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Oh, it's an emergency.
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Larry
LeBron James, assigned with the Philadelphia 76ers. Here we are, no dunks. Live in the studio. We just recorded a podcast and LeBron just makes an announcement as we're wrapping up the other one. Here he goes to your contract for under $8 million one year plus an option that stands out to me because it's LeBron James. Still, it's not a lot of money in terms of Him. But no cheesesteaks for everybody. Whatever they eat in Philadelphia. Trey, what's your first takeaway with LeBron going to Philly?
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Task
Well, my first response is a lot like most of the text messages that I've seen in group chats. What? Yeah, LeBron is going to the 76ers, seeing a lot of what's with a lot of A's, a lot of question marks at the end, a lot of WTF's, I'll be honest. Task. I'm seeing a lot of ring chasers for LeBron and I'm even seeing a few wow. LeBron and D. Wade reunited. Finally getting to play with Dean Wade.
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Larry
Come on, come on.
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Task
LeBron and D. Wade. How exciting is that? But, man, I'm surprised. I'm surprised that it was Philadelphia. I'm surprised that he picked a new team and that the new team he picked wasn't the Golden State Warriors. It is going to be very weird to see this guy in a 76ers jersey.
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Larry
Oh, yeah.
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Task
I think it's quite strange that the Sixers could be LeBron's last team of his career. I mean, Michael Jordan retired playing on the wizard, so stranger things have happened. But this does feel perhaps like the location he could choose that is most likely to be booed at. But LeBron said, I don't care. I told everybody I was choosing my next destination based on basketball fit and trying to win. And it feels like he picked a basketball destination.
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Larry
Yeah.
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Task
So he didn't lie about that.
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Larry
I don't buy this ring chasing thing. He could.
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Task
It's. It's all ring chasing. But he's 41 years old. Who cares? Of course he's still trying to win something.
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Larry
Yeah.
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Task
At the end.
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Larry
But I wonder if they do hold up. Larry, at the end of the year, is he the guy that gets credited as the number one guy in Philadelphia? Obviously. Jalen Brown and Tyrese Maxey. I won't even include Joel Embiid in that because I don't think Joel Embiid is going to be the guy who lifts them to the title. But those are the two guys that are probably the premier players on that team. But it's almost like LeBron in this situation can be the guy who gets them their first title in 40 plus years. And I say 40 plus years because it's, it's about that. It's, it's a lot about that. It's not about trying to win. Like you go in with the spurs or something, or the Thunder or you could be part of Golden State and be with your buddy. But I don't think he likes that idea of a team that won sort of recently in comparison to something like this where they haven't won in 40 plus years. And that's why I kind of. I picked the Cavaliers. Of course, there's a whole story. But also he would be sort of be the number one guy in Cleveland, along with, you know, Donovan Mitchell. He'd be the guy. But here in Philly, I think if it fits pretty well, as you said, basketball wise, when you said D. Wade, I. I kind of have flashbacks. I have flashbacks of him and. And LeBron James with Miami where LeBron and him were running that thing. Sometimes LeBron's up top and you could see that happening again with Tyrese Maxey coming behind him and just getting downhill. Those handoffs, those passes. And Maxi can do that. We'll see if Jaylen Brown can do that.
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Larry
Those are flashbacks I had. I wasn't having Dean Wade flashbacks. No, no Dean Wade going to the bench. But you're starting lineup. Homan of maxi, Jaylen Brown, LeBron James.
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Task
Did I say Max, Maxi, VJ, Jalen, LeBron and Bead.
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Larry
Yes.
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Task
Small to big. Yeah, that's a great starting lineup.
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Larry
Yeah.
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Task
If you're talking talent wise, I think on par with the Knicks and the Thunder, who to me probably have the two best starting lineups in the league. Those teams have probably better fits and they definitely have a lot more chemistry and continuity having played together multiple seasons. I think when you look at the Sixers team now, you'd think the things that they're lacking off ball shooting, like LeBron, I think was like a 32% shooter from three last year. Jaylen Brown's about 33 now. Maxi's a good off ball player and he's going to have the ball less. Now that Jalen and LeBron are both in town. I think they could also use a little bit of defense. But this helps them from a depth perspective because like you're saying, Dean Wade goes to the bench. Really good bench player. I think you could steal some minutes with LeBron playing five as a small ball five. We were talking about Huck, Porty and Bona being the backups to indeed there. At the very least, I like the starting five for Philadelphia with LeBron added. And I got to agree with you, the curse breaking has to be part of LeBron's decision making here because we heard Rich Paul say he was going to the Knicks, but then they won. So then he's like okay, who else is it? Who else wants a title from this guy? I did it once with the Cavs, Philadelphia. It'll be 41 years since their last title come finals time. Maybe he could do it.
