"Your one-way-clogged muscle, let me help you block the other end."
Hansen's responses were logical and grounded, but you know how the media reports things.
"Han says LeBron is just a role player."
Once that headline popped up, the verbal sparring filled to the brim in minutes.
The already much-anticipated Christmas showdown was now completely maxed out.
The Staples Center's occupancy rate just exploded.
When Hansen emerged from the player's tunnel, the crowd greeted him with a chorus of boos.
He didn't seem to care, instead glancing over at the Lakers' side of the court.
Kobe and Love's expressions were not very good.
Leaving aside how Wade and Bosh, his former Heat teammates, might feel about James's statements, even his current teammates Kobe and Love were finding it awkward.
