Could LeBron James Return To The Miami Heat?! | Local Hour

Summary

The Dan Le Batard Show: "Could LeBron James Return To The Miami Heat?!" | Local Hour

Date: June 25, 2026
Location: Live from the Elser Hotel, Downtown Miami
Podcast Host: Dan Le Batard
Panelists: Chris Cody, Dominique, Tony, Jessica, Jeremy Tatje, Mike Ryan, among others

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Episode Overview

This episode of the “Local Hour” blends the usual irreverent pop culture banter with deep Miami Heat talk and wild hypotheticals, including LeBron James possibly returning to Miami. Fresh from an “alien invasion” joke, the crew dishes on the Heat’s blockbuster acquisition of Giannis Antetokounmpo, debates NBA roster construction, and dives deep into local and league-wide sports intrigue. The panel also pokes fun at sports media rumor mills and examines the state of sports fandom—right down to detailed breakdowns of favorite alien movies and awkward moments at the Marlins game.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

Alien Invasion and Sci-Fi Movie Banter

[01:13 – 07:20]

• The episode opens with lighthearted jokes about surviving a supposed alien invasion, leading to a group debate on the best “alien movies.” (“If I'm sitting home alone, I want to see Will Smith go at it with them Aliens. Arrivals...” – Chris Cody, 02:24)
• Discussion detours into whether “Interstellar” counts as an alien movie, with Tony and Dan sparring over sci-fi plot semantics.

Notable Quotes:

• “You just said. Are you nuts? You're nuts, man. Where's the alien in Interstellar?”
  — Dan Le Batard (03:18)
• “Sigourney Weaver is the OG Action hero. That's a female.”
  — Dan Le Batard (05:55)

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Miami Heat: Giannis Trade Reaction & Future Moves

[07:24 – 21:25]

• Mike Ryan joins post-Guadalajara trip and reacts to Giannis Antetokounmpo joining the Heat. There's a mix of excitement and realism about the roster's holes and constraints.
• The panel agrees: now, the Heat are built to be a perennial playoff team, not just a “play-in” squad. The plan is to develop assets, see who fits, and possibly make a big move mid-season or next summer.

Core Insights:

• Acquiring Giannis was the “biggest step”—not just for a one-year window.
• Salary cap is a major factor; the lack of shooting depth and roster flexibility is recognized as a real challenge.
• The “window” for Giannis’s supermax value is debated: is it 2–3 years or more like five?

Notable Quotes:

• “They didn’t bring Giannis for one year. This is the first step, and it was the biggest step.”
  — Dan Le Batard (10:44)
• “As he gets older, he continues to get more expensive... Will we get to the point where we’re paying Giannis like he's the number one guy on a championship team but he's no longer that good?”
  — Chris Cody (12:11)

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Player Roles, Roster Realities, and the Parity Era of the NBA

[16:19 – 21:25]

• The crew discusses how Bam Adebayo is now Giannis’s best-ever running mate.
• The NBA is no longer just three “superteams”—recent parity means almost anyone who makes the playoffs has a shot (“If you can get into the tournament now, you can make a run…” – Chris Cody, 20:28).
• The Heat’s internal development and “effort” culture are praised, but panelists acknowledge Giannis’s best may be behind him.

Notable Quotes:

• “If he can recapture something like [his Finals form], if he can stay healthy... He's always going to be a defensive force.”
  — Dominique (20:13)

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Could LeBron James Return to Miami?

[25:09 – 28:32]

• Jeremy Tatje floats the idea of LeBron returning, referencing recent media speculation and a repaired Pat Riley–LeBron relationship.
• Cites how various plugged-in reporters haven’t ruled it out and describes the logistics of making it work (minimum deals, sign-and-trade possibilities).
• The “don’t rule it out” rumor phrase is hilariously critiqued as the lowest reporting bar (“Doesn't a report have to be more affirmed? I could say don't rule anything out.” – Chris Cody, 30:40).

Notable Quotes:

• “There are lots of things you can read into... It’s more possible than it was four days ago, certainly.”
  — Jeremy Tatje (30:54)
• “Don't rule out LeBron in Cleveland. Don’t rule it out!”
  — Chris Cody (32:19), poking fun at the rumor cycle

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Breaking News: LaMelo Ball Traded to Minnesota

[28:23 – 28:53]

• Dominique reads live the breaking news of LaMelo Ball and Josh Green being traded from Charlotte to Minnesota for a moderate haul of picks.
• The cast reacts in real-time, deeming it “seismic” but not an overwhelming haul for LaMelo.

Notable Quotes:

• “I don't think that's a huge return for LaMelo Ball, but a huge seismic move.”
  — Dominique (28:33)

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Heat’s Second-Round Draft Moves & Marlins Milestone

[34:00 – 40:47]

• Dan is proud the Heat “owned” the Celtics by leapfrogging them in the second round to draft Ryan Conwell (Louisville), a move the group says fits the “Heat culture” mold.
• They examine how often second-rounders actually contribute, with Jeremy and Dan referencing Kendrick Nunn as a past example.
• Bobby Marks (audio clip) compares Conwell’s combine numbers to Anthony Edwards, causing disbelief and laughter over wild NBA draft day comps.

