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00:01Good morning.
00:03Halliburton needed to press.
00:04He let him off the hook.
00:06Let him off the hook! Come on!
00:08You guys coming to my side yet?
00:10What's your side?
00:11Oh, you're not on my side.
00:12You don't want him anymore because you're annoyed?
00:14No, I said I will take him.
00:16I do want him.
00:17I just...
00:19I have no more...
00:20You just want him on your terms, not his.
00:23What is that supposed to mean?
00:26What is that supposed to mean?
00:28You know exactly what that means, Ken.
00:29Ken is an only child,
00:31and one of the themes of Ken Carman here at the radio station
00:34is everything is on his time.
00:38Everything's on my time!
00:40Correct.
00:40So you want LeBron,
00:43the most influential athlete in this country,
00:46to make his decision
00:47when Ken Carman deems it appropriate.
00:51When it fits under the convenience of Ken Carman.
00:55And now Ken will answer you
00:56on Ken Carman time.
01:00It's on my time?
01:04It's on my time.
01:08Okay.
01:09Okay.
01:11Well, we have certainly come out swinging, haven't we?
01:15I didn't know we were doing this to start the show.
01:18I didn't know either!
01:19I've never been more excited
01:20for the beginning of the show.
01:23Now, are you at all nervous, Ken,
01:25that on Calci,
01:27one of those famous prediction markets,
01:31where $135 million
01:33has been wagered
01:35on the LeBron sweepstakes,
01:37which is one-tenth of last year's Super Bowl,
01:40but probably higher than most,
01:42most everything else that we do in this country.
01:45Right now, Golden State is in the lead.
01:49Golden State.
01:50I don't care.
01:50The Warriors are in the lead.
01:52I don't care.
01:53Make your decision whenever.
01:54I don't care.
01:55I'm done.
01:57I'm done.
01:58I can't feel like it's today.
02:00I didn't think it was going to be yesterday.
02:02Whatever.
02:02It could be today.
02:03It could be tomorrow.
02:05It could be Sunday.
02:06It could be Monday.
02:07Who knows?
02:08On the one eye check,
02:09Pauley market,
02:11Cleveland is still in the lead
02:13by 2%.
02:14So it's basically neck and neck.
02:17Even though Shams,
02:18in all his latest reporting
02:20over the last two days,
02:22doesn't really mention Golden State?
02:25Correct.
02:27Interesting.
02:29Very interesting.
02:30No, it's not.
02:30It's not interesting anymore.
02:32I don't care.
02:33People seem to be interested
02:35yesterday in New York.
02:37Did you see the lines
02:39to try to get into that event?
02:40It was nuts.
02:42Well, you still want to see him.
02:44I mean, he's still an icon.
02:46That doesn't change.
02:48But I'm officially annoyed.
02:51Did you guys really think
02:52he was going to announce it yesterday?
02:54No.
02:54I did not.
02:55No.
02:56No.
02:58And I went in
03:00because there's days
03:00I stay in Cleveland all day.
03:03And so I went into
03:06or Channel 8
03:09midday.
03:09It was like noon or so.
03:12And immediately like,
03:13oh my God,
03:14are you here because of LeBron?
03:15Are you here because of LeBron?
03:17Are you here because of LeBron?
03:26The Fanatics Fest.
03:27And then,
03:28is he making the decision today?
03:29I'm like, no.
03:30No.
03:30It's not happening today.
03:32It's not going to do it
03:32on a recorded live-to-tape podcast.
03:35It's not going to happen.
03:36It's not happening today.
03:38Well, you never know.
03:39I go, well,
03:39you never do know.
03:40I'll grant you that
03:42because, I mean,
03:42he's his own man.
03:44You don't know.
03:44But I don't know.
03:46I'm out of things to say
03:48other than defending myself
03:49because apparently
03:50everything's done on my time,
03:51which is,
03:52whoo,
03:53that is some strong commentary
03:56from tone of all people.
03:58Well, did you have better?
