Taken from Gordon Hayward's blog (gordonhayward20.com) he noted: "I know this sounds like bragging. That’s because it is. I’m so confident in my abilities that I would put money on myself, hypothetically speaking. One on one versus LeBron James? He would get crushed. We would all be witnesses to a straight up annihilation. The reigning MVP, Kevin Durant? I’m LOLing. Go ahead and put him with Russell Westbrook. Throw Blake Griffin, Chris Paul and Dwight Howard in there, just for kicks.
They’d still have no chance. Honestly, take any five NBA players you want and put them on the same squad. It doesn’t really matter. I’d beat them all. It would be like playing a bunch of kindergartners. I repeat: I’m the best in the game. And probably in all the other major sports, too. No athlete on earth is as good at League of Legends as I am."
In February he sat down with Team Curse, a top "League of Legends" outfit, and showed his moves.
He continues: "I know what you’re thinking. If I had to pick and train an all-NBA League of Legends team, who would be on it? Point guards. Point guards have to think quickly, and they have to think ahead. So I’d take Chris Paul, Jeremy Lin, Rajon Rondo, Ricky Rubio, and me. We’d be tough to beat. Of course, I don’t need four other NBA players on my League of Legends team, or any other pro athletes, for that matter. And at the end of the day, if there’s one thing I want you to take away from this blog entry, it’s that simple truth. When it comes to professional athletes who can rain down threes on the court and execute pentakills off it, there can be only one, and he goes by GDHayward."