Notable Quotes:

• “People gotta talk so much during draft coverage, man. They say some wild shit at.”
  — Dominique (37:07)
• “They beat them to the punch and acquired Giannis. The Celtics could be in a tailspin… And now a player that Boston wanted—the Heat jumped the Celtics.”
  — Dan Le Batard (34:00)

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Awkward Sports Fandom Moments: Marlins Strikeout Record

[37:13 – 40:47]

• Dan belatedly brings up Marlins ace Sandy Alcantara passing the franchise strikeout record—a moment that, due to lack of stadium communication, went uncelebrated by fans until late.
• The panel debates who is at fault (fans or the team), with Dan defending the fans. (“The team has to put it on the Jumbotron… leading up to the record…” – Dan Le Batard, 40:47)

Notable Quotes:

• “A lot of fans who came here should have known it anyway. Little things like that irritate me, Kyle.”
  — Tommy Hutton (via TV audio, 40:23)
• “This isn’t St. Louis… We’re not a baseball town… The team has to put it on the Jumbotron.”
  — Dan Le Batard (40:47)

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Memorable Moments & Quotes (with Timestamps)

| Timestamp | Quote | Speaker | |-------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------| | 02:24 | “If I'm trying to impress you, I'm hit you with arrival. It's like. Yeah, I love Arrival. I watch it all the time.” | Chris Cody | | 05:55 | “Sigourney Weaver is the OG Action hero. That's a female.” | Dan Le Batard | | 10:44 | “They didn’t bring Giannis for one year. This is the first step, and it was the biggest step.” | Dan Le Batard | | 12:11 | “As he gets older, he continues to get more expensive... Will we get to the point where we’re paying Giannis like he's the number one guy on a championship team but he's no longer that good?” | Chris Cody | | 20:13 | “If he can recapture something like [his Finals form], if he can stay healthy... He's always going to be a defensive force.” | Dominique | | 25:46 | “Sir, can I interest you in LeBron James, my man?” | Jeremy Tatje | | 28:33 | “I don't think that's a huge return for LaMelo Ball, but a huge seismic move.”| Dominique | | 30:40 | “Doesn't a report have to be more affirmed? I could say don't rule anything out.” | Chris Cody | | 34:00 | “They beat them to the punch and acquired Giannis... the Heat jumped the Celtics and selected that player. We back up. We back up.” | Dan Le Batard | | 37:07 | “People gotta talk so much during draft coverage, man. They say some wild shit at.” | Dominique | | 40:47 | “This isn’t St. Louis… We’re not a baseball town… The team has to put it on the Jumbotron.” | Dan Le Batard |

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Structure & Flow

• Opening banter provides comic relief and pop culture flavor
• Shift to Miami Heat’s big offseason, focusing on realistic optimism and the strategic vision for the post-Giannis era
• Real-time reactions to breaking NBA news and Heat roster machinations
• Local flavor anchored by Miami fandom and quirky sports moments (Marlins, stadium crowds)
• Frequent self-aware critique of sports media rumor-mongering and the performative nature of both fandom and NBA coverage

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Conclusion

This “Local Hour” is a quintessential Le Batard production: equal parts sports insight, Miami-centric satire, and inside-joke-laden dialogue. Discussion swings from playful (alien movies) to technical (salary caps, roster options), never losing the show’s signature self-awareness—especially when poking fun at NBA rumor culture. The credible speculation about LeBron’s return, reactions to Giannis's Miami fit, and a digression into Marlins fandom encapsulate the unpredictable, wide-ranging appeal that keeps listeners coming back.

Transcript

[Dan Le Batard]

Mike ryan, jonathan sassolo, Greg curry,

[Dominique]

Roy

[Dan Le Batard]

benamin,

[Chris Cody]

Sami tache,

[Dan Le Batard]

Tony collater, Chris Cody. Down levitar

[Chris Cody]

in 5, 4, 3, 2, 1.

[Dan Le Batard]

Mic's up, Q. This is the D. Levitar show. We all survived the alien invasion last night. Alien invasion was predicted right on top of. Don't say Hard Rock Stadium, Dominique. It's Miami Stadium. FIFA. They will come after you if you call it Hard Rock Stadium. We were. We were warned about the alien invasion. We're here. We're doing just fine. We'll get an update on the alien invasion in a little bit here.

[Chris Cody]

I mean, that's what we think.

[Dan Le Batard]

Yeah.

[Chris Cody]

You know, I mean, you've seen lots of alien movies. There's a distinct possibility that you are the only person that's actually here. And all of us have been replaced. The alien invasion happened. You got your memory wiped. We are now all aliens. You don't even realize it.

[Dan Le Batard]

Do you have a favorite alien movie?

[Chris Cody]

I mean, it's Independence Day. Hands down. The first or the second, either Independence Day or. Or Arrival. Arrival is a great alien movie.

[Dan Le Batard]

Arrival. Is that so?

[Chris Cody]

If I'm trying to impress you, I'm hit you with arrival. It's like. Yeah, I love Arrival. I watch it all the time. The ink blots that communicate.

[Dan Le Batard]

That's amazing. Great move.

[Chris Cody]

So deep. But actually, if I'm sitting home alone, I want to see Will Smith go at it with them Aliens arrivals.

[Tony]

The one you tell Pablo you like.

[Chris Cody]

Oh, yeah, Pablo, definitely. I see Pablo. He's like. What's your favorite earlier movie? Survival. It's so smart.

[Dan Le Batard]

I mean, the. The end where you get the twist, you know? And I'm no spoilers. Don't worry about that. That's a great movie.

[Chris Cody]

You consider interstellar alien movie that a space movie?

[Dan Le Batard]

That's. That. That's. That's a space slash, time travel type movie.

[Tony]

There's an alien in it.

[Chris Cody]

I know there is, but I don't know what you would consider an alien movie.

[Dan Le Batard]

Alien in interstellar. Where's. Where's the alien?

[Tony]

The alien is when he's in the bookcase. Like all this matter and all the stuff that's going around.

[Dan Le Batard]

Do you understand the movie open.

[Tony]

You haven't watched it clearly.

[Dan Le Batard]

No, no.

[Tony]

You clearly haven't watched it.

[Dan Le Batard]

You're showing your ass. All right. There's no alien in interstellar.

[Jeremy Tatje]

And now we know.

[Dan Le Batard]

You don't even know. You don't even understand the movie.

[Chris Cody]

I think it's too deep for you. I think Tony understands the deeper meaning.

[Dan Le Batard]

Hold on. Steve, it's too for me. You just said. Are you nuts? You're nuts, man. Where's the alien in interstellar.

[Tony]

I'll look it up right now. I'll let you know.

