According to a report on January 1, Rivers, a former head coach who has coached on several NBA teams, sang the praises of James on the show of Celtics legends Garnett and Pierce, who he has worked with. One of his cases was in the case of James's ball quotient, who he thought had evolved in James' brain, and used the tactics that James once shouted out to his face as an example.
Although Rivers has been criticized for not being able to coach, he is also a famous coach and has been in the industry for many years, so he has experienced all stages of James' career - young James, peak James, and aging James.
Rivers said that James is a very good player when he first debuted, but he can't quite read the game yet. By the time he joins the Heat, James will be able to read the game. Rivers said that the Celtics had a game against the Heat at the time, and James shouted to his face the tactics that the Celtics were going to lay out in that round.
Regarding James's ability to shout out the opponent's tactics, many peers have said this publicly long before Rivers. James can remember a lot of tactics on the other side, so he twice directed Davis to defend the air, which ultimately ruined Curry's intention to catch and shoot and Green's strategy of passing to the bottom corner of Thompson after breaking through the baseline. James also helped Ham call a timeout on several occasions, and his control of the game is the first in history, and the ball quotient is also the first in history.
Rivers sighed that when he watched James play, he knew that James was playing chess. Watching James play will think that James is outrageous, his brain is evolving, and it has evolved.