Since Lebron signed with the Cavaliers earlier this summer, many have speculated that the team would immediately dominate the conference. In a recent interview, James admitted that the Chicago Bulls were the better team. Hit the jump for details.
Via ESPN:
“[The Bulls] are a team that’s much better than us right now just off chemistry,” James said. “They’ve been together for a while, we’ve got a long way to go.”
James has faced the Bulls in the playoffs three times in the past five seasons, once with the Cavs and twice with the Miami Heat. He has a long history not only against Derrick Rose and Joakim Noah but also coach Tom Thibodeau, who designed the defense against James in two playoff series when Thibodeau was an assistant coach with the Boston Celtics.
The Cavs recently had a weeklong trip to Brazil where they focused on bonding. And while there’s also been a focus from James and some of the veterans, like Mike Miller and Shawn Marion, on mentoring the younger players, James freely admits the Cavs are not battle-tested like the Bulls.
And he doesn’t think such chemistry will come from preseason games or team dinners.
“You’ve got to go through something to create a bond; that means for the worse,” James said. “We’ve got to lose ballgames that we think we should’ve won, we’ve got to get into an argument every now and then just to test each other out.”
James is speaking from experience. When he joined the Heat in 2010, that team struggled significantly out of the gate and started the season 9-8. There were chemistry issues and there was friction in the locker room. After that difficult first month, however, the Heat won 21 of 22 games and ended up reaching the Finals.
He’s not predicting such struggles for the Cavs in the early going, but he said Monday that he’s expecting adversity.
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