[Dan Le Batard]

Yeah, okay. Can't wait for that.

[Chris Cody]

What's your favorite Alien movie? Superman. You're gonna say Superman or something like

[Dan Le Batard]

that is an alien.

[Chris Cody]

I knew you're gonna. You seem like a curveball type of guy.

[Dan Le Batard]

My favorite Alien movie.

[Jessica]

Huh?

[Dan Le Batard]

Aliens. Yeah. Sequel's better. See, the first one is Alien. The sequel is Aliens. That's the better one. Now, I do like the third one. Rocks in the third one. Now, I'm not talking about the rock. I'm talking about Charles.

[Chris Cody]

Yeah, Rock. Rock. I know.

[Dan Le Batard]

Yeah. Rock is in the third one. And that's a good one, too, Eleanor.

[Tony]

The aliens that construct the wormhole near Saturn and the tesseract inside.

[Dan Le Batard]

Okay. The aliens are in the movie, though.

[Tony]

They're future humans that are aliens that

[Dan Le Batard]

are fixed, but they're not in the movie.

[Tony]

Hear what I said?

[Chris Cody]

Obviously, you can't have the movie without the aliens, so they're aliens in the movie.

[Dominique]

Also, his Google AI search brought back aliens in air quotes.

[Dan Le Batard]

Just say you're wrong. How could I just say you don't. You know what? You don't have to say you're wrong. Just say you don't understand.

[Dominique]

You gotta be wrong when you said, like, the quote, aliens are humans.

[Tony]

They're future humans. That's not alien to us.

[Dominique]

You can't be alien.

[Tony]

What do you guys. What do you think aliens are? Just little green men. That's all aliens are.

[Dan Le Batard]

I know. I know they're.

[Dominique]

I know what they are, historically.

[Dan Le Batard]

Do you like Alien Resurrection? Ron Perlman's in that one. Winona Ryder, Spoiler alert. She's. She's one of, like, the robots. I'll tell you what, though. Alien. Romulus. That's a proper Alien movie. That's very good, too. But to answer your question, Dominique. Aliens. That's my favorite Alien movie.

[Chris Cody]

I gotta be honest with you. I'm aware of all the Alien and Aliens movies. I've probably seen a couple of them. Not. Not. I don't love it.

[Dan Le Batard]

Sigourney Weaver, original heroine. You know, all time great action movie heroine. Right? Sigourney Weaver. She's the OG of female action heroes. Right?

[Chris Cody]

With the baldy.

[Jessica]

Right?

[Chris Cody]

That was the.

[Dan Le Batard]

Well, she. She was bald in the third one, the one with rock. Yeah, because she's in a prison.

[Chris Cody]

I feel like that's the one that stands out in my mind. That's the iconic moment that. In jumping out the chess.

[Dan Le Batard]

Well, of course.

[Dominique]

But only, of course, is Rhea Ripley named after her character an alien. Because I was, like, the first ever badass lady hero.

[Dan Le Batard]

You know what? I never thought about that. And I think you're probably right, because she is right. You can't come up with another one.

[Jessica]

Right.

[Dan Le Batard]

Sigourney Weaver is the OG Action hero. That's a female. You had Linda Hamilton afterward, of course, with Terminator, but that's a good ten years later after Alien.

[Chris Cody]

All right, there you go. Woman. I mean, it's okay.

[Dan Le Batard]

All right. Both are true. Yeah, I'm working on it.

[Chris Cody]

Oh, yeah, we're all working on it. No one's holding you to a higher standard.

[Dominique]

You got to get better every day.

[Chris Cody]

Yeah, every day. You got to work harder if you're not getting better.

[Dominique]

Calling out progress.

[Chris Cody]

Yeah, that's. So I got to get better every day, too. You're not getting better. You're getting worse, and that's on me. I got to write a note. Got to write a note. You're better off saying woman, because sometimes people think female. Feel like you're talking about.

[Dominique]

He'll. He'll file it away, but we can all acknowledge he's trying to get better.

[Chris Cody]

He's trying.

[Dominique]

He took your feedback.

[Chris Cody]

I think it's. I think it's my fault, too, because it is. That's a. That's a very specific sector. I feel like the criticism of using female is very hip hop coded. It's like, that was a thing that was said a lot was like, hey, these females. And it was. And I mean, I don't know if you know, Zaz. I don't know about the hip hop.

[Dominique]

Yeah, I try my best. I'll stop before I'm gonna say, and the Grammy goes to the best woman recording artist.

[Dan Le Batard]

And then. You're proud of yourself.

[Dominique]

Yeah, I'm proud of myself. And that sounds so much better and smoother than female recording artists. Why would I do that? No, no, no. I wouldn't do that. I'm an ally recording artist. That's a woman.

[Dan Le Batard]

So you could hear. Mike Ryan is back today.

[Chris Cody]

Yay. Yay.

[Dan Le Batard]

Mike Ryan, spending the last few days in Guadalajara. And before we get to your World cup updates there, I do want to update you. Mike Ryan Giannis, he's on the heat.

[Dominique]

I saw that. Saw that. And it's pretty much just him at this point.

[Dan Le Batard]

Are you excited? Like. Yes. We checked in with you a couple of days ago when you were. You were in your Hotel, very luxurious hotel, may I add. But, but let's get some, let's get some real reaction.

[Dominique]

Yeah. Because I.

[Dan Le Batard]

Are you excited?

[Dominique]

Yeah. I didn't want to be a guy that immediately goes to negative town after they do what we've been doing for everybody else did that. Look, I mean the roster has clear holes that they have to fill and it's going to be a challenge for them to fill them, but you have much better building blocks right now. As I mentioned, I think that they're going to be ranked highly inside the Eastern Conference. I think the days of the play in are over for now, even if they don't add just because they're going to be an effort team. And the night in, night out grind of the NBA regular season, as Detroit kind of proved this year, if you're appealed to play, you're going to make the playoffs and you're not going to have to worry about the play. And defensively they're going to be a force. Just with what they have on the roster right now, I do think the deck is a little stacked against them in terms of roster improvement this offseason.

