CLEVELAND – Tyronn Lue thought he needed more from the soon-to-be NBA Finals MVP, who’d just helped guide his Cleveland team to a deciding Game 7 in the 2016 NBA Finals.
So, after Draymond Green started getting hot in Game 7, the Cavaliers head coach started pushing LeBron James’ buttons.
“He said, ‘What do you need?” Lue recalled Thursday when asked about the exchange from last year, which Lee Jenkins detailed in a recent Sports Illustrated profile on James. “I said, ‘Shoot the ball. Score the ball. Don’t turn it over. Guard Draymond.’
“It’s all history from there.