Responding to the reaction to his comments about playing with Anthony Davis from last week, LeBron James said he's recruited players throughout his career.

"I've always recruited. I've been trying to get guys to come play with me since, like, 2007. I've got rejected a lot. But I've also have not got rejected a lot," James told Rachel Nichols in a sit-down interview.

James tried to get Ray Allen, Joe Johnson, Michael Redd and Chris Bosh to join the Cavs during his first stint in Cleveland, but added that "a lot of people didn't want to come to Cleveland".

"It wasn't hard getting guys in Miami, I'll tell you that. So now that I think being in L.A., I don't think it would be that hard to get guys here," said James.