[Dan Le Batard]

This offseason.

[Dominique]

This offseason. This offseason what I think they may make a move here or there. I mean they're going to have to. Right. Their roster is pretty depleted. They need to put some shooters around their front court. But I think what the plan, unless I'm missing something obvious, I think that their best course of action is play this first half of the season, develop some guys into assets. Right now Jovic is a sunk cost,

[Dan Le Batard]

you know, and right now he's gonna have to play.

[Dominique]

Yeah, he's gonna have to play. I mean there's not many guys on the roster. By the way, shout out. Trey Donaldson signed with the Miami Heat two way contract. He plays the kind of style that really fits this mold. I mean you don't want to play the Miami Heat. From a defensive standpoint, it's going to be really hard to go up against these guys. That part is obvious. But I think the plan here is develop some guys, see what kind of value you can grow inside of individual players and then wait for Lamelo Ball to just blow things up over Minnesota and go all in on, on Edwards.

[Dan Le Batard]

Yeah, Mike remains. Mike mentions LaMelo Ball there. Which if, if, if you stayed up, you saw the reports are starting to come out where it appears Charlotte is going to be moving Lamelo Ball at some point here. We'll, we'll circle back to that in a second. But I'm glad you brought up the part, Mike, about how this off season, because so much of the commentary that I'm seeing out there from folks on television is you. You would. It's as if the Heat got Giannis for one year and you got to do it all this year. They acquired Giannis for him to play the rest of his career here. That's. That's the plan. Okay. And realistically, you know, you would think Giannis probably has a good, like, five years left, I'd say, in his career. I'm not saying necessarily five years of being a superstar, but at least five years left in his career. The plan is to have him the rest of his career. So. And it's kind of like when they acquired Shaq, right? You know, now, yes, they were great right away with Shaq. They went to Game seven of the Eastern Conference finals, but when they fell short that year, then the next offseason, they made the big trades. They brought in Anton Walker and James Posey and Jason Williams, and they redid the roster there. They didn't bring Giannis for one year. This is the first step, and it was the biggest step.

[Chris Cody]

I think that what we have to understand, and I was rightfully corrected about, like, we can't, like, analyze this deal on just what they have on the roster now. Like, it's a big move. Celebrate the move. It gives them a chance that they didn't have before. But the challenging thing with the way that salaries work in the NBA and the way that aging works is as you get older, you are, like, able to get bigger and bigger contracts. There is a sweet spot where your talent and the compensation as a percentage of the cap match up. And I think that's the hard part right now, is if you're going to keep Giannis to your point for the rest of his career, as he gets older, he continues to get more expensive. He also continues to get less effective. And that's the part that I think people are having a hard time reconciling, is figuring out how long will we be paying Giannis what he's worth or getting value for him because he's so great that he outstretches his contract value? Or will we get to the point where, all right, we're paying Giannis like, he's the number one guy on a championship team, but he's no longer that good, and now we have to find other people to fit in around him that we will be underpaying. So that's a hard. It's like a. A condensed window. I don't know how many years it is. I don't want to get yelled at or piss off Heat fans, but it seems like depending on who you talk to, we're looking at a five year stretch for Giannis or a two, three year stretch for Giannis. And that's. I mean, that's the big question.

[Dominique]

Tony, you know that moment at a party or at a tailgate where everything just sort of clicks?

[Tony]

I know it well. It's usually when I show up, everybody goes crazy.

[Dominique]

Yeah. You usually take all the credit for it, but it's because Tony usually walks in with Cuervo.

[Dan Le Batard]

Walking like this.

[Dominique]

Yeah, yeah, yeah. Cuervo is a thing that turns hanging out into this is the night.

[Tony]

It has that effect on people.

[Dominique]

It does. You usually take the credit for it, but again, it's the Cuervo effect. It's like that moment in a big game where everyone in the crowd just starts standing up, hooting and hollering, keep it Cuervo.

[Dan Le Batard]

Keep it Cuervo, baby.

[Jessica]

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[Dominique]

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[Dan Le Batard]

Levitar. Jessica thinks you're pathetic.

[Dominique]

I saw the look on her face.

[Chris Cody]

It can never be the lane to victory.

[Dan Le Batard]

No, I think Jeremy's pathetic.

[Jessica]

Jeremy, you should hear him back deliver.

[Jeremy Tatje]

So sad.

[Dominique]

Most absurd theater kid basketball analysis line that I've ever heard from him.

[Dan Le Batard]

Jeremy Tatje.

[Jessica]

My dad was talking about the adjustments that SPO made and criticizing him last night. And Jeremy just back here.

[Jeremy Tatje]

His adjustments were spectacular.

[Dan Le Batard]

It's just like they lost.

[Jessica]

They're down O2.

[Dan Le Batard]

This is the Dan Levatar Show. Bay Metabio is automatically the best player Giannis has ever played with. Right now, before you want to say Damen Lillard, like, let's judge what Lillard did in his, you know, one plus season with.

[Dominique]

Yeah, right now, his. His talent level, it's better than Khris Middleton at the peak of his powers.

[Jeremy Tatje]

Yeah.

[Dominique]

Yeah, I think that's. I think that's safe to say this is the best individual talent right now at this age in his career that he's ever been paired with. That obviously wasn't the intention going into the Lillard thing, but we all saw what happened with Lillard.

[Dan Le Batard]

Yeah. And you know, we've been talking down here, hey, you got to get Bam at a bio, some help. And the Heat decided to make Bam the help, which is. Is the best possible scenario if you have a star player on your team and you keeps like we would have wanted. Looking back at it in hindsight, instead of getting Jimmy Butler help, it would have been great to make Jimmy the help, but they were never able to do that.

