LeBron James Calls Paul Pierce His Biggest Rival

Imagine for a second you were LeBron James and Ahmad Rashad of NBA TV asked you who you'd consider your biggest rival. What would your answer be? Kevin Durant? Kobe Bryant? How long would you need to go down the list before saying Paul Pierce? Because, according to King James himself, Pierce would be the closest thing to his rival.

Now before you jump out of your seat in disbelief, MassLive points out the AP recap of Game 7 of the 2008 Eastern Conference Semifinals when both guys brought out the best in one another.

After all that, do y'all still think it's crazy that LeBron chose Pierce over everyone else in the league?

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[via MassLive]