03:59I'm surprised my phone
03:59hasn't lit up yet
04:00from a one Keith Britton.
04:01That's interesting to me,
04:02but okay.
04:03Were there more interesting things
04:05to talk about
04:06other than this
04:07that you wanted this to be
04:10kind of shored up?
04:11I would have watched
04:12This Old House.
04:13I mean,
04:15there's nothing left to say.
04:17What else is there to say?
04:20What have we not said already?
04:21What has been said?
04:23We have said,
04:24I think everybody
04:25kind of knows
04:26where everybody stands.
04:28Obviously,
04:28everybody wants him.
04:30Most everybody wants him.
04:31Is there any host in town
04:33who didn't want LeBron James?
04:34My issue,
04:35I'm sure there's one out there,
04:36but if there is one,
04:37I don't know
04:37and I don't listen to the person.
04:39Or if they're doing it
04:40that's probably performative.
04:41Yeah,
04:42well,
04:42I want LeBron.
04:43I've never said
04:44I didn't want LeBron
04:45and I'm not
04:45because it's taking so long.
04:47It's not where I don't want LeBron
04:49because of that.
04:49No,
04:50no,
04:50no,
04:50no,
04:50no,
04:50no,
04:50no,
04:51no.
04:51I want LeBron.
04:52I want him to come here,
04:55but I've said all there is to say
04:57and I think my problem is
04:59is like,
04:59all right,
05:00when we talk Shador
05:00and Deshaun to death,
05:02there is a end point to that.
05:03Like there's going to be an end point.
05:05This is,
05:06you get to a point
05:07where it's like,
05:08all right,
05:08the rookies come to camp next week
05:09and then camp starts off the week after that
05:11and then we actually begin
05:13and we can dissect
05:14and go through the reports
05:15and we can go to camp
05:17and,
05:17well,
05:17this is what I think I saw
05:19and this is what looked good
05:20and da-da-da-da-da
05:21and what looked bad.
05:21Like there is,
05:22there's an end game to that.
05:24If it's a debate on the Guardians
05:26going to the postseason,
05:27which there's never really a debate,
05:28a lot of people have faith
05:29in the Guardians
05:29to go to the postseason
05:30or to make a run towards it,
05:33again,
05:33they're in first place
05:34for crying out loud.
05:35They're 51 and 46.
05:36They're way better than they were last year,
05:37wins-loss-wise.
05:38Like,
05:39okay,
05:39but if there were a debate,
05:40there's still an end point.
05:41There's an end point to things.
05:42I don't know an end to this
05:43other than Adam Silver going on.
05:45Was he at Fanatics Fest 2?
05:46I don't know where he was.
05:47Where was he at
05:48when he had said that he was,
05:49he's hoping he makes a decision soon
05:51because basically the league's on hold
05:53until Deshaun,
05:55until LeBron makes his decision.
05:56Which, by the way,
05:57flies in the face
05:58of all the detractors saying,
05:59who cares about LeBron?
06:01He's a borderline sixth man
06:02in today's game.
06:03Yeah, that's crazy.
06:04Like, no,
06:04the commissioner of the sport
06:05just said everything is on hold
06:07until this dude makes his decision.
06:08I want you to remember that
06:09because, see,
06:09that's the difference
06:10between me and insane
06:12is that I'm just annoyed
06:14and just want him
06:15to make his decision
06:16so we can move forward
06:17with life either way
06:18and I do want him here.
06:19But I'm not going to make things up
06:21that aren't true about LeBron.
06:23Like, he makes the,
06:24and I think you thought
06:25I was going to go up
06:26against that yesterday.
06:27I think you thought
06:27I was approaching that level
06:29because I said,
06:30it's like,
06:30well, it's not a guaranteed ticket
06:31to the NBA Finals,
06:32but it increases your chances.
06:35And like, I got,
06:35who was it?
06:36Deshaun who called in yesterday
06:37started yelling at me about it.
