00:00speaking of a long time ago this this blew me away I had no idea till I heard it this
00:05morning
00:06I think it was on first take or maybe it was on get up but I had no idea this
00:10morning
00:10do you know LeBron LeBron's been on the Lakers for eight years does that seem possible to you
00:16no seemed like he just left Miami yeah not to me either and I didn't realize either that LeBron's
00:24longest stint with any team in the NBA has been with the Lakers yeah and I was blown away by
00:32that
00:32and they were kind of talking about on first take like is he a Laker when you think of LeBron
00:40will you think of him as a Laker like when I do the hypothetical when I you know when my
00:47grandkids
00:48asked me about LeBron James he's a calf for me for you probably for Solana he might say heat
01:00his best years were with the heat that's but that's not the the question though he was a mercenary we
01:06paid him to win some rings but in all honesty there there is a sector of NBA fan who will
01:15really only
01:15know him as a Laker his you know what I mean that comes that comes with age like there's you
01:20know
01:20they're like you can do that with a lot of things and and uh you know what um what I
01:26think of Steve
01:27Kerr as a Chicago Bull I would submit to you that there are many who don't even know that he
01:32had an
01:32NBA career that only know him as a coach you know I would say if you ask my kids he's
01:36a Laker because he
01:37got right there 13 and 14 so that's all they've watched that's all they watched was him in a Laker
01:42uniform so the question is so these are on bet online will LeBron James retire
01:51yes is plus 275 no is minus 450 yeah I don't think will LeBron return to the Lakers next season
02:04what do you think the favorite is oh yes Solana no it is no no is minus 150 yes is
02:19plus 110 so those
02:21odds would imply a 40 chance of LeBron returning to play with the Lakers next season it gotta be the
02:28Cavs again so here's the odds LeBron James 2026 2027 NBA team odds on favorite even money one to one
02:40Cleveland Cavaliers yeah
02:44and you've got Golden State three to one
02:49the Nuggets five to one the Knicks seven to one the Bucks nine to one you gotta go way down
02:59to the
02:59bottom of the list the Heat are 50 to one yeah uh if you're interested in Miami I could see
03:04him going
03:04to New York though I could too the Mecca he's always talked about it yep oh and now that they're
03:10on the
03:11cusp of being an NBA champion like if he like let's say they fall short this year and let's assume
03:18they will because I think any team in the east is going to fall short this year yes sir what
03:24if LeBron
03:25in his final season goes to the Knicks and delivers them an NBA finals since when the 70s Solana yeah
03:36I
03:36think 72 was their last ring I mean he like he loves to write stuff like that there's there's the
03:43possibility that that could happen Solana shakes his head as soon as it happens because he's emotionally
03:48attached to the Heat that would be a crazy story that LeBron's 41 year old ass takes the Knicks to
03:56the first championship in 50 years that's crazy you have to agree with that Solana there's somebody
04:01somebody on the chat goes Dan LeBitard mentioned it not first take Hawk well I wasn't watching Dan
04:06this morning I haven't watched Dan since I left the show but I I if if he said it as
04:12well I give him
04:13credit but it was first take no it was it was get up this morning that was talking about will
04:18LeBron
04:18be remembered as a Laker hey stop stealing Dan's takes Hawk haven't you stolen it up already
04:25give me put it on the pole am I stealing Dan's takes I saw by the way you were talking
04:33about
04:33that FIU baseball highlight and uh and you thought they might be using your call right you were on the
04:42ESPN plus call yeah I saw what Randy Scott actually said he said the fighting Billy Gills yeah that had
04:53to hurt you where it counts man yeah I watched it this morning and uh I didn't I didn't love
05:01that
05:01I did not love that why aren't they the fighting Solanas uh big bad Billy Gill what has he ever
05:09done
05:11Jimmy I'm in call Dan see if they talked about that on the show this morning I'll text his number
05:20no you know what in this 18 seconds of talking about it I want LeBron to go to the Knicks
