On December 22, Beijing time, former Cleveland Cavaliers player, Iman Shumpert, recently made a guest appearance on The Bootleg Kev podcast, talking about many hot topics among fans.
He made a lot of stark and controversial points on the show, including "The Warriors didn't destroy the basketball, just the basketball you liked," "James had already ruined the basketball when he went to the Heat, and LeBron knew he had ruined the basketball." "Many James fans can't accept it, but Shumpert also has some objective evaluations, such as when talking about James's fake fall, he defended that James is too strong, the confrontation rarely suffers, in order to attract the attention of the referee to get those penalties, sometimes have to act.
In addition, Shumpert also recalled the past of the Cavaliers' loss to the Warriors' finals in 2015, and the host said with high emotional intelligence: "If Irving didn't hurt in 2015, I think you would be the championship, that's it." Shumpert said bluntly: "Yes, basketball will change forever, and now people will not run around on the court to shoot three points." In addition, Shumpert also teased Durant in passing, "KD may also join us instead of joining the Warriors, because we won, you know what I mean hahahahaha." ”
Objectively speaking, if Irving is not injured in 2015, the Warriors really have little chance of winning that year, it can be said that the warriors' next few championships are undisputed, are the true embodiment of their strength, but the championship in 2015 is indeed a little lucky, but competitive sports is so, there is no if, no one will erase this championship from the Warriors' history and warriors' player resumes because of this if, there is no doubt.
As for Durant, that is Shumpert's ridicule, 2015 was Durant's penultimate season in the Thunder, at that time Durant has not left the thunder's idea, and Durant finals have long lost to James once, even if you want to "surrender" will not be that year, but if Durant lost to the Warriors in the playoffs in 2016 after choosing to join the Cavaliers, then I am afraid that the current reputation will not be as bad as now, after all, he did not directly lose to the Cavaliers that year.