06:39Animated.
06:39I'm going, Deshaun,
06:40it's not,
06:41they're not going to get worse
06:43by getting LeBron James.
06:44No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.
06:46I just want him
06:47to make the decision
06:48because I'm tired of having
06:49the same conversation
06:50every single day.
06:51And, and, and the people
06:52who were upset
06:54over the last how many days
06:55or over the last how many years
06:56because of the same
06:57quarterback conversation,
06:58at least we went week to week
07:00and there were new changes
07:01and challenges
07:01and, and debates
07:03and who to start,
07:04who to bench,
07:04who to trade,
07:05who to pick,
07:05all those things.
07:06There's no,
07:07there's no end in sight
07:08until he decides
07:09to make his decision.
07:10And when he makes his decision,
07:12I, I told you before,
07:13I will not be crestfallen
07:15if he doesn't pick Cleveland.
07:16I will not be feel betrayed.
07:18I won't call him
07:19a backstabbing weasel.
07:20I won't say any of those things.
07:22Now, I think that there might
07:22be another person in Cleveland
07:23who might say that
07:24and I'll get to the six,
07:25six 23 to tell you
07:27who that is,
07:28but that's not how
07:29I feel about it.
07:30I just, I'm tired of waiting.
07:32Let's go.
07:32Let's make the decision.
07:33But it does show
07:34his true power
07:35where he holds up
07:35the entire league,
07:36even at 41 years old,
07:37which probably isn't
07:38a great thing
07:39for the future of the league.
07:41At least it, it, you know,
07:44let me take that back.
07:45It shows you the pressure
07:46on whoever takes the mantle
07:47from LeBron when he's done.
07:50It shows you that pressure
07:51because this is,
07:52it's not unprecedented
07:54to some degree.
07:55I'm sure it's just
07:55taking forever.
07:56When a commissioner
07:57openly says,
07:58see, that's the difference
07:59between the NFL and the NBA.
08:00The NFL will do everything
08:02they can to not let
08:02one person hold that power.
08:04Who's a player.
08:04They will do everything
08:05they can to do that.
08:07In the NBA,
08:09it's, it, there's,
08:10there's less players.
08:12They're more visible.
08:14There's no helmets
08:15and visors that they're wearing.
08:16Like it does play into
08:18the players kind of
08:19carry that power.
08:20That's a, that's a great point.
08:21And you have the most
08:22powerful player,
08:23the most visible player,
08:24the icon of icons
08:25who's still at 41 years old,
08:27just going,
08:27yeah, I'm going to go
08:28on a podcast
08:28and I'll make my decision
08:29whenever.
08:30And Adam Silver's
08:31just going to have
08:31to deal with it and say,
08:32well, I certainly hope so.
08:34Like you have
08:34billion dollar corporations
08:36that have broadcast rights,
08:38expensive broadcast rights
08:40to this.
08:40And they're just
08:41sitting there waiting on it.
08:43They're more agitated
08:44than me.
08:45Is Sumner Redstone
08:46still alive?
08:47Well, he was in charge
08:47of CBS.
08:48Who's in charge of NBC?
08:49Is Dick Ebersole
08:50waking up this morning,
08:51getting all really mad
08:53over LeBron James
08:54and the Peacock thing?
08:55Who's in charge of NBC now?
08:57All the, all the executives
08:59are sitting there going,
08:59can you make your
09:00effing decision please
09:01so we can put this
09:02schedule together
09:03on how to divvy up
09:04your primetime games, bud?
09:05Now, didn't you imagine
09:06like, yeah, that was a quote.
09:08I don't know if we have
09:08the audio from it.
09:09That's good stuff.
09:11Didn't anybody else
09:12kind of assume
09:13that at some point,
09:15I didn't know if it would
09:15be LeBron
09:16and the commissioner,
09:18but Rich Paul
09:20at the very least
09:21would have been
09:21in conversation
09:22because what is
09:23Silver known as?
