Former NBA player Chandler Parsons has claimed that he feared guarding Kevin Durant more than he feared LeBron James. Recently Mario Chalmers also stated nobody fears playing against LeBron James.
James is regarded as the all-time great of the game and he has single-handedly destroyed the opposition on his own. Furthermore, he recently clinched the record of most points in the NBA regular season, going past the great Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.
On the other hand, NBA analyst Stephen A. Smith also recently claimed that Michael Jordan’s opponents feared him more than LeBron James.
“There’s harder matchups one-on-one,” Parsons said on Run it Back. “When I was playing, I feared guarding Kevin Durant more than I feared guarding LeBron James. Just because of his ability to score in iso, the way he can break you off. The way you can play great defense, he can shoot over you. LeBron is more passive.”
“He’s less aggressive, but let’s not get it twisted,” Parson said. “There’s fear when you see this man coming downhill at you or even when you’re going for a layup you know he’s coming behind to block your layup off the backboard, so there’s fear.”
On the other hand, JJ Reddick defended James against Mario Chalmers’ comments that nobody fears Akron Hammer.
“LeBron James has been to the Finals 10 times in 19 seasons,” Redick said. “How much pain do you think he’s caused other players that have lost to him in the playoffs? I have the luxury because I get to talk to some oldheads on my podcast.
“I talked to DeMar (DeRozan) about his Raptors teams couldn’t get past the Cavs. I just talked to Al Horford about this. They lost five times to LeBron James in the East. There is some pain, some emotional pain inflicted by those losses.”
The Lakers will take on Phoenix Suns on Wednesday night.
