00:00I think Leroy's going to like this one, okay?
00:03So, this LeBron's a rascal, you know?
00:06Oh, my goodness.
00:08This man, listen, he may –
00:10You've hit all – listen, the Heat are out of it.
00:15The Panthers aren't playing.
00:18The baseball team's struggling.
00:20So, you go to your bread and butter.
00:23J.J. Redick and LeBron.
00:25Here we go.
00:27It's not what you're going to think, though.
00:28This really has nothing to do with ripping LeBron James.
00:31Because, you know, I've really grown.
00:32I don't feel the same ways about LeBron James as I used to.
00:35Because it was, what, 11 years ago?
00:38Yeah, and now I'm on to Jimmy Butler.
00:40So, as long as they're sports, you're going to have somebody.
00:47Oh, yeah.
00:47That's the great thing about petty watching.
00:49You can just move on.
00:50Like, all right, we'll get them next round.
00:53That's how you got to look at it.
00:55Sometimes it bites you in the ass, like the Celtics winning the championship
00:58or LeBron with the Cavs winning the championship.
01:00But most of the time, you're going to come out with that petty watching pretty satisfied.
01:04So, LeBron.
01:08LeBron has a player option.
01:11And he ended his press conference.
01:15Well, he didn't end his press conference.
01:16He said in the middle of his press conference something that was weird.
01:19And he was asked about, you know, do you think that the team needs more size?
01:26And this was his response to that question.
01:29I'll never say that.
01:31Because my guy, AD, said what he needed.
01:36And then he was gone the following week.
01:38So, I got no comment.
01:40I put that uniform on every night.
01:41I gave everything I had.
01:42And that's what that's all that matters.
01:47Wow.
01:48Wow.
01:48No comment.
01:52I know what happened.
01:54AD did mention that he did not want to play center.
01:56And then all of a sudden, he was a maverick.
02:01Very interesting.
02:02Just throwing the front office under the bus like that.
02:05Not really.
02:06Think about this.
02:07When you're – if you need some size inside, then you can't go get AD
02:20because he ain't going to put no feet in the paint.
02:23You know this beforehand.
02:26You know this.
02:27I don't know when I really get your point there.
02:30When he said he was talking – he said AD, AD didn't want to play center.
02:35Yeah, it's been known that he doesn't want to play center.
02:38But when he complained about it or said it publicly, again,
02:41that he didn't want to play center, even though he always ended up
02:43playing center, a lot like Bam.
02:46Genie Bust then came out and was like, cry baby.
02:50And then he's a maverick.
02:52Now, of course, they got Luka.
02:54But LeBron just thrown it out there.
02:56Now, mind you, LeBron can't just be sent off.
02:58He has a full no trade clause, which is a hilarious thing
03:01than to just put out there.
03:02So, it's like, you know you can't just be moved out for your words.
03:06A question.
03:06Because you have a no trade clause.
03:08Maybe we should do that.
03:09I swear I'll let you ask a question.
03:11But let me set it up for a second.
03:14Bitbrofsky.
03:18He knows he has a no trade clause, so he can't just be cast off.
03:22So, why mention that?
03:24Is it because, Leroy, he can already see the writing on the wall
03:29that this Lakers team is going, Luka, Luka, Luka, Luka.
03:33Oh, I love Luka so much.
03:34He's the best.
03:35This isn't the Kings team anymore.
03:36He's too old.
03:37We love Luka.
03:38And so, he's basically like, listen, this Luka, he plays no defense.
03:44I got to get out of here.
03:47That's what you got from that conversation?
03:50That's what I got from that.
03:51Oh, frog boy, please.
03:54How?
03:55This is too much, right?
03:57I thought at first when he presented, I thought he was like, oh, you know,
04:01I feel bad for LeBron.
04:02No, clearly for once in his career, he's potentially fearful of his job.
04:06And now, I realize the point was, look at LeBron, jealous of Luka.
04:11And Luka wants to get out of the Lakers.
04:14Wait.
04:15So, you say you've grown.
04:17That's mastermind.
04:17You say, I'm over that petty.
04:20Right.
04:20And then you went right back.
04:22What if he was looking for a place to finish his career that wasn't L.A.?
04:25Wow.
04:26Interesting thought.
04:27Mm-hmm.
04:29What if he was kidding?
04:32LeBron doesn't kid.
04:33LeBron doesn't kid.
04:34Really?
04:35We know him.
04:36Who, I bet you anything Dave McMenamin asked that question,
04:39and that dude's a LeBron plant.