09:24He's been known as
09:25over time,
09:26the players
09:26commissioner,
09:29even though he's
09:30better for worse,
09:30even though he sat
09:31idly by why,
09:32while they concocted
09:34this new CBA,
09:35which is jeopardizing
09:37a lot of veteran players
09:38and the money
09:38that they could get
09:39because of the second apron.
09:42But I kind of assumed
09:43that there would have been
09:44conversation about this,
09:45so I wonder how shocked
09:47Silver truly is
09:49about the timeline of this
09:50and how long it's taking
09:51because the last time,
09:53we have the dates,
09:55you know,
09:562010, it was July 8th,
09:582014, it was July 11th,
10:00July 1st on 2018
10:02and then we're waiting
10:03here in 2026.
10:04He did it on a Sunday,
10:05I remember that,
10:06in 2018.
10:06It was a Sunday night
10:07because then we came in
10:08and we did Monday morning.
10:10I remember that
10:11because I was on,
10:12he announced it
10:13and then I went
10:14and did CBS Sports Radio,
10:15so I do remember it
10:16very vividly.
10:18Maybe he does it Sunday?
10:20Again, I just don't think
10:21he's going to do it
10:21on live to tape things.
10:23Yeah, yeah,
10:24that was the one thing
10:25we were wondering
10:26if there would be
10:28a gigantic tease
10:29as part of what
10:30he did yesterday
10:31and then pointing
10:33in the direction
10:34of an unveiling
10:35of some sort.
10:36I didn't know
10:37what that was going to be.
10:38There were all sorts
10:39of rumors,
10:40maybe even stuff
10:41in the sky,
10:42but that kind of
10:43went away when,
10:44did you look in the sky
10:45yesterday?
10:46Couldn't see much of anything.
10:47Oh my gosh,
10:48you can't do anything.
10:49You can't do anything.
10:50I mean,
10:51I was hearing rumors.
10:53I'm not,
10:53this is not performative.
10:54I swear to God,
10:55it's the smoke.
10:56Well, I had told Kenny,
10:57I had told Kenny
10:58off the air
10:59about some of the ruminations
11:01on how this could be displayed.
11:03All right,
11:03so I'm not allowed to say it
11:05because somebody
11:05might get in trouble.
11:07What you said you heard,
11:08I don't want to do any,
11:08I don't want to say it.
11:09No, at this point,
11:10at this point,
11:10I don't think it matters,
11:11but I,
11:12I mean,
11:13there was a rumor.
11:14Can I say,
11:14I'll just say it
11:15because I don't know any,
11:16I don't know any of the same people,
11:17so I don't know.
11:17So I'll say it
11:18and hopefully no one
11:19gets in trouble.
11:20There was a rumor
11:22going around
11:23that there would be
11:24like,
11:25like a,
11:26a display
11:27of some sort
11:28in Cleveland.
11:30So again,
11:31you're not going to have
11:32a display in Cleveland
11:33if you're not coming back
11:34to Cleveland,
11:34but okay,
11:35fine,
11:35let's,
11:35let's have a discussion
11:36about that
11:37at another point.
11:38There was supposed
11:39to be a display,
11:42so it would make sense
11:43going,
11:44well,
11:44you can't display something
11:45because no one can see
11:46a hundred feet
11:47in front of them
11:47because all the smoke
11:49that's out there.
11:51Oh my God.
11:52Did the Canadian wildfires.
11:53You watch,
11:54you watch,
11:54record this,
11:55you watch Tone.
11:56The Canadian wildfires
11:58is what's delaying this
11:59because bigger than LeBron.
12:00If he picks LeBron,
12:01you'll find out,
12:02it'll be in the documentary.
12:03We're going to announce
12:04it that Thursday
12:05and that we woke up
12:07and I'm getting calls
12:08back in Cleveland
12:09that no one can see anything
12:10because it's all smoke.
12:11No one can see
12:12or breathe
12:13or do anything.