05:26what what
05:27what's going on here it's as as an NBA fan no why why because because it's the Knicks like no
05:36no no
05:36cares about the Knicks what are you guys doing you guys do this every year with the New York Knicks
05:41we've done it for the past five years oh I have to come on this show Hawk oh you know
05:47the NBA is
05:48better when the Knicks are good like what are we talking why why because they play in the
05:53alleged I was I was interested in the Knicks series I'm not interested in the uh Cavs Pistons and
06:00Solana you can't you can't air quote the Mecca of basketball of course yeah yeah you can't you can't
06:07pretend that that's made up how how can the place that has not had an NBA title lifted inside of
06:16its
06:16its uh its its walls since 1973 over 50 years be considered the epicenter of basketball explain that
06:26one to me explain it to me how explain it to you easily the actual players that play there like
06:32heat
06:33players like like Pistons like Golden State Warriors they all talk about how special it is to play
06:39in Madison Square Garden everybody talks about it we just had John Starks we had John Starks on the
06:46show uh on Pivot today he talks about it's like it's different in in Madison Square Garden he's a
06:52Knick but it's a fact I mean the basketball players the guys in the league call it the Mecca
06:57I'm not telling you because because Hawk they've all been fooled the same way you two have been fooled
07:05by you know oh playing in the Mecca and all it really is is that they're near Times Square so
07:12they
07:12they just get like this uppity feeling because they're in New York City like anybody else gets
07:17an uppity feeling when they go to New York City you're crazy it's a lot you're nuts I you know
07:21what
07:21I'll I'll take it to me and I'm no I'm no LeBron and John Stark playing in Lambeau felt different
07:28right I understand Mark Wrigley Field yes like it's it's a historic place you've watched it your
07:35whole life as a kid the the fans are so passionate no matter what's going on it's a different feeling
07:41oh Ben Stiller doesn't even show up to the playoff game yet the stupid Met Gala what are we talking
07:46about the fans who is this Shayla ma'am guy they keep talking about Shayla ma'am Shayla man
07:51some little new Nick oh Timothy Shamalo I've never seen that's my guy Marty Supreme he's the
07:58the player he's the ping pong player that's Marty Supreme that's Marty Supreme oh I love him again
08:04he's great we're in the Mecca I'm going to the Mecca next year to watch LeBron I have to put
08:09up
08:10with this every year you guys want the Knicks to win a title for some reason I don't understand I
08:15don't but you tell me the NBA on NBC with LeBron on the Knicks wouldn't be must watch television
08:23man I'm speaking as a 56 year old man there's something I love nostalgia that would be nostalgic
08:29for me even though LeBron's never played for them but for the Knicks to be on the NBA on NBC
08:35and LeBron the most storied player since Michael Jordan like just something something poetic about
08:43it but I listen I want them to lose I'm no Knicks fan the second best player of all time
08:50at 41 years
08:51old gets added to a cat Brunson Bridges lineup and takes them over the top Solana that is poetry
08:59I think it would be more poetic for him to go to Washington and team up with Anthony Davis
09:06and and no and fulfill the legacy of winning a title in Washington for the Wizards that Michael
09:15Jordan could never achieve and that to me would be poetic that to me would insurmountably put him
09:22over the top of Michael Jordan do something that MJ couldn't that's a do what John Wall and Bradley
09:29Beal couldn't do do what Michael Jordan a lot of NBA fans think of Michael Jordan in his 40s in
09:35Washington nothing LeBron LeBron by the way title LeBron by the way 23 and a half was the over that
09:44we bet we bought it up from 22 and a half and he hit 24 last night bing bong the
09:51nice little ticket
09:52and then you had a parlay with that and the double double I think he went 24 and 12 right
10:00yeah LeBron paid for a couple dinners LeBron brought it home for us last night as he got his
10:06swept out of the playoffs
10:07you
10:08you
10:08you
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