[Dominique]

Now, that's a whole point. The entire time with Jimmy. We know what our ceiling is, and our ceiling is pretty damn high. It's Eastern Conference champion high, but just not good enough to win a championship. With Jimmy Butler as your best player, Jimmy as your second best player, that's great. And for how great a season Bam had, I think we know what his ceiling is. Unless you get him more pieces around him.

[Dan Le Batard]

I like being able. My. My son is asking me all of the. The machinations, the different machinations about the. The salary cap and what, do they have enough money to do this? Can they do this? And I'm pulling up. I'm pulling up Bobby Marks Twitter on my phone, and he puts out, you know, the graphics. They have this amount of money and this guy's. And my son's. Well, what's. What's the T stand for? That's a team option. All right, What's a team option? I explain what a team option is. You know, go. What? Why would Andrew Wiggins not want $30 million next? I go. Because maybe he'll opt out and the Heat will give him more money over more years. So they get to spend more money this year. I like being able to explain that stuff to my son.

[Dominique]

Yeah.

[Chris Cody]

Becoming a modern sports fan is also kind of like becoming a bit of an accountant.

[Dan Le Batard]

It's so much more complicated.

[Chris Cody]

It's still fun. It's a different type of fun, but realizing what your team could do and hoping that your team, that players will cooperate, like, it's. It's a little bit fun, but it's also a little stressful. Like, I missed the old days of the NBA where it's like, actually, you can do whatever you want as long as your owner is willing to pay. Like, that feels like a much better place to be when you have a superstar.

[Dominique]

I think the exciting proposition, outside of finally making the big, splashy Whale acquisition, is there's also a distinct possibility that Giannis can recapture previous form. Yeah, we. I think we've probably been a little too hard on Giannis a little bit, me in particular, because they. They've, you know, they kind of checked out on this season, and he certainly checked out, and he did a lot of off the court stuff that I hope gets buttoned up a little bit because there was a lot of diva behavior that I'm not Sure fits in right now, but the Miami Heat can make some concessions.

[Dan Le Batard]

We could have said the same things about LeBron when LeBron got.

[Dominique]

We did. We. We did. Although, like this one's gotten a little uglier and we'll, we'll see how he reacts to Miami after finally getting his way, even though publicly it wasn't really his way. He was kind of caught in this in between. Still trying to stay popular in Milwaukee. But I do think that if Giannis is the guy that he was a couple of seasons ago, we're having a different conversation. I think we're all talking about the Miami Heat expecting that the best of Giannis is probably behind him and this is a franchise that has prided itself on development.

[Dan Le Batard]

Why do you say the best of Giannis is probably behind us?

[Dominique]

Because he was unbelievable in an NBA Finals where everyone thought his leg snapped and then he came out and put up like all time performances. Like it's a high standard, is a very high watermark. You're talking about one of the most impactful forces in the history of the game to hold him to that Standard, north of 30. I understand why that's a tough road to hoe, but if he can recapture something like that, if he can stay healthy and zazzle to what you said earlier about him finishing his career here. Yes, there are some flaws in his game. His shooting's probably going to go down over the course of time, although that's one of the things that can improve. We're all projecting that he's bad from the line.

[Dan Le Batard]

He does got to get better from the line.

[Dominique]

He does have some deficiencies. But one thing that's always going to be there if his health is there, is that guy can play well into his mid to late 30s. Just defensively. He is going to be a defensive force. Provided he can move, he is always going to have a role. He can move, he can dunk, he can defend.

[Chris Cody]

Can I throw in there? Also that I think we have to accept that the NBA has been nflized a little bit in that there was a time and for most of our lives that it was like either you're the championship favorite or you're not winning a championship. Like it was one, two, maybe three teams that had a chance. We're not that way anymore. It feels like if you can get into the tournament now, you can make a run because of the injuries and because of like the harder cap, like the team, the pat, the talent is a little bit more spread out. So I feel like if we are projecting that Giannis is at his best in this team is able to build up a little bit around them. They're going to get into the playoffs. Obviously, everyone gets in the playoffs. Who wants to be in the playoffs in the NBA? And then it's like, you actually have a better chance than you have in the past. And I think it's taken us some time, or I can speak for myself, it's taking me some time to accept that the NBA Finals is not the foregone conclusion that it used to be.

[Tony]

There's parody in the NBA, like, complete and utter parody. Last eight champions or nine champions have been a different team, Right? Like, that used to never happen. We saw the spurs win five. We saw the warriors win four. We saw the Heat win back to back. Like, that doesn't exist anymore now, like you said, Dominique, if you get into the tournament, there's a chance that the war of attrition in the west, that if people get hurt in the east, all of a sudden you're in the NBA Finals, you're like, how did we get here? We just beat kind of nobody. And like, now we're here and we're healthy.

[Chris Cody]

I think the Pacers making it to a Game seven last year is like the best possible example of that. And, like, you don't have to go far. Just got across the street to see a team that's, like, made deep runs with a low seed, unexpected. So I think that's part of it. I'm having a hard time realizing that, like, normally in NBA history, I know who want. I know that it's going to be one of two or three teams. I wouldn't have picked the Knicks before this season started. I think most of us wouldn't have. So I think that's another part of this that we have to kind of wrap our heads around. And that acid excitement, like, I'm a lot more excited about this team when I look at the recent history of NBA champions.

[Dan Le Batard]

Jeremy, you are back in studio with us today. Do you have any observations from yesterday's show?

[Jeremy Tatje]

Yeah, I do a few things that got said. I just kind of took notes as we went along.

[Dan Le Batard]

So let's hear.

[Jeremy Tatje]

You talked about watching sex scenes with your son. I remember on.

[Dan Le Batard]

When you say it like that, it sounds like we are purposely sitting down to watch sex scenes.

[Jeremy Tatje]

That's right.

[Dan Le Batard]

And that is not what we're doing.

[Jeremy Tatje]

It does sound like you are.

[Dan Le Batard]

All right, continue.

