LeBron James' former teammate reveals hardest part of playing with NBA megastar | NBA News - Times of India

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Lebron James is one of the biggest names in the NBA, who has been idolized by many since the time he broke into the business and changed it. Moreover, there have been many aspirants who grew up watching James and even dreamt of one day playing alongside him.

One of those was Richard Jefferson. But to the surprise of many, he told ESPN that it was not a good experience being his teammate. A similar sentiment has now been echoed by another player who dribbled alongside The King.

In an interview with ESPN, Lebron James's Cleveland Cavaliers teammate, Iman Shumpert, gave his view on Richard Jefferson's statement. He revealed there is an insane amount of pressure that comes when you are playing on the team of The King, and players had to develop a win-now mindset with James as their cohort, with major emphasis on having perfection.He said, “I’m going to piggyback off Richard’s statement in saying there’s a ridiculous amount of pressure that comes with it because you have to be in a win-now mindset every time you play on his team.”

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Furthermore, Shupert also stated that it was hard for him as a NBA player, especially during his young days." It was a hard pivot for me to swallow as a player. To hear that when I’m young and trying to get my stuff off. I’m like, ‘Man, I really want to get better.,”

said Iman Shupert.

Iman Shupert played alongside LeBron James in the Cleveland Cavaliers. They were on the same team from 2015 to 2019. In 2016, the Cavaliers won the NBA championship under the charge of King James, with Shupert etching an important accolade to his NBA career.

Playing alongside one of the greatest NBA players of all time gave Shumpert good playoff experience and attention in front of the audience. This proved extremely beneficial for his career and would certainly be for a rising NBA talent to play and learn alongside the great. While he had a two-fold opinion about Lebron James, it can be said that he has nothing but deep respect for Lebron James and his legendary career.Also read: NBA Free Agency Rumors: Golden State Warriors predicted to re-sign $12.8 million veteran guard to support

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