Shane Battier argues LeBron is the GOAT over Michael Jordan, citing his on-court intelligence and championships. He recounts a 2012-13 game where a defensive switch let Stephen Curry hit a walk-off shot that still bothers him.
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What's up everybody? Welcome to the Draymond Green Show YouTube channel. Make sure you hit that subscribe button. Make sure you like the post that you love, but you can get everything the Draymond Green Show right on our YouTube channel. So make sure you subscribe, check that out. Thank you. Have you played with a player as good or against a player as good as LeBron was? Like that 20, Really that 2011, 2012, 2012, 2013 season where he was really out of this world.
He was, I'm gonna tell you what, man, for, for as good as you think he, he was, he was that much better. Look, you know, and I'm, and I'm biased. I'm biased. I know this, but people are saying LeBron or MJ. I said, you know what? LeBron did something twice that I don't think Michael Jordan could ever do once. He won 2 NBA titles with Shane Battier as his starting power forward. All right. So that's it. That, that, that, that's the, you know, I'm biased, but I don't think, you know, I, I love Mike, you, you know, one of the greatest of all time, but LeBron did it twice with me as his bum-ass power forward and dragged me across the finish line. That, that, that speaks to how great LeBron is. But you know, look, The force, the intelligence, you know, he didn't have a weakness when he was in his prime. He's still playing amazing now, but I mean, just, there's no answer. There was no answer for him. And he was like a queen on the chessboard and just do everything. And so, made my job certainly easier. But, you know, I loved playing with him. He was a, you know, as great of a player he was, even better teammate. And he cared about his teammates. You know, we always got the newest Beats by Draymond Green and, you know, and whatever LeBron got, we got, you know? So like he always took care of us. He always came to my charity functions, you know, South Beach Badioki for Betty at Take Charge Foundation. He always grabbed the mic, he always sang, you know, stuff like that matters to a teammate. And so I will always, you know, I'll always stand for Bron. That's my guy.
There was a young guy in the 2012, 2013 season that hit his first game winner on you guys walk off in Miami.
Yep.
Ha, felt really good about that.
I remember that. I messed up that coverage, but it still haunts me. Like, I always prided myself on always thinking and doing the right thing. And it was a switch. I was guarding you actually. And Steph was coming off a screen and I prematurely switched off and I shouldn't have. I stayed home and you slipped and finished. And D-Wade just looked at me like, "What are you doing?"— and I was so mad, so, I was so hot.
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I'll never forget that as long as I live. That's the only time I think I messed up at the end of the game when it mattered defensively in my entire career. And it still haunts me to this day.
Ironically, ironically enough, though, Ironically enough, I don't think I would've gotten open on the slip if anyone else was guarding me. Because you're so ahead of the play, right? You like, "Oh, I know Steph is coming off." And the reality is it should just be a simple red.
I know.
Someone else would've messed the red up and Steph would've came off open. And you're so ahead of the play. So it actually worked to my benefit that you were on me.
I still remember that. Still remember that.
No, that was a highlight for me, by the way. When I hit the layup, I was telling myself like, "Ooh, I'm about to walk off, man." I ran with my hands up. Such a great moment for me. Too soon, too soon.
