What's the difference between Eric Bledsoe and LeBron James? About seven inches and that's it.
Speaking with Matt Petersen of Suns.com, Goran Dragic referred to his new teammate as a miniature LeBron:
He’s a mini-Lebron James. He’s got that big strength so when he's in the open court, he’s unstoppable. Like a lot of fans know, I like to play fast basketball. When I get the ball to the other guy, he’s going to run. We’re going to score a lot of points.
Mike D'Antoni would be proud. Aspiring to score a lot of points? It's like he never left the Phoenix Suns.
More noteworthy than Dragic's offensive ambitions is this "Mini LeBron" moniker Bledsoe goes by. Dragic isn't the first one to coin him a diminutive-sized King. His handle goes back to his Los Angeles Clippers days.
Teammates linked him to The Chosen One on account of his potential. And for what it's worth, ESPN's Kevin Arnovitz wrote that Chris Paul's dad called him "Little Hercules," which is basically the same thing.
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Goran Dragic Calls Phoenix Suns Teammate Eric Bledsoe a ‘Mini-LeBron James’
August 27th, 2013 by Dan Favale Leave a reply »
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