04:40Remember when he asked the question and LeBron rehearsed the memory answer?
04:44Oh, yeah.
04:46Anytime that Lakers press conference has,
04:48he's got something else to be thinking about.
04:53Oh, dude.
04:54We haven't made it to our tour yet.
04:57Why would they do that?
04:58And you're already exhausting.
05:02How am I exhausting you?
05:03You just think it was a jokey joke.
05:05Let me ask you this.
05:06You're doing, you're doing, you got more reach right now than one of the Thompson brothers.
05:13I don't think so.
05:17You do.
05:17In fact, reported today in The Athletic by Sam Amick.
05:21Very reputable.
05:24Very reputable.
05:25How come a guy is only reputable when he says something you agree with?
05:28He's just reputable.
05:29Sam Amick is reputable.
05:31Might LeBron James think about finishing his career elsewhere?
05:37When posed that question, both league sources close to James and team sources would not rule out that possibility.
05:45And that was before they said it was the elimination game.
05:51Those sources told him that.
05:53So sauces are saying maybe he doesn't want to finish with the Lakers.
05:58Maybe he wants to run it back somewhere else.
06:09Oh, wait, wait, wait, wait.
06:14I'm scared to ask this question because I know you're going to lie.
06:18Yeah.
06:18If LeBron said, I want to go back to the heat, what would you say?
06:25I'd say a lot of time has passed, LeBron.
06:31Been through a lot.
06:32No, you wouldn't, you petty.
06:34You too petty.
06:35I just said I wasn't petty anymore about it.
06:37I got new ire.
06:38Well, because you said that because you knew this is where this conversation was going.
06:42You didn't say that.
06:43I don't know.
06:43Hard to say.
06:44Hard to say.
06:45Oh, my goodness.
06:47You know what they say?
06:48Heals all wounds.
06:49My boy.
06:50Do you know what they say?
06:52Yes.
06:53Time, Leroy.
06:55Time.
06:56You see how many players act right when they get their money?
07:01Just saying.
07:02Just saying.
07:03Time heals all wounds, Leroy.
07:06I mean, dude, he's played.
07:09He's been away a career.
07:14And here's the other thing.
07:1641-year-old LeBron.
07:25What about it?
07:27Before you say what you say, I just want you to be clear here.
07:30Okay.
07:30Because you're a bit of a fence jumper.
07:33No, I'm not.
07:34No, you are.
07:35I'm consistent.
07:35It was a mere months ago.
07:38Months ago.
07:39You were arguing with me.
07:40This man can play till he's 45 easily.
07:42Yeah.
07:43So now all of a sudden.
07:44I believe.
07:45No, no, no, no.
07:45Now all of a sudden he comes to the heat and you want to be like,
07:48no, he's 41.
07:49That's not.
07:50Just saying.
07:51That's not.
07:51Let me tell you why I said that.
07:54Okay?
07:54Because the core of your team is mid to mid-20s, right?
08:05They're all going to start getting in their prime now.
08:07Now, if you bring LeBron in, even if you have success,
08:14you're going to be revisiting the same situation every year,
08:20trying to figure out if he's going to come back.
08:23Do you want to go through that?
08:25That's the only reason why I'm saying that.
08:26I'm not saying he can't help.
08:27I'm not saying he wouldn't be an improvement to the team.
08:30But what I'm saying is, is that how many years of that you're going to get
08:36either when he decides to retire or if he decides to just go somewhere else
08:41again, is it worth it?
08:43Dave South says the old love retiring in Florida.
08:46That's true.
08:47Ooh.
08:48That's true.
08:50And with what happened with Jimmy Butler,
08:55you think they're going to give him all of his stuff?
09:00And make all those exceptions for him?
09:04Well, I do because they gave them to Jimmy Butler.
09:09And that's the thing.
09:11Yeah, but that's because Jimmy was being the worst about it.
09:16Right.
09:19I got you.
09:20Look, I hear you.
09:25Shmethen says he's going back to Cleveland with Bronny.
09:27That's how historians grow up.
09:29So here's the thing, though.
09:31It still ended pretty frosty with him and Dan Gilbert.
09:35And Dan Gilbert's now on the verge of a championship post-LeBron.
09:39Ooh.
09:39You think he really wants to do cherry on top?
09:42Like, ooh, bring a...
09:44I don't know.
09:45Maybe.
09:46I'm not going to rule it out, Shmethen.
09:47How come...
09:48Can I just add one basic point to all of this?
09:57Hmm?