12:14You go to amusement park,
12:15apparently,
12:15but you can't do anything else.
12:20So cool,
12:20so fun.
12:22If you're not here,
12:23you're the only one.
12:23That one's shut down,
12:25bud.
12:26I want to open it back up
12:27considering you can't
12:27go outside right now.
12:29Yeah,
12:29this is the perfect time.
12:31Open her back up there.
12:32If we're going to do a dome
12:33for the football,
12:35for the amusement park,
12:37it's time to bring it in
12:38full-time year-round.
12:39I've heard that Ferrisville
12:39is just in storage.
12:41No,
12:42they moved it down to Canton.
12:43Oh, nice.
12:44Oh, that's right.
12:45It's down at the Hall of Fame.
12:45It's over at the Hall of Fame.
12:46Yeah,
12:46it's at the Hall of Fame.
12:47That's the same one.
12:48Uh-huh.
12:49Uh-huh.
12:49What happened to the water park?
12:51Is that happening?
12:51I don't know.
12:52You got to ask them.
12:53I'll text my cousin.
12:54I'll see what he says.
12:55Tom Benson know anything about that?
12:56No,
12:57Mr. Benson passed away years ago.
12:59Years ago.
13:00I thought we were going to have
13:02this big thing.
13:03Anyway.
13:05Listen,
13:05it's in the works,
13:06I'm sure.
13:07Don't make my phone light up
13:08over other things now.
13:10Come on.
13:11One thing at a time.
13:12One slight against me
13:14at a time.
13:15One thing I will 100% agree
13:16with Ken on.
13:17If this thing,
13:18if this thing is not done,
13:20when we come,
13:21when we come back to work
13:23on Monday,
13:25maybe some other people
13:26will be filling in for us.
13:27Wait,
13:28why?
13:28You're not going to?
13:29Because I don't know.
13:30I will,
13:30I'll be on your side
13:31if this isn't done by Monday.
13:32Oh no,
13:33we're in this together.
13:34Oh yeah.
13:35If I got to sit here
13:37and deal with it
13:37for four hours a day,
13:38you do too.
13:39We've got long haul LeBron.
13:41I had,
13:42Oh no.
13:43I had my,
13:44Can't seem to shake it.
13:45I had friends of the family
13:46I got brain fog.
13:47Trying to encourage me.
13:50Nope.
13:50Just smoke.
13:51I had friends of the family
13:52trying to encourage me
13:53to take last month,
13:54this last Monday off.
13:55And I go,
13:56absolutely not.
13:57And they go,
13:57come on.
13:57Well,
13:57I go one,
13:58it's a radio show.
13:59You don't just do that.
14:00It's a performance of some sort.
14:01Two,
14:02it is the slowest.
14:03It's supposedly the slowest week
14:05in sports of the sports calendar.
14:07It's always the slowest week
14:08in sports.
14:08I go,
14:09Anthony is hosting.
14:10I'm not just gonna leave
14:11Anthony high and dry.
14:12That's not going to happen.
14:13This is not a job I hate.
14:15I'm not just going to take PTO
14:16because I feel like it.
14:18And I'm serious.
14:18I'm not trying to be a martyr.
14:20I'm just pointing it out.
14:21Like it would be an all time
14:24jerk thing to do
14:25to like Lima's done some things
14:28that,
14:29you know,
14:30what are Lima things?
14:31He's never screwed me over
14:33like that.
14:34That would never happen.
14:35Gotten close.
14:36Yeah,
14:36but it was big,
14:38it was big picture stuff.
14:39It wasn't like night before,
14:40like I ain't coming in.
14:41Like,
14:42it ain't like that.
14:42You've never done that
14:43and I'll never do that to you
14:45if I can.
14:46So I'm like,
14:47fine.
14:47There is,
14:48the reason I bring that up,
14:49we're in this together.
14:50Now,
14:51I'm on vacation the week after that.
14:53So I'm with you
14:54and we are with each other on Monday.
