During the 2016 Eastern Conference Finals between the Toronto Raptors and Cleveland Cavaliers, LeBron James told a Raptors player what their play was, according to DeMar DeRozan.
Yeah, that's how smart James is.
On the latest episode of J.J. Redick's podcast called “The Old Man & The Three,” DeRozan talked about LeBron James' unbelievable basketball IQ, via Jack Maloney of CBS Sports.
“In '16 when we went to the Eastern Conference finals, we won Games 3 and 4, and it was like a whole nother mindset clicked for him in those next two games, where it was like ‘it's closeout.' I remember — I don't know if I even told nobody other than my close circle — I remember, it was a play we was trying to run and one of our teammates forgot the play, and ‘Bron told him the play. Like it was some crazy s—.
“We calling a play and he was like, ‘what?' And Bron told him what our play was. It just shows you how locked in this dude be when it comes to winning time. You see it on both ends man, both ends. That's just a testament to who he is, why he's been to 10 Finals, why he's on the verge of getting his fourth ring, everything. It's crazy.”
LeBron James and the Cavs won the 2016 Eastern Conference Finals over DeMar DeRozan and the Raptors in six games. James then won the 2016 title over the Golden State Warriors in seven games, capturing his third NBA title.
The Cavs became the first team in NBA history to erase a 3-1 series deficit in the Finals.
This story from DeRozan just proves that James is arguably the smartest player in NBA history. The King, who now plays for the Los Angeles Lakers in the Western Conference, is one win away from winning his fourth ring, as the Lakers are up 3-1 on the Miami Heat in the 2020 Finals.
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