Stephen A.: Kevin Durant looked like he wanted no part of LeBron James in Game 1 | First Take | ESPN

Let's just say NVP not NVP, you're looking for a replica of that performance, the point is that in the eyes of everyone else, because you got the championship and you got the Finals MVP, you essentially have the gauntlet to turn around and the variants, ooh, NBA. Finals and in the

first

game

, while this guy that you came for because you

wanted

to affirm that a new era had arrived, now it's my time. I'm going to join forces with a super team and become champion and MVP of the Finals and me. I'm going to do all these things in the

first

game

you went against this guy in the next NBA Finals, he said, wait, bro, I haven't gone anywhere and here's my 51 for you, here's me taking it to the hole, here I am posted here. me taking four threes here I am driving to the basket and your answer was free throws and four of 11 shots in each half it's just a game that's all the first game last night I'm a repeat regurgitate it until the cows come home It seemed like Kevin Durant didn't want LeBron James dribbles and that to me was shocking and relatively what has changed between this year and last year, the Warriors, that's a separate conversation for me since every similar list was almost the same list that we had last year. the conversation that Katie was maybe moving on to LeBron so it was never, ever sweet, we debated that with cocaine we were here and I just want that to be done.

I never thought it was close. LeBron James is licking Katie and Katie is a great player, I think. not a knock against KD LeBrons on another level before Meek Mill wasn't a pop culture reference what he became known for, like Meek Mill free, what he was best known for there are levels to this, there are levels to this and what KD I think what's been seen throughout these playoffs is that you know, look at when that team was, when that team was rolling. KD had the influence, the ability to do what he needed to do to beat LeBron.

LeBron has

take

n it to a new level. these playoffs I think Kady saw and realized I'm not there, German, this is my problem with your argument: you're not asking Kady to be Durant, you're not asking Katie to match tit for tat for him, TRUE? Kady's thing is to be the model of consistency that you have always been if you have twenty-four points and four points in your career, if you lose against Miami when you were in OKC you averaged 33, all better than 50% shooting and then you face LeBron James. In the first game of these NBA Finals, I don't expect to see you concede to LeBron James' boss, Steph Curry.

I think a legitimate question can be asked in that regard after the first game, it's just one game. Listen, that's what I do when I do it. highlighting and analyzing the finals I go game by game it's not about supervising nah that's the prediction for the Florida series once the series starts I go that game at a time and I'm watching it it just moves and I'm watching it it unfolded before my eyes last night in the first game and it's LeBron in Cádiz's head, yes or no, first game. I think LeBron was in his head.

I think listen, listen, call it what you want, why, how? I'll tell you what I

wanted

. There are no LeBron

part

s for the last time, so how did LeBron get into Katie's head? It's LeBron's performance throughout these playoffs that has Katie saying out loud to the press that the man is on a different level. I hope to reach that level one day, but that's a different thing.