14:56If he doesn't make that decision,
14:57we are in it.
14:58We are in it now.
14:59But you know,
15:00the more time that goes by,
15:01the more people that are on my side
15:02that were just like,
15:03hey,
15:03just make your decision.
15:04We're just going to accept fate
15:05for what it is.
15:05I've already seen that.
15:06That's definitely happening.
15:07But I'm not going to say things
15:08I don't mean about LeBron
15:10because I'm upset
15:12that he hasn't made the decision
15:13because those things,
15:14if I were to say those things
15:15that people have tweeted
15:16and called in about recently,
15:17it's not true.
15:19It's not true
15:19because it would be
15:20a complete 180 from me
15:22and I'm just letting my anger
15:23speak for me
15:23and it's not going to happen.
15:24Not in this case.
15:25Does this have the potential
15:26to mess with Ken's vacation
15:28in a few weeks?
15:30Wow.
15:30It has a chance
15:32to mess with a practice schedule
15:33for Axel's football team
15:36because it's like
15:37if he makes the decision
15:38on Monday,
15:40I...
15:40Well, now if the riots
15:42start one and two,
15:43is it LeBron's fault?
15:44I think we'll break that down.
15:46Oh, yeah.
15:48Oh, any loss,
15:48I'm putting it on somebody else.
15:50I am not taking accountability
15:51for any losses this year.
15:52You're nuts.
15:52What about at the shoe?
15:53Do you got anything
15:54brewing at the shoe?
15:55No.
15:55Remember, I told you
15:56those people...
15:57That's a Ken Carman classic.
15:58...from another community
16:00somewhere else in this state
16:01ruined it for us.
16:02I told you.
16:03They had a ball brawl
16:04out in the parking lot
16:05and now nobody can play football.
16:07Yeah, we were supposed
16:07to go in November
16:08and then in October
16:09they called up TJ
16:10and they're like,
16:11you can't come.
16:12Why?
16:13A bunch of idiots
16:14got in a fight
16:14in the parking lot
16:15and Ohio State
16:15said we can't do it anymore.
16:17Come on.
16:18I'm going to have to call
16:19like Ross Bjork
16:20and beg the man
16:21to be like,
16:22hey, come on.
16:23Can we do a make good here?
16:24I promise me
16:26and the other dads
16:27won't start fist fighting
16:28in the parking lot.
16:29It's not going to be
16:29a bunkhouse stampede
16:31outside of the shoe.
16:33The man who will be
16:34the angriest in Cleveland
16:35if LeBron doesn't come here
16:36is not going to be you.
16:37It's not going to be Owen.
16:38It's not going to be me.
16:39It's not going to be
16:40Billy in Brooke Park
16:41or Brooke in Solon
16:44or anything like that.
16:44The man who I think
16:45is going to be
16:46the most agitated
16:47is going to be
16:48Donovan Mitchell.
16:48If LeBron does not
16:50pick Cleveland
16:52there is
16:53something to be said
16:55and
16:56this is not going to
16:58sound great.
16:59I do admire Donovan.
17:01I think he's a fabulous
17:02player.
17:03But if you are
17:04seen as the
17:05hometown team
17:06and where
17:08everybody admits
17:09the story is better
17:10if he goes back
17:11you know
17:12it's not like
17:13he's going back
17:13to play with
17:14Colin Sexton.
17:15he's going back
17:16to play
17:16with Donovan
17:17Mitchell
17:18who's still
17:19a top 15
17:20top 20
17:21player in this league.
17:22Is that not correct?
17:23Wasn't he number 9
17:23in the ringer
17:25or number 11?
17:26Almost every list
17:27these last
17:28four years
17:29Donovan Mitchell
17:30has been considered
17:30a top
17:31close to top 10 player.