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Larry
Yeah. Same goes for Yanis De Campo in the Knicks one. He ain't going to Miami or he ain't going to New York. And here we are with the team. As we talked about earlier today on our player under the most pressure. I. I threw Joel Embiid in there because his backups. Yeah. Are Huck Porty and Bona and Dominic Barlow. When you shift over now, the pressure is just be able to get on the basketball floor for two months. That's the pressure for Joel Embiid. The regular season pressure, as you brought up, is kind of lessened by Jaylen Brown and Tyrese Maxey because they play a lot now. With LeBron and VJH come there, Embi doesn't have to be much of himself at all. I mean, he kind of has to be the fifth option in a weird way on. On that team. I mean, he has. He just has to play. I think that's the biggest thing. And so they can slow play it like they have been the last couple seasons. But really I said this is the pressure was on Joel Embiid because this is the year for them to win. And now it's the year for them to win. Absolutely. Yeah.
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Task
I feel like since we recorded at 10am this morning the barometer, the pressure has been rising for Joel Embi because, you know, like as of this morning, I'm like, Philadelphia should be a better team. I didn't really consider them a championship contender, but adding LeBron to the rest of the starting lineup at the very east, at the very least, they got to be an Eastern Conference contender. And as we've seen, the Knicks just won the championship. The Thunder or the Pacers took the Thunder to seven games. If you make the finals, you got a chance. And at the very least, I now think the Sixers have a chance, which definitely means Embiid, you gotta be healthy come playoff time. That is a huge question. But another guy to take the load off Embiid during the regular season and LeBron. They don't need a ton from Embiid, but they need him to be on the court for the playoffs. They need him to be playing team basketball as well. I think that's a big question for Joel Embiid last year as Maxi is ascending as they're figuring out what they've got in BJ Edge come Embiid coming in out of the lineup would throw the team just completely off kilter because of the way he played. It was a totally different style than they're two fast guys. Now. LeBron is a great transition player, but also can slow it down and pound the ball. Maybe that's good for Embiid, but Embiid is going to have to figure out a way to. I think he's okay not being the number one guy anymore, but sometimes he still plays like I'm the number one guy. When he's out there, they got to run everything through him. Now this is five guys and they're starting lineup who can score, who can score with the ball, and who are going to draw a ton of eyeballs. They're going to be a very fun team to watch. And I don't. I don't know what to expect from Nick Nurse. A lot of the times with the Sixers in the past couple of years, he's like, go cook. Yeah, they got a lot of guys who can cook right now, so we'll see how. What he puts together in the kitchen.
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Larry
Yeah, that's a really good point. Jaylen Brown, Tyrese Maxey, are Nick Nurse guys in that they can play a ton and play him so many minutes. While Nick Nurse has to say. I mean they. He basically has to say, okay, LeBron and Joel Embiid, you don't have to play a ton, but. But get us there. In the end, I do want to mention, as far as their depth goes, yeah, Dean, way to the bench. They do have an Anferny Simons ready, ready to fire away, but the bigs depth is something to worry about a little bit. I wonder if LeBron also saw Bob Myers hired by the Philadelphia 76ers as their president of the Sixers ownership team, who was recently on podcast saying, listen, if I had to pitch LeBron, it would be. Philly is the best chance to win. And then not just. I'm not just saying Bob Myers is a good option because of that, but because of his pedigree with the Golden State warriors and building teams around now, you could say the team is what they are, but I think Bob Myers can tinker a little bit. And I think LeBron is not retiring after this year. I don't think there's any chance of that. I think this guy goes and plays a few more years. The guy just dyed his beard. It ain't gray anymore. I mean, I think he wants to play. And you sign a one year old plus a Second option, a second year option. I know it's just a player option, but I don't think he's retiring and Philly's got a real chance to win. I wonder if they are, as you said, the Knicks have a better starting lineup. Are they just the second best team in the Eastern Conference?
