00:00There is breaking news. I want to know. I want to see how annoying this is for everyone.
00:04Yeah, do it.
00:05Especially because I'm cutting into talking about Texas to do this.
00:09Oh, people are going to be mad.
00:10Sports Radio 610, breaking news.
00:13People are going to be mad that I'm doing this.
00:15However, per Sham Sharania, the NBA insider for ESPN,
00:20James finally ended our national nightmare of waiting for him to decide.
00:23He is signing with the Philadelphia 76ers on a two-year, $8 million deal.
00:30With a player option, that is downright.
00:33What's the deal?
00:34Two years, $8 million.
00:38That doesn't even seem legal.
00:39What? Is that vet men?
00:41$4 million a year?
00:43My man.
00:44So it's a one-plus-one deal.
00:46So, I mean, in effect, it can be a one-year deal for him.
00:48But he is going full mercenary.
00:51Wow.
00:52I wouldn't expect a Philly.
00:53LeBron has issued a statement already.
00:55I bet he better have a statement.
00:57$8 million for two years?
00:59He took seven weeks to get this done.
01:01He better have a statement ready.
01:03Shouldn't this be investigated?
01:05No.
01:06You think this is investigation-worthy?
01:09LeBron James is not a $4 million player.
01:11This is more of a players' association issue.
01:13I don't think that this is going to be investigated by the NBA.
01:15I think that the NBA might say, hey, wait a minute.
01:19You know, but just in terms of competitive balance and all those things.
01:23Well, they are investigating the Gary Trent deal.
01:25Did you see that?
01:26Yeah.
01:26Where he gets like $64 million and everybody in the NBA goes, he's not worth that.
01:30What are we doing?
01:31If you're going to investigate that, $4 million a year?
01:35Okay, here's LeBron James.
01:36At that number, you've got to get LeBron James here, right?
01:38At that number, you could have gotten him anywhere.
01:41I think all 30 teams should have been on LeBron.
01:46I didn't know it'd be four.
01:47I thought it might be like 15.
01:48I didn't know it'd be four.
01:50Yeah.
01:50What?
01:51Yeah.
01:52Come on, man.
01:53You said you have a statement from LeBron James?
01:55It's so LeBron.
01:56I just skimmed it.
01:57All right.
01:59I thought I was in it.
02:00All right.
02:01I'm already.
02:02Don't even read.
02:03Hey, let's get back to the Texas defense, man.
02:06We don't even have time.
02:07Man, let's get back to the Texas defense.
02:08This is fascinating because Philly is a spot where there's a lot of talent there.
02:15Oh, they're going to be really good.
02:16They're really, really good.
02:18They're going to have to figure out how they manage all this.
02:20And they already did need to figure this out because.
02:23Funny what happens when Daryl Morey leaves.
02:25Hey, go to.
02:25Damn it.
02:25Daryl Morey got something.
02:26Go to this.
02:28Real quick.
02:29Real quick.
02:30Pull up their starting lineup because.
02:31I have it by memory.
02:33It's incredible.
02:34All right.
02:34So at center, you have Joel Embiid.
02:36I imagine playing power forward will be Jalen Brown or maybe LeBron.
02:42Yeah.
02:42Depending.
02:43Your forwards will be one of those two guys, however you decide to play it.
02:46And then I imagine that you have Tyrese and Vijay start.
02:49So Tyrese Maxey, Vijay Edskum.
02:52There's a lot of dudes that should probably have the ball in their hands at various different
02:56points.
02:56I wonder how Jalen feels about this.
02:58Jalen Brown, who people have kind of taken to believe that, hey, man, he wants the ball in
03:03his hands and he wants that kind of central attention.
03:05Now you got, not only do you have Joel Embiid that you have to figure out, because the Sixers
03:10have run everything through Joel, but now you also have LeBron.
03:13And LeBron, who's willing to take a little bit more of a backseat role, but he's still
03:16LeBron and will need some level of, you know, I guess, focus in what you're doing.
03:20And remember Jalen Brown, remember you saying about Brownie and Summer Lee?
03:24And LeBron actually said something about that?
03:27Hey, hit the buzzer.
03:28We're going to have a little impromptu by ourself.
03:31Get the buzzer ready on this statement.
03:34Just real quick.
03:34I'm just going to pick some sentences out of his statement.
03:38I thought I was done.
03:40We keep it 100.
03:42My bad.
03:42I hit the wrong one.
03:44You're not buying that one?
03:45Nah.
03:45All right.
03:46All right.
03:46He knew he wasn't done.
03:47I was pretty sure I played my last game.
03:50Nope.
03:53I really was undecided.
03:55That one I buy.
03:56I'm kind of buying that one, too.
03:58Okay.
03:58Undecided on what team to play for?
04:00Yes.
04:01I'm buying that one.
04:02And here's the last one.
04:03Where is it?
04:06I still want to sign.
04:07No, not that one.
04:07Hold on.
04:08Where is it?
04:08Right here.
04:09Oh, I want to make the Philadelphia 76ers a championship team.
04:13I agree with that.
04:14I'm buying that one.
04:15All right.
04:15Because he.
04:16Look, man.
04:17I know LeBron is already a legend.
04:19But he will be a legend if he get them to the finals and they win.
04:22Thank you, L.A.
04:23Miami, I'll forever love you.
04:25And Northeast Ohio will always be my home.
04:27All right.
04:28We didn't need all that.
04:29All right.
04:31That's very fascinating.
04:32I mean, Daryl Morey continues his chase for stars.
04:37I'm very intrigued to see how this works in the modern NBA.
04:39But you can't deny that is a bucket load of talent.
04:43You know who probably.
04:43I don't know.
04:44Do you feel vindicated or do you feel bad if you're the Miami Heat right now?
04:48You've got to feel bad.
04:49Bad.
04:50For that price.
04:50Embarrassed.
04:51Embarrassed.
04:52Yeah.
04:52Because the whole YouTube thing.
04:54Because I can't imagine that.
04:56So they really did mess up.
04:57They really did.
04:58They were like, let's just have it in just in case.
05:00Let's have it ready just in case.
05:02Yeah.
05:02You've got to feel stupid.
05:03Yeah, they should.
05:04They really.
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