LeBron James Says He Thinks the Thunder Could Have Done a Lot Better
Last night, the Dallas Mavericks took a 3-1 lead over the Oklahoma City Thunder in the Western Conference Finals on the strength of an epic comeback win in the final minutes.
Tonight, LeBron James and the Miami Heat are also gunning for a 3-1 lead, as they have a chance to move within a game of the NBA Finals with a win over the Chicago Bulls in Game 4 of the Eastern Conference Finals.
While it stands to reason that King James' attention is focused primarily on the Bulls, what is going on out west is not lost on him. He has been monitoring the series between the Mavericks and the Thunder, and he apparently hasn't been impressed by how the Thunder have performed thus far.
According to Joseph Goodman of the Miami Herald, here is what LeBron had to say about the Thunder:
I don?t want to sit here and be the coach of OKC but I seen a lot of things that could have been done better.
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True of us all, Mr. James. Outside of their win in Game 2 and the first 43 minutes of Game 4, the Thunder just haven't looked very good against the Mavericks. That's why they're down 3-1.
However, LeBron's remark about not wanting to be the coach of the Thunder is pretty interesting. While people are quick to blame OKC's youth and inexperience in big games as the two biggest reasons for their struggles, there is a growing contingency of folks out there that think Thunder head coach Scott Brooks hasn't been doing a very good job either. Is this LeBron's not-so-subtle way of throwing him under the bus?
Maybe. But personally, I don't think subtlety is among LeBron's many qualities.
After all, we're talking about a guy that can't even get away with mumbling things under his breath.
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