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Task
Yeah, that's the question for me is as of July 24, where are the Sixers in the Eastern Conference? At the top for me is still the Knicks in their own tier. They're the defending champions. They just ran through the playoffs 16 and three. They did lose Mitchell Robinson. That's a loss for them for sure. But they've got a lot of talent, they've got a lot of continuity and you know, assuming that there nothing strange happens with Karl Anthony Towns getting extended, they should be able to bring everybody back on the same page feeling great. I think they're still the best team in the east, but then I got the Sixers in that second tier and I think the second tier is probably the Pistons, the Celtics, the Cavs and the Sixers included. It's hard to say with those teams there's a lot of changeover for like the Pistons, probably about the same team. Celtics are going to look different. The Cavs are going to be scrambling now. Mario Hazona, come on down. I would have to think maybe Kaminga ends up there, but I got the Sixers in the second tier and I think that they should be. Their goal should be top four in the east and then obviously trying to make it to the conference finals, the finals, et cetera, et cetera.
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Larry
Yeah, when you say top four, you're right in that the goal is, hey, let's be healthy and we'll figure it out. We can go on the road in New York and win because of the championship pedigree. But I do see them as a clear number two. And I know when we had the debate of Jalen Brown going to Philly, Giannis going to Miami and Kawhi Leonard at the time going to Toronto, you brought up the question which is the best signing. Part of why Jaylen Brown is the best signing is because we know he's going to play. There isn't a question about that. In comparison to Giannis and Kawhi, it's very different. Giannis is going to be look great in the playoffs. Kawhi should look good in playoffs too, if he's part of the Toronto Raptors. But right now I think you can call this number one with the Knicks and a one a very, very close with the Philadelphia 76ers assuming a lot of stuff there. But you know, Brown and Maxi are going to be there and you, you know, LeBron's going to be there in the playoffs. The guy is going to play, Edgecombe's going to play. So they're top four. I'm sorry to put him beat in that, that fifth slot. That's what he is to me, he's like the fifth guy. I know, I know that he is. Like you said, when he's out there, he wants to have the ball, but he's got to be that number five guy in that he shouldn't have to do as much offensively. He's gonna kind of have to be more of a catch and shoot guy, whether it's at three or the, from the mid range, just so he can have the energy and the knees to be able to play for two months and to, to be able to play good defensively against Cat, you know, most, most emphatically, that's the one that really stands out. It's, it's him playing defensively. If he can do that.
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Task
Oh yeah. Embiida is like key to the Sixers having any sort of a championship level defense because Edgecombe, I think gives great effort defensively. He's a really good playmaker as well. Deflection, steals, even blocks for a shorter guy. Maxi can get active in the passing lanes, but neither of them are like locked down defenders at this point in their career. Jalen Brown is a good on ball guy, kind of gets lost off ball. And LeBron, he's not quite a DH at this point in his career. He can definitely ramp it up when he needs to, but that's an area where he's conserving energy, shall we say? I think the Knicks, their starting five probably fits together a little bit better since they've had a couple of years to bring in the right guys and figure out their roles alongside each other. They've got better shooting, you know, like they've got, they could play five out basically. They've got two big defensive wings in Bridges and in og. So the way the Knicks are put together makes more sense to me than Philadelphia. But Philadelphia coming into the summer was kind of in a go nowhere mode until it feel felt like George and Embiid were off the team. Suddenly they still got Joel Embiid and they've also added two all NBA players in Jalen Brown and LeBron James. Like they can have two of those guys, two of those four. I'll call Embiid number four. Who cares? Four and five, I'm calling number four. They could put two all NBA players on the court for 48 straight minutes. There's not a lot of teams that can do that.
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Larry
Yeah, it is a, a fun thing for fans to look at when you compare some of the current day roster formations like the Boston Celtics for instance, where they decide our number one guy is our number one guy, but our number two guy is going to take less money. Well, you look at the Philadelphia 76ers with Maxey and Brown and Embiid, your top three are getting paid a ton. So you're right. Those are amazing players. Simple as that. It's fun to look at that as okay we're going for type of team versus the Celtics and other situations. I do think the chemistry is going to be pretty good between Maxey and Jaylen Brown and LeBron. Apparently Maxi and Jaylen Brown along with Joel Embiid have been calling LeBron James trying to get him there. The Bob Myers pitch happened. I mean, we had Mike Gansey who's taken over their, their front office, who used to play high school basketball in Ohio, but now he's. Or yeah, yeah, he was Ohio. He was the Mr. Basketball runner up, I think. I mean there's chemistry there. There's just a ton of chemistry there. And so that's, that's super exciting. Max, he's a clutch sports guy. He's always referred to Braun and his as his big brother. So I think that's part of why I think, okay, yeah, like you said, if they win a title, it's, man, we haven't won a title in over 40 years. But also with Maxi saying he's his big bro, you know, there's, there's a, there's a different sort of pecking order than if he went to Golden State or if he played with Giannis in Miami. Now that's. It all gets sort of wrapped together. But this is, this is a good situation for him.
