LeBron James draws an unusual analogy while revisiting his NBA Finals runs

LeBron James recounted his impressive NBA finals run while conversing with Steve Nash at the recent episode of Fanatics Fest, recorded for the Mind the Game podcast. He compared his teammates to soldiers who are willing to die in a warzone.

While recalling the team members who stood by his side during his fabulous NBA journey, he mentioned several NBA players who shared the same ambition as him. His unwavering trust in his teammates was evident from the statement where he considered he and his NBA fellows ‘together in a foxhole.’

LeBron James makes an interesting comparison revisiting his iconic NBA Finals run

NBA superstar has a boastful journey in the league. His career’s main highlight is eight back-to-back appearances in the NBA finals. Recalling how he achieved the feat, he gave full credit to the trustworthy people he had collected over the years. Talking about the teamwork and trust that played a crucial role in his successful journey, he said:“I think the best feeling for me as a player is that, when a national anthem is going on and I usually stand on the end, is that when I can look down the rope and I know that I got 11 other guys, 13 other guys that's in a foxhole with me.

And I know for sure that if it's a grenade thrown in a fox hole, we don't all stand there. Like we want to die for this game."He further said, “You know, and that is a beautiful feeling when you can look to your left and look all the way down the road either if I was teammates with Dwayne Wayne, Chris Bosh, Udonis Haslem, James Jones, Mike Miller, you know, the rest of the crew." Naming other players crucial to his journey, he continued, "Or if I looked to my left and I saw, you know, Kevin Love, Kyrie Irving, you know, J.R.

Smith, Iman Shumpert, Tristan Thompson, Channing Frye, Richard Jefferson, or Anthony Davis, you know, Alex Caruso, Rajon Rondo, Kentavious Caldwell-Pope, you know, Danny Green, and looking at my-- just knowing guys that, you know, who are willing to die for it on the floor and be in a fox hole with you.

There's no better feeling than that, man. There's no better feeling than that, absolutely.”Basketball is an entirely game of teamwork and trust.

No one can be solely responsible for a team’s success. LeBron’s expressing his admiration of teammates took fans to beautiful parts of the game, built entirely on camaraderie and mutual respect.

LeBron James owes his success to devoted teammates who nursed a passion for game

LeBron played eight NBA finals consecutively from 2011 to 2018. He also won four NBA championships during this tenure. His time in the NBA is divided among the Cleveland Cavaliers, Miami Heat, and Los Angeles Lakers. Owing to his experience and command over the game, he was always given the responsibility of taking the team’s game to the next level.

He succeeded in building invincible squads with the help of devoted players who had a hunger for delivering a character-laden performance and winning.With a sharp eye for talent and a passion for the game, he always ended up building a successful team. His NBA stint started with the Cleveland Cavaliers, with players like Shaquille O’Neal, Mo Williams, and Zydrunas Ilgauskas, among others, by his side. On moving to the Miami Heat, LeBron got the company of players with a formidable reputation like Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh.

Together, they orchestrated Heat’s move up to sixth position in the league.

When it was LeBron’s Lakers, the NBA superstar drew strength from players like Anthony Davis. Davis was the best defender LeBron had ever played with, as per a Bleacher Report article. After Bosh and Wade, he filled the position of defender that LeBron needed to take the Lakers to new heights. The last season saw brewing camaraderie between LeBron and Luka Doncic, who was traded to the Lakers in a blockbuster deal from the Dallas Mavericks.

Luka’s adaptation to LeBron’s play style was slick and helped the team put amazing numbers on the board.Also Read: LeBron James makes a joint appearance with Los Angeles Lakers' newest recruit Deandre Ayton at Summer League game against LA Clippers