[Jeremy Tatje]

I remember going to see Wolf of Wall street on Christmas Day with my dad and exchanging the same look with

[Dan Le Batard]

my man, that's, that's, you know, was the worst experience for me when I was with my parents like that and watching a movie and I'm probably 15 years old maybe, and I'm watching with both my parents. We're watching at home. Silence of the Lambs. Obviously a all time great movie, but the scene where Buffalo Bill shows his mangina, that's tough with your parents. That's tough.

[Tony]

Did you look over like, no, I

[Dan Le Batard]

try and just like I, I, you know, I'm trying my hardest to pretend I'm the only one in the room.

[Jeremy Tatje]

Dom said, holding space. And it just always makes me think of the Wicked press tour where, oh, Cynthia Riva was holding Ariana Grande's finger. It was a very weird thing. Do I, as you say, Dom got the lev, my man.

[Dan Le Batard]

Yes.

[Jeremy Tatje]

Wow.

[Dan Le Batard]

Really?

[Chris Cody]

He ain't got no lev.

[Jeremy Tatje]

You don't think I was born with the lev upset?

[Chris Cody]

I think you have the lev depending on where you are. I feel like if you are.

[Dan Le Batard]

Like when he's at Lone Debo park, he's got a lev.

[Chris Cody]

Oh, a lot of lev and Lone Debo. I feel like I'm looking at you today and I'm like amongst like college students. Nerdy, like the Ivy League, the super nerdy. They look at you and they're like, hey, that guy's cool.

[Jeremy Tatje]

Oh, yeah, yeah.

[Chris Cody]

I think that. So, my man, all of us in different. So there's plenty of circumstances where I don't got no left. There are other circumstances where I'm left up. And so you just gotta be in the right circumstance. I think here in this building, it's tough to get some left.

[Jeremy Tatje]

That's fair. That's fair. Thank you, Zaz, for giving Tyler Herro his flowers. My man.

[Dan Le Batard]

Roy bringing up still doesn't make it

[Jessica]

the all time roster.

[Jeremy Tatje]

Roy bringing up the idea of the trade being rescinded because of a physical. Roy, I hate you, my man. Dominique, you were issued a penalty and you apologized to your family. It's pronounced flamily. And that was a mistake by you. What's it called when you're racist against aliens Republican? Uptown pale is one of the funniest things I've. I've ever heard you say, my man. You guys think I have too much enunciation, but then we're making fun of me for not enough pronunciation. And I'm just feeling some consternation. Flamily.

[Jessica]

So I thought this isn't 5 first

[Jeremy Tatje]

time I've ever heard Dominique sound insecure. Was talking about looks maxing and Mogging. And you were actually right about what you were saying, which is wild, my man. Jessica's Internet minute just. Bad day for me not to be here talking about Club Chalamet. My man knew exactly what she was talking about, unsurprisingly. And I found it very interesting. Two of juju's most influential fans were Steve Bartman and the purple shirt guy. And those are both South Florida things. Like, we've had some really weird fan experiences. And, Dominique, you won't believe the Heat will win until they have a closer. Sir, can I interest you in LeBron James, my man?

[Dan Le Batard]

So you're. You're doing the thing, right?

[Jeremy Tatje]

Oh, yeah, I'm doing the thing.

[Dan Le Batard]

You're doing the thing that you can't. You can't rule it out.

[Jeremy Tatje]

Well, it makes sense. Look at the stage that LeBron is at. If he wants to win, it should be in the Eastern Conference. Barry Jackson immediately came out with a report that said, don't rule it out. Ethan Skolnick has now mentioned it. Ramona came on here, and when I asked her about it, she wouldn't rule it out. She's plugged in on the Lakers side. We had reports last year of the Heat and Clutch repairing their relationship. We even saw pat Riley and LeBron hug. I think we even have video of it When. When Riley was.

[Dan Le Batard]

Where was this?

[Jeremy Tatje]

That was when Riley was out there getting his statue from the Lakers.

[Dan Le Batard]

And they shared a moment that they look very chummy.

[Jeremy Tatje]

They looked super chummy. After all of this time, Pat Riley seems to be very forgiving. And if you look back at the Olympics, there was nobody who was being hyped up more by LeBron James than Bam Adebayo.

[Chris Cody]

Splash, brother. Oh, my God. The new Splash brothers. Bam.

[Dan Le Batard]

Bam Splash right there,

[Tony]

You know?

[Dominique]

Okay, he's being sarcastic.

[Jeremy Tatje]

That's after Bam hit a bunch of threes in that game. And you say. You say they don't have shooting. Those guys got along great. Everybody was hyping up Bam.

[Jessica]

Forget.

[Jeremy Tatje]

Forget that individual video. LeBron was. Was really bullish. But now, yesterday, what's really interesting is the way that Rich Paul is talking about the Miami Heat.

[Dan Le Batard]

This team could look totally different.

[Chris Cody]

This. This. This is a lot of work to be done. The one good thing about Miami is when you talk about filling a roster, backfilling a roster with minimums who don't want to go to Miami on the minimum.

[Dan Le Batard]

So I get that. But I'm saying, in terms of who's going to be starting for this team,

[Chris Cody]

we don't know yet we can't say that.

[Dan Le Batard]

Well, we know that Giannis and starting.

[Chris Cody]

Those are only two.

[Dan Le Batard]

You don't know that Wiggins is starting.

[Dominique]

You think he's a tradable asset.

[Chris Cody]

You don't know.

[Dan Le Batard]

The first thing that I would say in regards to what Rich Paul just said there were you don't know who doesn't want to go to. You don't know who they can get on a minimum. Who doesn't want to go to Miami on a minimum. Do you want. Do you realize the irony there? The guy who is talking, Rich Paul is the guy who prevents you from going to Miami on a minimum deal.

[Jeremy Tatje]

That's right.

[Dan Le Batard]

A little bit ironic, right?

[Chris Cody]

Yeah.

