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LeBron James: “It’s all about matchups, not your bag.”
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August 15, 2025 2 Comments
If you’re a long time fan of basketball who also has studied what works and what doesn’t this is not news. Top tier athletes, incredible dribblers and shooters, and dunkers beyond compare mean little in the face of chemistry, team work and toughness. It’s why high octane offenses that don’t also play defense fail in the playoffs. Every. Time. It’s why guys who come into the league with a bag of moves but no desire to improve or play defense fail in the league. Every. Time. The qualities of a winner are not flashy, pretty or even very fun to watch. They are designed for one thing: winning. Those qualities are not an amazing crossover or the ability to jump high or move fast. It’s the quality to never quit, to never stop searching and exploiting an edge. To improve your defense.
Steph without Draymond Green goes nowhere, just look at Klay. With AD he has the defender now but prior to that, with a dazzling offensive player in Luka, the Mavs were OK. They did Luka wrong by spending so much on Klay who can no longer be the defender he once was. Hopefully the Lakers can avoid that error. One of the best things about this summer is seeing just how serious Luka took everything that happened last season and used it as fuel to improve. THATS the mark of a winner.