Mario Chalmers had been out of sight and out of mind for a while but it is safe to say he is making the headlines now.
After Chalmers had claimed that players aren’t scared of LeBron James, Tristan Thompson slammed him for his comments. Thompson said Chalmers was on some sucker s*** and Chalmers has now fired back.
“I’m very grateful for winning a ring,” Chalmers told Brandon “Scoop B” Robinson. “I have no problem with LeBron and I’m speaking from a perspective from people in The Big 3 who played against MJ and from what others have said about LeBron. I don’t see how it’s sucka s*** when you’re speaking on somebody’s feelings on someone else’s perspective.”
Chalmers says he was just relaying what he had heard from others. He then proceeded to further explain his comments, by comparing Michael Jordan and LeBron’s records in the NBA Finals.
“Going more into depth of my statement, you come into a Finals situation are you more fearful to face LeBron James or Michael Jordan? MJ is 6-0 in the Finals and LeBron has 4 rings. When I say players didn’t fear LeBron, LeBron has been beaten, MJ has not. When LeBron first came to the Heat, people saw him as a villain. But when you line up next to him, you’re actually fearful of him because he’s trying to prove people wrong.”
against MJ and from what others have said about LeBron. I don't see how it's sucka shit when you're speaking on somebody's feeling on someone else's perspective. Going more into depth of my statement, you come into a Finals situation are you more fearful to face LeBron James…
— 👑 Brandon “Scoop B” Robinson (@ScoopB) March 24, 2023
because he's trying to prove people wrong.
— 👑 Brandon “Scoop B” Robinson (@ScoopB) March 24, 2023
It is perhaps fair to say that opponents feared Jordan more than they fear LeBron now. MJ had that aura of invincibility around him at his peak while LeBron has been beaten in the Finals. Still, Chalmers had initially claimed that no one fears LeBron and now he is comparing the fear factor to that of Jordan’s, so he is shifting the subject somewhat here.
Draymond Green Says He Knows Players Who Were Scared Of LeBron James
Thompson had made those comments on The Draymond Green Show and Green had something to say on the matter as well, as you might imagine. He said he personally knew players who were terrified of LeBron and said he even had teammates who feared James.
There is going to be some speculation on who these players are, but there is no doubt that there would have been quite a few over the years, who were scared of going up against James. Kendrick Perkins is one of them, as he admitted once that he wished he had received news that LeBron tore his ACL before he faced him in the 2008 playoffs. It was a wild statement to make, but it shows just how terrified Perkins was back then.
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