LeBron James kept the messaging simple after the new-look Cleveland Cavaliers thrashed the Boston Celtics on Sunday.
Jordan Clarkson, one of the new Cleveland additions, said James hadn’t had a whole lot to say after the 121-99 road win.
“‘That’s the way to hoop,'” Clarkson said of James’s message, via Dave McMenamin of ESPN. “That was it.”
Another newcomer, guard George Hill, said James had been a bit more comprehensive before the game.
“LeBron said before the game, ‘Who cares about mistakes? Who cares about missed shots? Who cares about all that stuff?'” Hill said. “We weren’t here to be perfect. There was no judgement out there today. Go out there, have fun, take our shots, be ourselves. I think that’s what we tried to do.”
James was, by all accounts, very pleased with how the overhauled Cavaliers looked. In fact, he certainly seemed to subtly jab at some of his former teammates in discussing how pleased he was with the results.
