00:00Oh, is today going to be the day?
00:04Ah, who knows? Let's have some fun.
00:07Let's see how much longer we can drag it out.
00:11It's kind of, it's getting in the way of the lifestyle a little bit.
00:14Has it not?
00:14Of which lifestyle?
00:16Everything. Everything.
00:19Are people tired of asking if LeBron's coming back?
00:22Are they tired of answering whether or not they think LeBron's coming back?
00:25Are they tired of wondering whether or not there's any intel or anything like that?
00:29Aren't you getting, are you getting a little bit tired of it?
00:31I did. I give my schedule to the other youth football coaches there,
00:35and I'm like, listen, I know this is really weird.
00:38Whatever day he makes his decision, I'm just not going to be here.
00:42If it's in the next, if it's Monday through Thursday,
00:45whatever day he makes that decision, I'm not going to be there.
00:49Which is as weird as it is.
00:51And it's, I think a lot, because I got to do, you know,
00:55I got to go over to eight and do that.
00:56And I'm just going, what, or come on, let's go.
00:59It's been, we're going on three weeks now.
01:00What's taking so long?
01:01Yeah, but it's not like it was.
01:02Like last time in 2014, I mean, we had CBS National was here.
01:09We had CNN.
01:10They were here.
01:11Like that's not, it's very different this time around.
01:14Well, they're probably mad at him because their whole big billions
01:18and billions and billions of dollars television deal is on hold
01:22until he makes his decision.
01:24And what I don't like about it is that there are a lot of people who are
01:28drawing the conclusion that if it were Cleveland,
01:31then it would have been done a long time ago.
01:33And that's why they believe it's not Cleveland.
01:35Clevelanders are saying this to me.
01:36Yeah, that's not been my opinion at all.
01:37It's not been my opinion either.
01:39I'd like to ask you why, though, it's not your opinion.
01:41Because my opinion has been like, well, he has a flair for the dramatics.
01:43There's also, he has to keep them on the,
01:46you can't just go and give anything to anybody.
01:48You have to make the money work.
01:49You're not going to play for the league minimum.
01:51That's been my reasoning for it.
01:53But I'd like to hear your reasoning why,
01:55because there's been so many people now over the last,
01:58I'd say three days from Friday when he was like,
02:00hey, I'm not making the decision today.
02:02So we're not going to, we're not doing this today.
02:04You guys don't even have to ask.
02:06During that one TV show at Fanatics Fest to now,
02:10I think so many people have started to say,
02:12well, if he were picking Cleveland,
02:13he would have picked Cleveland a long time ago.
02:15So that's why they.
02:15Well, he definitely had stuff planned in terms of the 10-year anniversary stuff.
02:21He was, you know, he was away for a week and a half for that.
02:25Then he came home and clearly had some stuff with his high school teammates
02:29and his high school friends.
02:30That was another week, basically, of him doing things.
02:35And then there were the obligations in New York with Fanatics Fest.
02:39And so now with pressure coming, apparently, from the commissioner,
02:43who said, like, let's go.
02:45We've got to start to schedule stuff.
02:47I think this comes as a natural breaking point.
02:51And the fact that the World Cup is over, there's nothing now.
02:55I mean, there's no reason at this point.
02:57The NBA business has been conducted.
02:59You saw we had a lewd door trade that had people thinking that,
03:04in a weird way, this could involve the Cavs
03:07with them trying to get everything settled, you know, post-LeBron, post-Harden.
03:11It was interesting, Harden showed up at a couple of things,
03:14and he seemed pretty confident.
03:16If you did see that he was asked about it,
03:19and he's like, yeah, that's been the plan all along.
03:21There was one from, like, ESPN Brazil or something
03:23that he sounds very confident in.
03:25Which, again, just then if the decision is there to be made,
03:29then just make the decision and let's move on.
03:30And I understand that there's other things that he has to do
03:33when it comes to business and getting all his ducks in a row.
03:36That's fine.
03:36But it is kind of starting to hold things up
03:39because, again, like John Fannis' thing tomorrow,
03:40I told John, I go, listen, if he makes a decision on Tuesday,
03:43Yeah, he's got a broadcasting boot camp on the east side
03:47that we're supposed to attend.
03:48Or we're supposed to talk at.
03:50Which I don't know exactly know what the hell I'm supposed to say.
03:52He has given me no notes on what to say,
03:54so it's just going to be you and me up there
03:56and maybe be bopping and scatting all over the stage
03:59or wherever the hell we're going to be.
04:00I have no idea.
04:01But I said, if he makes his decision on Tuesday,
04:05looks like Tone's going to be solo.
04:06Yeah, well, I...
04:07Because we got things...
04:08And probably...
04:09Like today...
04:10Both of us probably won't be able to be there.
04:11You probably have to go do other things.
04:12Well, today, it's the Austin Carr outing.
04:16That's right.
04:16Up at Quail.
04:17I forgot about that.
