bsmith+Interview

__ Q. Why did you choose Miami? __ A.) I feel it is the best way for me to win. Not just regular season games but playoff games, and championships. I feel I can win not one but multiple championships with Miami. With Chris and Dwayne already there they have a solid core and with me we will be a very good team. __ Q. Do you feel you let Cleveland down? __ A.) I don’t feel like I let anyone down. This was my decision; honestly the hardest part was realizing that. I was trying to make everyone else happy and wasn’t thinking about what I want. Once I did that it was an easy decision to make. I gave Cleveland 7 years of my best, I worked as hard as I could and gave it my all. They watched me grow from an 18-year-old boy to a 26 year old man. Cleveland will always be my home. __ Q. How good do you think you will be? __ A.) Like I said before I think we will be very good. That is the reason I am going to south beach. I want to win a championship. That’s what I am all about, I’m a winner. In my opinion this was the best place for me to go do just that, win. I was tired of making to so far in the playoffs but coming up short over and over again. I want to win. __ Q. How do you feel about this not being “your team” and it being Dwayne Wade’s team? __ A.) I have personally talked to both Chris and Dwayne, and that’s not how we look at it. Its not one mans team, that’s not how you win. You win as a team, none of us want to claim the team. Yes Dwayne was here first but he welcomed us with open arms. Like I said this is a team not a one-man show here like it was in Cleveland, and I accept that I want that. I’m not coming in here demanding the team I am coming in here to share this team with two of the best players in the game. After every big win Dwayne runs over to the sidelines stands on the table and yells “This is my house”, and I we joked about that he told Chris and I he was getting lonely and wanted some roommate. __ Q. Do you feel you three can work well together that many stars on one team could cause a lot of problems? __ A.) Chris Dwayne and I are great friends. Most superstars that are put together on the court do not have the same relation we have off the court. We have great chemistry together and I have no doubt in my mind it will transfer on the court as well. We have already played together in the Olympics, which we had won a gold medal so I think that’s pretty self-explanatory. We know what we have to do to win, none of us are going to be demanding of the ball who ever is hot that game will take the shots. Us three on the court at the same time causes a lot of attention to where we are so I will have no problem finding Mike Miller for a 3 or Mike Bibby. We have more then 3 players and Chris Dwayne and I know that, we will do whatever it takes to win. __ Q. How do you think this will impact you being perceived as on of the greatest in the game and your MVP status? Many say it hurts that stars surround you. __ A. I’m not worried about that stuff at all. I know my talents and I work harder then anyone else in the game so that I can be the best. I doesn’t matter to me what people think, I am more worried about what I think of my self. I have been named MVP twice already that doesn’t just go away I will put up the numbers I was in Cleveland and I will win the award if I have those same numbers there’s not much to say. I don’t play my games thinking I have to score the most points so I can be MVP, no I play to win and I do all I can to ensure my team wins and if I’m name MVP along the way I wont argue with that.
 * LeBron James “The decision” Interview **