[Jeremy Tatje]

But he's the guy saying, who wouldn't want to go there on the minimum? And while people might say, no, that's not for LeBron James, he did at the end there bring up Andrew Wiggins. And the immediate response to do you think he could be a trade ship? Is you don't know. Now I love Andrew.

[Dan Le Batard]

Well, what do you got here?

[Dominique]

The Charlotte Hornets are trading star guard LaMelo Ball and Josh Green to the Minnesota Timberwolves for Nas Reed.

[Jessica]

Whoa.

[Dominique]

2033 unprotected first round pick guys, 12 years old right now, three first round pick swaps, 2028, 2029, 2030 and three second round picks in 2029, 2032 and 2033. I don't think that's a huge return for LaMelo Ball, but a huge seismic move.

[Dan Le Batard]

I don't think it's a huge return for LaMelo Ball either. And at the same time, I wouldn't have expected them to get more than that for LaMelo Ball.

[Dominique]

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[Chris Cody]

There was so much said there. I'm trying to keep track of all the things that I want to address. Maybe I'll go in order. First of all is don't rule it out a report. You kept saying someone reports don't rule it out. Like, doesn't a report have to be like more affirmed? I could say don't rule anything out.

[Jeremy Tatje]

That's right.

[Chris Cody]

It doesn't feel like a report. Like that's.

[Jeremy Tatje]

No, that's totally fair. Look, this is not saying it's happening. What I'm saying is, is that there are lots of things you can read into.

[Chris Cody]

Okay.

[Tony]

Okay.

[Jeremy Tatje]

That show. It's more possible than it was four days ago, certainly. And this pairing makes a ton of sense for a guy who has yet to communicate with the Lakers if he's even playing. According to Ramona Shelberg.

[Tony]

This feels like from Rich Paul, a bit of a Liam Neeson situation where it's like, you know, don't you want to give some money to the other actors? Like, why don't you take a pick?

[Chris Cody]

And he's like, oh, no, not that.

[Tony]

Minimum is great in Miami, but not enough for my guys or anybody that I'm playing.

[Dan Le Batard]

Yeah, for Chris Middleton, obviously for Chris

[Jeremy Tatje]

Middleton it will be. And if LeBron James wants to be here, there's a variety of ways to do it. Look, we were talking about $18 million for five roster spots. They just filled one with the. The second round pick yesterday, which I'm sure we'll get into in Ryan Conwell. But with. With the maneuverability that we know Andy Ellisberg has with the free agency of Norman Powell, that can always be manipulated into a sign and trade with Andrew Wiggins in this player option with the $16 million of Nikola Jovic, which we've talked about, we don't know where he's.

[Dan Le Batard]

I don't know if the Lakers be interested in him. They got enough now small, smaller guys who, who make a lot of money. Yeah. Would the Lakers be. Lakers would be interested In Norman Powell.

[Tony]

No.

[Chris Cody]

Yeah, they want to center bad.

[Jeremy Tatje]

Now they were interested in Khalil Ware, and that deal is not official. So again, we can discuss what ultimately happens.

[Chris Cody]

I mean, they were talking about maybe going after Jared Allen and LeBron and Cleveland.

[Jeremy Tatje]

Yeah, he could end up in Cleveland.

[Chris Cody]

I got a report.

[Jeremy Tatje]

Golden State.

[Chris Cody]

Don't rule it out. LeBron in Cleveland. Don't rule it out.

[Dan Le Batard]

No, no, no, no, no.

[Jeremy Tatje]

Who all say, don't rule out. Don't rule out LeBron and Golden State.

[Chris Cody]

Oh, don't rule it out anywhere. The other thing, I know the point of the Rich Paul clip was to get into the LeBron discussion, but what jumped out to me on that clip was the glasses situation. How Rich Paul had. In Max Kellerman. Both had lenses in their glasses that had different gradient of color. Like, what does that say about you? If you got the complete dark ones or you got the blue shade or you go with the Jeremy, the clear shade, always indoors. Because, Jeremy, I know those. Those are personality glasses. That's just so you look cute to.

[Jeremy Tatje]

No, I wear contacts, remember, that was

[Dan Le Batard]

a trend for a little while with the NBA players who are in the post game. Dwyane Wade was one of the guys in the postgame press conference where they would wear the. The glasses, the clear ones, but they were non prescription. Yeah. Like, it was totally just for show.

[Chris Cody]

Zaz, I think you should be a dark lens guy inside. Like, inside. You should pull the full Rich Paul.

[Dan Le Batard]

It's hard to see, though. What do you got to see?

[Chris Cody]

What do you got to see? You got to bump into shit, get off a vibe.

[Tony]

It's called motion. That's what you're looking for. Dominique. Like, if you got the Cartier lenses like that, you got motion.

[Chris Cody]

And I feel like Chris is a blue lens guy of the people here that I think could pull off the Max Kellerman blue tinted lens. Chris Cody could kill it. It's not you, Jeremy.

[Tony]

No.

[Chris Cody]

Jeremy, no.

[Jeremy Tatje]

With these glasses, it's like, are you a hot nerdy woman who read a lot of Twilight in high school? Oh, here you go. It's my wife.

[Dan Le Batard]

So last night was the second round of the draft, which, you know, it's. I think it's enough already with the second round being two days. You know, you. You did it the one year because you know there's got to be a standalone day for Bronny James. And you. You want to prove that that wasn't the reason why. So we've done it two more years and it's enough. We don't need the second round. It's it's own day. And, and last night the Heat, they selected Ryan Conwell, shooting sharp shooting guard from Louisville, 22 years old, very much a Miami Heat draft pick. And they selected him last night by moving up to number 37. And the funny part of this, the part that I really enjoy is apparently Boston wanted to select Ryan Conwell at number 40. The Heat were 41. So the Heat jumped Boston to 37 to acquire this player. So by my count over the last few days, the Heat owned the Boston Celtics again. All right, the Heat owned the Boston Celtics again. They beat them to the punch and acquire Giannis. The Celtics could be in a tailspin right now because the Jalen Brown situation, because the Heat are the ones who got Giannis. And now a player that Boston wanted to draft last night, the Heat jumped the Celtics and selected that player. We back up. We back up.