04:18And so there are going to be some key Cavalier figures.
04:21Not the players, but some people, you know,
04:24let's just say the business side of things.
04:26They're going to be there.
04:27I mean, I imagine they'll just disappear for the back nine.
04:31Because now it's time to turn those machines back on
04:35when it comes to season tickets.
04:37Well, honestly, yeah.
04:38Because I'm sure that they've already got an idea of, you know,
04:42what prices would cost.
04:43Oh, yeah.
04:44So whether...
04:46If they get them back, like,
04:47here's what the prices are going to be.
04:48If they do get them back,
04:50here's what the prices are going to start at.
04:51Like, it's probably that type of deal.
04:53Here's what it's going to be.
04:54Press 2 to talk to a season ticket.
04:57To somebody, the account exec over there with season tickets.
05:00Okay, they get through.
05:02Okay, how much are the tickets?
05:03How much will you pay?
05:05Wait, that's not the question.
05:06How much are the tickets?
05:07No, let's seriously.
05:09How much can you pay?
05:10Can you dip into your 401k?
05:11It's the Michael Jordan thing.
05:12What makes you uncomfortable?
05:13And then let's work back from there.
05:15And usually let's just stay at uncomfortable here.
05:17Because that's how much they're going to be.
05:19Because we know that you're probably going to try to make money back on the back end.
05:21Because this is it.
05:22Yeah.
05:22It is a free market enterprise.
05:23Why not?
05:24You might as well go ahead.
05:25But I do start to ask.
05:29It's taken all this time.
05:31Like, I don't want.
05:33I think we're in a good place with him.
05:35We've been in a good place with him for a long time.
05:38He's always going to have detractors.
05:39He's always going to have a very vocal but small minority of people who hate him.
05:45Here.
05:47And the longer he takes, if he picks Cleveland, fine.
05:52No big deal.
05:52But the longer he takes, and if he doesn't pick Cleveland, like I said, like, well, I won't be mad
05:57at him.
05:58I'm not going to be mad at him.
06:00I mean, we've been doing this three weeks, and now we're starting to affect other things in life.
06:03Will you be mad at him, or will you be mad at the Cavs for all in...
06:08My first reaction would probably be to be mad at him.
06:11And then I need to hear about what the Cavs did or didn't do to get him to come back
06:14and finish his career.
06:15It's pretty obvious when you heard Kenny Atkinson, when you just heard James Harden, like, they seem pretty confident that
06:22they are getting him.
06:23But if I found out, like, say he picked the Miami Heat today or tomorrow or whenever he decides to
06:28make his decision.
06:28If he picks the Miami Heat, and I find out that they did what you wanted them to do, or
06:33what you or I were arguing about two weeks ago,
06:35which is like, they don't really need to make a pitch.
06:37If they didn't really make a pitch, and they didn't really give anything enticing to Rich Paul, to anything like
06:42that,
06:42I think I'm going to be pretty upset.
06:44Because it's like, well, you just decided that you felt that he was just going to come back because of
06:49the story, and then that's it.
06:50What, that they're like, yeah.
06:50Yeah.
06:51I'd like to hear something legitimate.
06:52This was going to be a favor that was going to be done?
06:54Yes, I'd like to hear something legitimate.
06:55Because my standing is still the same as it was back on Thursday.
06:58Is that, guys, I've said everything there is to say to possibly entice him to come back.
07:02There's no more I can say.
07:04I'm just repeating myself over and over and over again.
07:06And that's what we're all doing.
07:08Why would he come back?
07:09You've all said it.
07:10You've all fought it every single way through it.
07:13So there's nothing more to do other than to sit there and wait for him to make his decision.
07:18And the longer we wait, I think the more at risk some people would be.
07:21And I don't know if they feel this way in 10 years or anything like that.
07:24But I think you're going to get a very nasty, visceral reaction if he decides to go somewhere else right
07:29now.
07:29Yeah.
07:30But I do love one aspect of this.
07:32I just hope he keeps – I hope he just makes everybody wait longer.
07:36Because I see how mad you're getting and how your time, your precious time, apparently is being compromised.
07:41Oh, wait. I care about my time?
07:43I love –
07:43I can't wait for my phone to light up.
07:45I hope –
07:46That's pretty effing rich right there.
07:48I hope he – because you started this –
07:50Classic. Only child syndrome.
07:51Notice what Ken led with this segment.
07:54Well, I got my youth football.
07:55I count back to my time, my time, my time, my time, my time, my time.
07:58And so I hope he waits another week now.
08:00Oh, the king of your time not being wasted.
08:02I hope he jeopardizes –
08:03The king of looking to check in your watch.
08:03The king of falling asleep in meetings.
08:05I hope he jeopardizes this.
08:07The king of not picking up the phone.
08:08The king of having me kicked off the speakerphone from somebody else over there.
08:12The king of time is all of a sudden wants to call my time out.
08:14Every day that Kenny's precious time gets compromised.
