Riley: James is Jordan! James is Russell! A combination of his many great players!

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The Lakers played a game against the Heat on Jan. 24. The Lakers were sorry to lose, but they played very well at the end of the second and fourth quarters, the Heat pulled their crotches at key moments, Butler did not cash in on his value, but most of the first half played the Lakers did not attack and defend. After the game, James, as a Heat star, posted himself in the same frame as the two championships he led the team to win when he played for the Heat, saying that Miami is his own city, and the Heat officials also spoke out, saying: We will always love you.

Not just the Heat official, but the management and the coaching staff because they have had successful collaborations with James. Heat head coach Spoo sighed before the game: James, as a player who mainly passes the ball, actually leads the scoring list, which is incredible. After the game, Spoo said that if he had known james could play as a center, he would have arranged it a decade ago.

Heat president Riley has always admired James, and when the Heat retired the jersey for Jordan, who had not played for the Heat, he said that James was the first person in history. According to the January 25 report, Riley was recently interviewed and once again praised James. Riley's point this time is: James is Jordan! James is Russell! A combination of his many great players!

Levan said: James is unique! He's Jordan, he's the magician, he's Kobe, he's West, he's Russell... If you put together these great supergiants into a player, it's James. James has some traits about all of them. James has Jordan's scoring and influence, Magic's passing, Kobe Bryant's self-discipline, West's charisma and vision, Russell's leadership temperament and defense. But it can be added that James has O'Neal's dominance, Curry's outside line, And the length of Abdul-Jabbar's career, and so on.

This is not the first time riley has publicly praised James in recent years, and he has even been fined by the league for "illegal recruitment" for praising James. In June last year, Riley was asked about the possibility of James returning to the Heat in an interview with the media, saying that if James called and told him he wanted to come back, he would put the key under the doormat. Riley was fined $25,000 for not actually recruiting.

James does fit riley's vision of the future of basketball. Riley predicted in the last century that the future of basketball is a group of athletes who are just over 2 meters tall to play five positions. James is the only player in history who can go from point guard to center, and he has stood that way in regular season practice. James was the starting point guard in 2020 and served as the starting center in the 2022 season.