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LeBron James Says He's Not Happy Kevin Durant Won 1st NBA Title

JoSEPH ZUCKERJUNE 13, 2017

OAKLAND, CA - JUNE 12: Kevin Durant #35 of the Golden State Warriors shakes hands with LeBron James #23 of the Cleveland Cavaliers after defeating the Cleveland Cavaliers 129-120 in Game 5 to win the 2017 NBA Finals at ORACLE Arena on June 12, 2017 in Oakland, California. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Ronald Martinez/Getty Images)

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LeBron James didn't derive any personal satisfaction from seeing Kevin Durant win his first NBA title as the Golden State Warriors beat theCleveland Cavaliers in the 2017 NBA Finals.

"I'm not happy he won his first," James said, per Alex Kennedy of HoopsHype. "I'm not happy at all."

James didn't downplay the significance of Durant adding an NBA championship to his resume, though, per Kennedy: "They are always going to have to say that you're a champion. They can never take that away from you."

Credit James for offering an honest assessment as to his feelings toward Durant winning a championship. In time, his feelings may change, but there's almost no chance that any member of the Cavaliers roster was happy to have lost the NBA Finals.

Cavaliers head coach Tyronn Lue said the team had taken the 129-120 Game 5 defeat hard, per ESPN's Rachel Nichols:

The question now becomes what the Cavaliers will do in response.

Following their Finals defeat in 2016, the Warriors signed Kevin Durant. Cleveland doesn't have salary-cap space to make a similar move in free agency, but general manager David Griffin may feel the time is right to execute a trade that sees one of the Cavaliers' key players leave town.

At the very least, it appears clear that the Cavs roster as currently constructed can't hang with the Warriors over a seven-game series.