08:18Yes.
08:18I love it.
08:18I have obligations to other people.
08:20LeBron, take your time.
08:21I have obligations to other dads.
08:22I've got all summer.
08:22I have obligations to the children.
08:24What's your obligations?
08:25I've got all summer.
08:26Your obligations is to two – well, you do have the emperor over there,
08:29but I can't say much because they're dadless,
08:31and so I don't want to get anybody upset.
08:32I'm essentially a stay-at-home dad right now.
08:34I leave.
08:35I go home.
08:36I hang out with the kids.
08:37Take as much time as you need, LeBron,
08:38as long as it makes Kenny annoyed and uncomfortable.
08:41Yes.
08:41Because Kenny's getting more and more annoyed by the day.
08:44It's the same thing.
08:45It's the same thing with him.
08:45It's the same thing with him.
08:46Because he has to sit there, and then when he makes his decision,
08:49and he's standing over there at third base,
08:50and he's got to sit there on his phone going,
08:52all right, what are we doing here, John?
08:53Because he's got a lead genre on because he's a young kid.
08:56How is Streetsboro Youth Football going to recover
08:59without having Ken there today?
09:01How are they going to recover?
09:02It's the beginning of the season.
09:03These are important dates.
09:03You already got your ass kicked at the horseshoe last time
09:06you had a big matchup.
09:07That was two years ago, and that was against a much bigger program.
09:10I don't even want to hear that.
09:12They're smaller guys.
09:13It's a good program, damn it.
09:16It's a good program.
09:17Some say a group of –
09:18And remember, that was still two different age groups right there.
09:21And then you guys got kicked out of the shoe.
09:23They won't even let you.
09:24We didn't do anything.
09:25Neither did the fine folks at Avon Lake.
09:27Everybody at Avon Lake and Streetsboro,
09:29and Springfield for that matter,
09:31were very well behaved that entire time we were down there two years ago.
09:35That's not our fault or either of the other two communities.
09:38LeBron, milk it.
09:39Take as much time as you need.
09:40No, do not.
09:40This is a very important decision.
09:42Do not.
09:42You've got apparently –
09:43I hate you.
09:44His daughter –
09:44God, do I hate you some days.
09:46This is one of the days I hate you.
09:47The people in the scoop business –
09:50I need him to make a decision because I can't get a –
09:51They're apparently starting to reference his daughter
09:53and where she wants to live
09:55and that she doesn't want to live in Philly
09:57and that she's got this burgeoning volleyball career.
10:00I need to get a straight answer out of him soon
10:01because I can't get a straight answer out of you.
10:03You totally –
10:04I mean, the Shador segment,
10:05there was nothing real that you gave in there.
10:07You were doing nothing but trying to fan the flames
10:09to get the Shador fans mad at you.
10:10Now you're ripping on me because I know what you are.
10:12You're bored.
10:13You're tired of talking about LeBron.
10:15You don't want to admit it, but you are.
10:17And so here we are.
10:18I could never get bored talking about what has been,
10:21you know, our cash cow for 20 years.
10:24You're bored.
10:26I'm telling you, I am enjoying –
10:27I've seen Miami right now as he favored in the prediction markets.
10:31So our cash cow, what does that mean?
10:33They have jumped –
10:33So he lines your pockets.
10:35That's the only reason you care about LeBron.
10:36You're not a real Cavs fan.
10:37Is that it?
10:38My entire career –
10:39That's great, guys.
10:40I owe to LeBron James.
10:41That's great, guys.
10:42So unlike Shador, they say we're all making money off Shador.
10:46I've seen no extra dollars thanks to Shador, unfortunately.
10:50A real Cleveland fan.
10:52I'm waiting for the Shador money to come in.
10:54Audio courtesy of Shador's short film.
10:55It has not come in.
10:57The LeBron money?
10:58Oh, those checks have been cashed.
10:59I live in Bay Village thanks to LeBron James.
11:02They actually called Shador Sanders a short film.
11:04On your success.
11:07Congratulations on your LeBron success.
11:09So take your time.
11:10I'm in no rush.
11:11No.
11:12I'm in a hurry.
11:13Let's get this going.
11:14Because one of these days, I've got to take out.
11:16So let's just – you know what?
11:17Let's get it out of the way.
11:18Just make it today, and we'll all move on with our lives.
11:20Because I told you, the biggest misconception is, like,
11:23the Cavs can't build their team until they know –
11:25there's no free agency.
11:26And they're above the first apron anyway.
11:29Yeah, but you still have to make it all work together.
11:31They have to make it all work together.
11:32It's not like there's some big opening where they can absorb all these contracts.
11:36No.
11:36Everything's got to be by trade anyway.
11:38And it's not like teams are not going to pick up the phone,
11:41especially the ones that, you know,
11:43are keeping their eye on this LeBron situation we've been with.
11:45Danny Cunningham's a high school football coach.
11:47I bet Danny agrees with me.
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