LeBron James: Bulls 'much better'

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  1. truebluefan

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    Less than two weeks before their first regular season meeting, LeBron James believes the Chicago Bulls are better than his Cleveland Cavaliers.

    The two teams play Monday night in a preseason game at Ohio State University. The Cavs are calling it their most important preseason game, not just because they're facing a potential Eastern Conference rival but because James, Kevin Love and Kyrie Irving will start together for the first time against an NBA team.

    "(The Bulls) are a team that's much better than us right now just off chemistry," James said. "They've been together for awhile, we've got a long way to go."

    James has faced the Bulls in the playoffs three times in the past five years, 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 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 to mentor 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."

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    transplant Global Moderator Staff Member Global Moderator

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    Bullshit.

    And these Bulls haven't "been together for awhile." Of the likely rotation players, Gasol, McDermott, Mirotic and Brooks are brand new to the team. None of Hinrich, Dunleavy, Butler or Snell have played much with Rose. Essentially, only Rose, Gibson and Noah have played a lot of minutes over several seasons together. For Cleveland, James and Love are new pieces, but Irving, Waiters, Thompson and Varejao have been together for more than two full seasons and Dellavedova was with the Cavs all of last season.
     
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    Denny Crane It's not even loaded! Staff Member Administrator

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    Gosh, the guy is being humble.

    First he passed up the glitz of a major market or to return to his championship team to re-sign with his (awful) hometown team. Now this.

    The guy is truly evil.
     

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