00:00So, the Cleveland piece is this ceremony return, right?
00:07It's the organization LeBron will always be linked to, having been from Akron, Ohio,
00:13winning, you know, being drafted there, then coming back four years later.
00:17I think it is being undersold, though, the amount of winning they could do in Cleveland
00:23because they were missing a LeBron James player very much, I thought, last year during the
00:29run.
00:30I do think it's interesting if Harden wouldn't mind ending his career how he began his career,
00:37which is as a sixth man.
00:38The answer is probably no.
00:40I do think he may be better served.
00:42It's fine.
00:45The thing to me with LeBron in Cleveland is it's just easy.
00:51I think for the first time in a long time, people will really root for LeBron.
00:57I think it's such a story that people can get behind, right?
01:02Like, all of a sudden, can he bring Harden, as Coach already said, to a championship?
01:08I think Cleveland, they're positioned as the favorites, you know, in the prediction markets.
01:13They're the favorites in my eyes.
01:15They're the favorite in Coach's eyes.
01:18But how do you feel about the basketball fit, J.Y., of LeBron in Cleveland?
01:24I like it if they could stagger minutes, particularly between Harden and LeBron.
01:30I think that is the key thing.
01:33I think LeBron is most comfortable being the number three scoring option.
01:40I think he's okay with it at this juncture in his career.
01:45And that's why I think even though they're not the favorites, I think Philadelphia is the fit
01:50because he's not, he's probably, let's be honest, he's the third, no, he's probably the fourth scoring option
01:59if, you know, if you really look at it between Maxie and obviously, you know, Jalen Brown and Embiid.
02:08So it takes the load off.
02:10So I think it's going to be pretty interesting to see.
02:14But LeBron, you can come home again.
02:18But I just think going to Philly would be an amazing thing because maybe if you went to Cleveland,
02:28it gets over to Hump, like get him over to Hump again.
02:30But to go win a championship with another franchise and be able to say, all right, Miami, check, Cleveland, check,
02:42right?
02:43Lakers, check, Philadelphia, check.
02:46And if you go to Philadelphia, it's almost like winning in New York because their fans are that maniacal and
02:53that crazy.
02:55Yes, Cleveland is the favorite, but to me, the best destination and the best for storyline ending goes to Philadelphia.
03:08I don't know why, and this shouldn't ever happen because I'm the LeBron guy, but because he's great,
03:19Coach just framed this in a way that I hadn't, for some reason, entirely the opportunity for LeBron to go
03:27four for four.
03:28Four teams, four organizations, four championships.
03:34And that is not only relevant for Philadelphia.
03:39It applies to Denver, some, and it applies to Minnesota a lot.
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