17:32If you were
17:33Donovan Mitchell
17:34would you not feel
17:34slighted
17:35if LeBron
17:36I have
17:37myself
17:38I have James Harden
17:39I have Evan Mobley
17:40you don't want
17:40to come back
17:41to where it all
17:42started to play
17:43with us
17:43because I go
17:44back over this
17:44because the writer
17:45for Cleveland.com
17:46had said that
17:47Donovan Mitchell
17:48and James Harden
17:49have been talking
17:50to LeBron
17:51obviously about
17:51coming back
17:52to the Cleveland
17:52Cavaliers
17:53and then we have
17:54this Pat Riley
17:55stuff and we'll
17:55play that for you
17:56at 7 o'clock
17:57where the vampire
17:58has come back
17:59out of his crypt
18:00and saying about
18:00how they need
18:01to land another
18:02plane
18:02and everybody
18:03knows who he's
18:04talking about
18:04down there in
18:05Miami
18:05and you're thinking
18:06well wait a damn
18:07minute over here
18:08would this just end up
18:09being another
18:09slight to Donovan
18:10like if there was
18:11anybody who's
18:11really really
18:12really mad
18:13it's like Donovan
18:14there's different
18:15degrees of who's
18:16most justified
18:17in being mad
18:17I think Donovan
18:18would be the
18:19most justified
18:19I saw Donovan
18:20last night
18:21two nights ago
18:22on TikTok
18:22making pitches
18:23for LeBron
18:24to come back
18:26and then I'll
18:27turn on the
18:28give me your
18:29pitch for LeBron
18:30to come back
18:31to Cleveland
18:31I mean it's home
18:32and then it wants
18:33to do it again
18:33several times
18:34will you cry
18:34when LeBron
18:35retires
18:35no I don't
18:37I don't think so
18:38you don't think so
18:38it'd be great
18:39to be a part
18:39of that
18:40this is last
18:40year
18:41both players
18:41why would he
18:42cry
18:43he was at
18:44the YMCA
18:45oh that's
18:46right
18:47good point
18:50okay
18:51you're right though
18:52Fedor came on
18:54afternoon show
18:55yesterday
18:55he said
18:56guys from the
18:57team are reaching
18:58out specifically
18:59Donovan and
19:00and James Harden
19:01I have heard
19:02that Donovan and
19:03James have both
19:04been in touch
19:05with LeBron
19:06throughout the
19:06course of this
19:07offseason
19:07of course
19:08Brandon Weems
19:09who is the
19:09assistant general
19:10manager for the
19:11Cavs is LeBron's
19:12one of LeBron's
19:13closest buddies
19:14and they were
19:15together for
19:154th of July
19:16weekend so that
19:17certainly helps
19:18the Cavs case
19:19as well but
19:20like I said
19:20I just don't
19:21know that
19:22there's like
19:22a recruiting
19:23thing that
19:24either Tyrese
19:25Maxey can do
19:26or Anthony
19:27Edwards or
19:28Stephen Curry
19:29or Draymond
19:29Green that is
19:30going to sway
19:31LeBron he
19:32doesn't need
19:33Donovan Mitchell
19:34to say or
19:35James Harden
19:35to say hey
19:36we have 4 of
19:37the 50 best
19:38players on this
19:39roster and we
19:40just are coming
19:41off an Eastern
19:42Conference finals
19:43appearance now
19:44maybe it's
19:45comforting for
19:46him to be
19:47wooed and
19:47recruited by some
19:48of these guys
19:49especially given
19:50the way that
19:50things went down
19:51in his final
19:52season in Los
19:53Angeles he
19:53probably appreciates
19:54that but I
19:55don't think that's
19:56going to drive
19:57the decision or
19:58keep him from
19:58going to one
19:59place or push
20:00him in the
20:00direction of
20:01another
20:01all right but
20:03still wouldn't
20:04you take it a
20:04little bit of as
20:05a slight that he
20:05doesn't want to
20:06come finish his
20:06career with you
20:07you're still at
20:08the peak of your
20:08powers you feel
20:09you're at the
20:09peak of your
20:10powers you got
20:10another player
20:11who's certainly