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Larry
Yeah. The last time Daryl Morey had all that cap space, he went and signed Paul George, who now has been turned into Jalen Brown, which is. Which is nuts to think of this team and how it looks. Yes, it's. It feels like just. Just zooming out of the landscape of the entire NBA in the Eastern Conference. This was the way to go. Number one, go to the Eastern Conference. Number two, you know, stay towards a team that hasn't won with the Knicks. It's. It was Philly or the Cavs for me, and it just. It feels. Yeah, it feels. Feels smart. It feels. Because you're not playing against OKC or San Antonio in those. Any of those series. It feels like the better conference to play, and. Simple as that. But this is weird. This is weird.
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Task
It's gonna. It's gonna be weird to see LeBron in a Sixers jersey for sure. But maybe. Maybe that's why he dyed his beard fully black. Wants to wear those Iverson era jerseys, which do look great.
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Larry
Yeah. And Overall, just seeing LeBron here at a team where he could possibly win, so different from what Michael was able to do at the end of his career. That part is different and part of, like, why people were saying, what are they doing here? What. Why is he taking until July 24th to make it happen? Was he filming Netflix, his doc or that kind of thing? I mean, that's why I felt like Cleveland at first, but feels like it's all part of it. He's filming something, you know, like he's ending it he definitely is. Yeah. He's ending it in a situation where he'll like. What would be the huge disappointment for this team? Because it's a good team.
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Task
Playoffs.
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Larry
Oh, yeah. Well, yeah, of course. But I think there's even the baseline is a first round exit would be a huge disappointment. They're better than. They're better. They're. They're too good to miss the playoffs with Jalen Brown and Tyrese Maxey, who we know are going to play.
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Task
Yeah.
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Larry
So it's like a first round exit. Probably a second round exit is a disappointment. I'm just saying the baseline. The floor level.
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Task
Yeah, you're right.
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Larry
Is good. Floor is good.
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Task
The floor. I mean, the floor is.
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Larry
Compare the MJ level floor to the LeBron level floor of his. Of his end of his career.
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Task
LeBron doesn't want that.
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Larry
Well, the Washington. Yeah. I mean, you don't want to compare it anybody. I get what you're saying.
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Task
I'm. I'm just saying I think the. This should be a playoff team. They should win at least one playoff series, and at this point, they should make the conference finals.
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Larry
Yes.
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Task
They had the best off season of anybody.
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Larry
Yeah. And that's why you. You try and emulate what the Knicks just did and be able to steamroll the Eastern Conference and get into that NBA Finals. That's the. That's the dream.
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Task
Knicks fans are loving this. This is crazy. LeBron James signs with the Philadelphia 76ers, traditional Knicks rival, who the Knicks actually beat in the playoffs. This could. You would think that maybe this would be bad for Knicks fans. Be like, oh, man, they got LeBron. And instead, Knicks fans are like, look at every team in the Eastern Conference scrambling to keep up with us.
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Larry
Yeah.
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Task
So they're a winner for me. Here's some other winners. Sixers, obviously a winner. A plus offseason. Adam Silver, he can finally make that schedule. Mario Hazona, he can pick his team. Exciting for both of them. Rich Paul's podcast is a winner, if I'm not mistaken. There was a little star by Tyrese Maxey. We should have read into the star. Mike Gancy and Bob Myers. I explained already. The Eastern Conference is definitely winners right now. They kept Giannis, added LeBron, added Kawhi. Every team seems to have gotten better. At the very least, I think podcasters have to be a win here. You're putting LeBron, Embiid and Jaylen Brown in the same locker room. Those are big personalities and some big headlines that are coming out. Those are my winners.
