LOS ANGELES -- Friends since their high school days and former USA Basketball teammates and NBA Players Association leadership members together, LeBron James and Chris Paul are about to go against each other in the playoffs for the first time in their storied careers.
"It's going to be comparable to playing against [Rajon] Rondo in a series, playing against Draymond [Green] in a series," James told reporters on a video conference call on Friday. "You have those out-of-this-world I.Q. type guys and fierce competitors, at the same time. So it's the same thing.
"Every time I faced Rondo in the past, I knew I had to be not only on my A-game as far as my game, but also my mind as well.