first again we let Draymond let bail take over, yeah, 'cause you know what that big old bull is once you start coming here, let's do it, but how do women in Georgia do, oh God, he break your truth? I agree, that's why it gives you a little mental fatigue in attack I won't give it to you in defense you can still play you were a very good defender high quality defender again you don't play 45 minutes a night but there is no reason even at 33 years After all these minutes where LeBron can't put in any more effort on defense than he does every night, well, at night he escapes in too many ways.

What am I going to do with these six deflections on five fumbles? Here, recovery, what am I going to do? I'm going to do about it, just when they talk about it, I just look at his teammates, what else do they want me to do? Can someone else mark someone while I make all the notes? Can someone take some of the burden off me? How I look at it now as if he wasn't one of those kids who came to this school. What were Golden State's first seven baskets last night? Six dunks and a tray. All trays.

Why to the basket? Well, Kevin Love can be crossed. in the phone booth, but Harry is playing with those batteries and you said that they told Kevin Durant that you had to play hard before. You know why Kevin Durant was able to play harder because he made people realize that you had Stefan KD. LeBron can't, he can't go broke. out because if Bran screws up in the first quarter, they might not score more than 30 points in the game.