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Larry
Yeah. Throw In Andre Drummond getting to play from the Knicks side of things against his former team. If they meet in the playoffs in the Philadelphia 76ers. Mario Hos. As you said, it's got to be a Los Angeles or. Excuse me, Mario Hazonia has got to be a New York Nick here. Because the only highlight that I've seen recently is him stopping LeBron James trying to end a game. Knicks, Lakers. And he was on the Knicks, but I did. I don't think they have the salary to make it happen because they have too many guys signed, I assume.
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Task
But anyway, yeah, they're maxed out.
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Larry
I think that's only.
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Task
Has been linked to the Cavs and I think the warriors as well. Basically, the teams that don't get LeBron.
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Larry
Yeah, yeah, that's not. It's not gonna happen. Mario Zoning is not going to relive that great moment in Madison Square Garden where he shut down LeBron. But that's been the best highlight, I think, of Mario's career.
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Task
He might get a bigger contract than LeBron. LeBron's like the 292nd highest paid player in the league next year.
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Larry
My goodness.
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Task
That's unbelievable.
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Larry
Yeah, he is.
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Task
I did check. He is going to be making more than Bronnie, though. $1.2 million more. So that's good for him, I guess.
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Larry
Yeah, he proved us wrong. I know a lot of people came into this season saying, okay, he's staying with la. Cause he always wants to get that max money. But nope, that's. That's not minuscule dollars for LeBron James. As far as a contract goes to be paid under four. But more than his son.
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Task
Yeah, I mean, it's crazy. LeBron is making. Will be making less this next season than he made his rookie season, which is in 2003.
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Larry
Wild.
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Task
Yeah, that's a. This guy is taking a massive pay cut and he's. Because he wants to win. Here are my losers tasks.
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Larry
Okay.
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Task
Obviously, all the teams that didn't get LeBron, the Warriors, the Cavs, the Heat, the Nuggets, the Timberwol. I listed them in order of who I think is most disappointed. And the warriors have to be since they've done nothing this offseason. Their whole thing was trying to go get LeBron. Apparently. You know, there was rumors about the Anthony Davis trade which could have led to LeBron. They decided nope on that again. And the warriors are just running back seeing the play in once again. That's a massive loser to me. And unfortunately, I gotta say, lebaron Phylon is a little bit of a loser here. His name is going to be mispronounced a lot. LeBron and LeBaron on the same team.
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Larry
Yeah, you're right.
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Task
Gonna be tough.
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Larry
Yeah. As I was writing that down for today's other podcast. That's got to be fun for writers out there to go. LeBron, LeBaron, Pat Riley, a loser as well. Okay. And simple, simply because sitting beside Yanis at Akumpo, they announced Yanis's signing and he said, there's one other plane, we gotta land here.
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Task
He did.
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Larry
And he thought, he thought. He's trying to talk into existence. But I understand why LeBron picked a team that's simply better than the Miami Heat. Definitely. Yeah. They just got too many good guys.
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Task
So two year contract player option for the second year for LeBron. Would you think that season 24 is LeBron's last season, this one coming up, or will he get that last 25th season from Philadelphia?
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Larry
I don't think he is leaving Philadelphia after the season and I think it's going to be an additional year or two, maybe. I don't think he's done. We've said this five years ago. When's it happening? When's it happening? And I don't know if it's modern medicine, the way he treats his body, but he's pulling a Tom Brady. He's going till he's 45. Ish. He's going to be 42 later this year. So, you know, it'll. If he plays two more years, it'll be 44. Yeah, I think he'll get to the Tom Brady 45 if he wants. Especially with the backcourt of Maxi Edgecomb and Jaylen Brown playing beside him. Those guys have to play a lot.
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Task
Those guys. Luckily they do play a lot. They play a lot.
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Larry
They play so much. And yeah, if anything, Nick Nurse has a luxury of you can sit Maxi or Jalen Brown a little bit more interesting.
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Task
He's like the coach in the league who likes to sit his guys the least.
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Larry
I know, I know, but you should.
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Task
They're like the crazy top, heaviest team in the league with a coach who plays all of his guys, 40 plus minutes. How does that add up?
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Larry
Yeah, but when you've got Anthony Simons and lebaron Filan as guys who can come off the bench and play plenty of minutes as a backcourt, you should. Simons can come off and just fire away like he has. That's a, that's an under the radar signing that's going to help Them because he can be an offense.