20:11on his way out
20:12and James
20:12right but
20:13Kenny um
20:14and you know
20:16we get accused
20:16all the time of
20:17trying to sow the
20:18seeds of
20:19discontent
20:20he has and
20:21and I I
20:22I will say
20:23this like
20:24if you do
20:26wonder if
20:27there were a
20:28top five
20:29player yeah
20:30here in
20:31Cleveland
20:33wouldn't it be
20:34the ultimate
20:34no-brainer ever
20:35like if if
20:36if Nikola
20:38Jokic was
20:38here right
20:40Shea Gilgis
20:41Alexander was
20:42here right now
20:43I mean it
20:44would be the
20:44obvious most
20:45obvious thing in
20:46the world but
20:46when you look at
20:47and go could
20:47Donovan not
20:47create for you
20:48sir well
20:49that's that's
20:49what Donovan
20:50not that would
20:50be part of the
20:51pitch I would
20:51say like you
20:53don't need and
20:53we're not going
20:54to get LeBron to
20:55be LeBron 82
20:56games in the
20:57regular season
20:58right and also
21:00okay that's the
21:00regular season we
21:01know this is all
21:02about the playoffs
21:02but when the
21:03playoffs come
21:03there have to be
21:05legitimate playmakers
21:07legitimate threats
21:09for all the
21:10negativity that
21:12has now bubbled
21:12to the surface
21:13about Donovan
21:14Mitchell in the
21:14playoffs even
21:15though he has
21:17some of the
21:17great playoff
21:18games in the
21:18last six years
21:19in the NBA
21:20he's got 50
21:21point games
21:22he's got a slew
21:23of 40 point
21:24games he's just
21:25not consistent
21:26he's not capable
21:27of doing it
21:28game in and
21:29game out and
21:29I think even
21:30Donovan would
21:30admit like I
21:31can't I can't
21:33I'm the 6-2
21:34guard like I
21:34can't do this
21:35every single
21:36game but I
21:37don't think
21:37they're asking
21:38each other
21:38these two guys
21:39could help each
21:40other out in
21:41such a way if
21:42they were both on
21:43the team at the
21:44same time and
21:44also there's
21:45also days because
21:46LeBron's you know
21:47he's going to
21:48play 60-65 games
21:49maybe a little bit
21:50more I don't know
21:50how appearances
21:51will go because
21:53there's going to
21:53be places that
21:54you got to go so
21:55you can get their
21:56tchotchke from
21:56them it's going to
21:57be interesting to
21:57see the whole
21:58Memphis thing but
21:59we'll figure that
22:00out as time goes
22:00on we'll figure it
22:01out when he makes
22:02his decision but
22:02I'm serious here
22:03you're going to
22:04get him Hilton
22:04honors points I'm
22:06not saying that it's
22:07a knock on Donovan
22:08publicly but I'm
22:10saying though if I
22:10were Donovan I
22:11would feel slighted I
22:13would really feel
22:13slighted it's a
22:14it's another thing
22:15going you know
22:16what more can I
22:18do to prove to
22:19you people how
22:20great I am I
22:22have taken this
22:22Cavs franchise in a
22:24better direction I
22:25have answered for
22:26all the questions
22:27that have happened
22:28with the Cavs
22:28franchise over time
22:29I have been the
22:30leader of this
22:31Cavs franchise
22:31remember this was a
22:32team that was not
22:33seen as always
22:33serious I've made
22:35them more serious
22:35over this time no
22:37I'm not a 6-8
22:38monster I'll never
22:39be a 6-8 monster
22:40and I know I have
22:41to live in this
22:42man's shadow here
22:43but more what more
22:44could you want from
22:45me so if I were
22:46frustrated if I were
22:47Donovan Mitchell I'd
22:48certainly be a
22:49frustrated person if he
22:50decides later on
22:52whenever he wants to
22:53to pick a different
22:55team to play for I
22:56would feel slighted if
22:57I were Donovan
22:57get out of the
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