09:58How come every year about this time,
10:01you go through all the other 29 teams,
10:05pick a player who you think should get out of there,
10:09and the perfect landing spot is always the Heat?
10:12I would say right now the Heat are probably at their lowest point
10:16of being the perfect landing spot.
10:18Well, because the best spot for KD is Texas and Houston.
10:21And Houston.
10:22I don't disagree with you.
10:23Okay.
10:24I don't disagree with you.
10:24So why...
10:25I'm not doing...
10:26But I...
10:26We talked about that yesterday with KD.
10:29And you were...
10:30You know, that was your number one choice out of everybody.
10:33Well, I just think that's his number one choice.
10:34He's from Texas.
10:37No, we were talking Heat options, though.
10:38You told me that was the number one option you'd go with.
10:40My number one option would be KD, but...
10:43Over LeBron?
10:46Yes.
10:47Hmm.
10:48Because of how he can score.
10:51Hmm.
10:52Right?
10:52Hmm.
10:53Like...
10:54KD is a bucket getter.
10:57Yes.
10:58LeBron can score.
11:00But here, life on the line.
11:05You need one score.
11:07You're going LeBron to KD.
11:09My life is on the line?
11:10Yep.
11:11How many points am I down?
11:13Doesn't matter.
11:14Say three.
11:14Say two.
11:15Doesn't matter.
11:16If I'm down two, I go LeBron.
11:18Yeah.
11:18Really?
11:19Yeah, he can get to the rim.
11:20Yeah.
11:21But KD can make a jumper from anywhere.
11:23Yeah, I'm down three.
11:24I'm going KD.
11:25Yeah, but sometimes he doesn't know where his feet are.
11:27Like, he's got those giant hockey feet, and he'll step on the line.
11:29Long toes.
11:33Listen.
11:33Listen.
11:34Marcos.
11:35Yes.
11:37This man at this moment in time, on Friday at 11 o'clock, does not need your assistance.
11:45I disagree.
11:46Just leave...
11:47If there's a time where you just leave somebody on the island, let him do him.
11:54He don't need to stay hydrated.
11:58Right?
11:58He don't need that.
12:00He's already digging himself a hole.
12:02I mean, he gets...
12:03He gets...
12:03You know, basically, he gets his little intangibles in Tyler Hero.
12:07Okay?
12:07The same as he's as Reeves.
12:09Right?
12:09If not better.
12:10Really?
12:11Okay?
12:12You get, you know, Bam's in shape where Luka's not.
12:15Yeah, it is.
12:16Wait, you said Bam...
12:17Let me get this right.
12:20You're saying Bam is the same as Luka?
12:22It's the same, but it's a different build.
12:23Like, the Luka thing didn't work for LeBron.
12:25I mean, it was...
12:26I mean, it didn't work this year.
12:27It was in five.
12:29It didn't work this year.
12:32You trust that Lakers front office?
12:35I do believe that they have figured out maybe we'll have to get some tall guys.
12:39We'll see.
12:41They lemon-lawed one guy, and then their ego-filled coach played Maxi Klebert in play in two months
12:49instead of playing somebody who, in Jackson Hayes, who's actually been in their rotation.
12:53Can you trust an ego like that if you're LeBron?
12:56I think LeBron doesn't realize.
12:57Here's the thing.
12:58He created a monster in J.J. Redick.
13:00And listen, sometimes Dr. Frankenstein doesn't realize what he's created, but he hosted a podcast
13:05with Podcast Boy.
13:06He's like, you could be a coach.
13:08He's like, I could be a coach.
13:14Happens sometimes.
13:15Why are you doing this?
13:17Taylor Swift created Sabrina Carpenter.
13:18Didn't realize the Frankenstein she created.
13:22Coming first, but...
13:23Yep.
13:24Mm-hmm.
13:24Mm-hmm.
13:25Mm-hmm.
13:26Mm-hmm.
13:27Mm-hmm.
13:27Mm-hmm.
13:28Mm-hmm.
13:28Mm-hmm.
13:28Mm-hmm.
13:28Mm-hmm.
13:29Mm-hmm.
13:29Mm-hmm.
13:29Mm-hmm.
13:30Mm-hmm.
13:30Mm-hmm.
13:30Mm-hmm.
13:31Mm-hmm.
13:32Mm-hmm.
13:32Mm-hmm.
13:33Mm-hmm.
13:34Mm-hmm.
13:34Mm-hmm.
13:35Mm-hmm.
13:36Mm-hmm.
13:36Mm-hmm.
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