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Task
All right, a couple of other things here. LeBron did tweet. He kind of came out. Well, that's what I was going to say. I can't decide. You know, the Skeets Dual Odds had a seams announcement as the number one, the favorite in the odds for how it was going to be announced. And at exactly 11:30am is when we got the Sean's announcement that he was signing with the 76ers at exactly the same time, 11:30am Eastern. LeBron James tweeted out four tweets in a row. I'm not going to read all of them, but he does say to start it off, I thought I was done when the season ended. I wasn't ready to announce it and I knew I needed some time to really decide. I was pretty sure I played my last game. Obviously that's not true. He's playing at least one more season for Philadelphia here. My guess is that he will take that second season as well and call it quits after a perfect 25 seasons in the NBA. A quarter of a century have LeBron. What a rain for the king.
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Larry
Yeah, I thought it would have been a perfect way to go out with Braun to make the, the final run with the Lakers, be that seven with the Cavs, four with the Heat, four with the Cavs again, and then seven with the Lakers. I thought, I thought that just perfect, perfect numbers, just how they would work out. And then he kept on playing. So I don't believe it. I think he's just gonna keep going. He's just gonna keep going as long as he wants and as long as he wants to tweet these reply, you know, threads, I should say, because he didn't just tweet. This is a very Shams esque. Well, I guess Shams tweets differently, but anyways, there's four tweets in there, so that's all I gotta say.
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Task
Yeah, he's a volume shooter.
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Larry
He was right for sure.
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Task
But you gotta trust the odds makers. Like I said, Skeets Duel predicted that the Shams tweet would be the announcement. And I haven't seen a podcast clip come through yet. Maybe they'll go in and record. But Shams beat LeBron himself to the punch while also tying him for the punch. And you said this morning on the show that the odds were saying it was Most likely that LeBron was going to make his announcement today on Friday.
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Larry
And it really happened. Yeah, some Vegas odds makers knew what was up.
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Task
They knew what was up?
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Larry
Literally best odds were for Friday, July 24th, and it happened not from our friends at FanDuel, but other sites that made it happen. It was bang on other sites. Other sites won't name them.
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Task
They don't.
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Larry
They don't get the credit, but that's it. Very fun.
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Tab Ramos
Yeah.
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Larry
Very, very fun.
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Task
Exciting. Now we only need the NBA to start in three months. Just be thinking about this for three months. But no, it's cool. I assume this means that we will have some additional news on the show coming next week, because by all accounts, LeBron's decision was holding up a lot of business around the league.
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Larry
Not just Hazonia, not just the.
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Task
Obviously his name, Mario Hazonia, followed by the schedule. But we'll probably start hearing more stuff about Jalen Duran. I think could actually last a little bit longer. It's the restricted angle to everything, but, like, it wouldn't be surprising to hear where Kaminga ends up or Benedict Mather and some guys that are a little lower. Peyton Watson, maybe he gets signed as well. But you would have to think that these guys who are waiting to figure out where the wing spots were will now choose their teams.
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Larry
Yes, yes. We'll see if The Lakers fill LeBron's hole with Jonathan Kaminga. That could very well happen. We'll talk about it on Monday's podcast, I imagine, along with some more followed here from LeBron James and what happens and Philadelphia, if you missed our show on Friday, was us discussing which player is under the most pressure. Yep. And we got into a bunch of guys from Jason Tatum, Joel and B to Walker Kessler, Trey throughout. There.
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Task
That's right.
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Larry
But of course, we talked about LeBron as well. So go check that baby out wherever you get your pods. Make sure you subscribe. Make sure you like this video. Otherwise, we'll be back on Monday. For now, Clipper Bros, you heard it here first.
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Task
Have a great time. Turn up. Love you guys.
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Tab Ramos
Awesome.
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Larry
Thanks for joining us. And remember, LeBron's not gonna eat a cheesesteak. I just. There's, you know, calling it. Yeah, no cheesesteaks. Nah, he doesn't seem like a. Oh,
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Task
God, that's eating my first Philly cheesesteak in the documentary.
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Larry
Nope, nope.
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Tab Ramos
No more.
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Larry
This guy wants to last. It's a great point.
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Task
You can't actually picture LeBron eating a cheese thing.
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Larry
No, no, not anymore.
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Task
I want to see it, though.
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Larry
He's in his 40s. We'll see you Monday, everybody.
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Task
Embrace the day.
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