[Chris Cody]

Are this day two guys, the second round guys. I get it, you boxed out the Celtics, so that's nice. And I listened to Jeremy this morning try to convince me that we're looking at a real contributor. But how often does that happen in the NBA that you get a second round pick that contributes? I know he's older, so maybe not more development, but it just is so rare. It's hard to get excited about a, a second round pick for an NBA team.

[Jeremy Tatje]

I can tell you of one. Kendrick Nunn, who was a rookie for the Miami Heat after going undrafted. A left handed, undersized shooting guard who finished second in rookie of the year voting after going undrafted. And what they've talked about here with Conwell is that not only is he a strong shooter, there were, I believe there's no ceilings. NBA insinuated that he could be the best day to pick in the NBA draft, but he's a sharp shooter, which is what they needed. He's a developed player and he's physical and that's something that's really important to the Miami Heat. And Bobby Marks himself, well, let's listen to what he had to say.

[Dan Le Batard]

When you look at the honest trade, they have hard cap themselves at the first apron. They have five roster spots available, basically $18 million to fill five roster spots. You get a player on a $1.3 million contract, he can help you out with your depth. I met him in Santa Barbara. When I went out and interviewed him, I talked with the people at P2 who do all the athletic testing. They compared his numbers to Anthony.

[Dominique]

Oh wow.

[Dan Le Batard]

That's quite a comparison. High level athleticism.

[Jessica]

Here.

[Dan Le Batard]

And he'll fill certainly a void in that Miami bench here, especially at the 2 guard. How you loaded?

[Jeremy Tatje]

I'll take an Anthony Edwards comp.

[Dan Le Batard]

There you go.

[Chris Cody]

That's insane.

[Dan Le Batard]

How about that?

[Dominique]

People got to talk so much during draft coverage. Man, they say some wild shit at.

[Chris Cody]

That's insane.

[Dan Le Batard]

Speaking of speaking of wild shit, I'm going to first start with, with admitting that I'm embarrassed of something that we didn't talk about yesterday and two nights ago. So this, first of all, it's on me. This should have been something that we brought up yesterday. We are a daylight. I'm a day late on this. All right, I am embarrassed about it. But that's not going to stop us from bringing it up now because it's

[Jeremy Tatje]

become a story how good the Miami Marlins are and the fact that they have the.

[Dan Le Batard]

I'll give you your chance.

[Jeremy Tatje]

Third best start in Miami history through the halfway point of the season.

[Dominique]

He said, settle down.

[Jeremy Tatje]

That the other two times they made the playoffs and once it was the World Series.

[Dan Le Batard]

Settle down. I'll give you your opportunity. So Dominique, two nights ago, the Marlins, Marlins have the most home wins in all baseball, by the way.

[Jeremy Tatje]

Like best home field advantage in the sport.

[Chris Cody]

Let him finish.

[Dan Le Batard]

I told. I'll give you your chance.

[Dominique]

Stop talking.

[Dan Le Batard]

And two nights ago, Sandy Alcantara was on the hill and he became the Marlins all time leader in strikeouts.

[Chris Cody]

That's a big deal.

[Dan Le Batard]

It is a big deal. He surpassed Ricky Nolasco and he is the franchise's all time leader now.

[Jessica]

Wow, you're right.

[Jeremy Tatje]

It's crazy that you relate to that awesome story. What's the next story?

[Dan Le Batard]

You're going to lose your opportunity to say the fun stuff. All right, Watch yourself. So Sandy Alcantara, he gets his fourth strikeout of the night, which makes him the all time leader in strikeouts.

[Chris Cody]

That's an awesome moment to be a part of as a Marlins fan or player or anyone, anyone in South Florida. That's a moment. Is the case.

[Dan Le Batard]

Well, no one in the ballpark knew. Huh? No one in the ballpark knew who what. And as a result, he gets the strikeout and the Marlins manager, Clayton McCullough, he starts clapping, as you should because you'd figure it's a tip of the cap moment. But the only people who are clapping and acknowledging and cheering for it are the Marlins manager and the guys in the guys who were left in the dugouts. And you wind up seeing Clayton McCullough the Marlins managers is kind of like egging on the crowd. Like, can you give it up, you know, but no one knows. And eventually like 45 seconds later they flash on the screen that Sandy Alcantara is now the Marlins all time leader. And then you know, the crowd, all in unison, all 4,000 people, they stand up and they clap. Okay, I'll let you chime in real quick. Was it more than 4,000 people?

[Jeremy Tatje]

Yeah, it was much more than 4,000.

[Dan Le Batard]

Very good. They all stand up and they cheer and they acknowledge and give this a listen here. So Tommy Hutton, who we love on the Marlins television broadcast, we love Tommy Hutton and he, he took aim at the fans for, for needing to be told that this was a record that was just broken. Yeah, he did.

[Dominique]

He struck him out.

[Dan Le Batard]

And there it is. Sandy Alcantara stands alone as Miami's all

[Jeremy Tatje]

time new strikeout leader.

[Dan Le Batard]

They haven't really acknowledged that yet here in the ballpark. He knows, I think he was aware of that coming in. And he looks around to see if they put on the scoreboard.

[Chris Cody]

They did not.

[Dan Le Batard]

They still have the count as one ball, three strikes.

[Jeremy Tatje]

Look at Clayton, he is not happy. And neither is that Marlins dugout. They're telling the fans to stand up and apply for Sandy.

[Dan Le Batard]

Appreciate it, appreciate it out there. See the problem I have, most of fans here tonight should know that without having to look at the scoreboard. And now he's Dolphin his cap. So the fans in the know now that's great. A lot of problems. It wasn't put up on the scoreboard right away, which it should have been. And a lot of fans who came here should have known it anyway. Little things like that irritate me, Kyle.

[Dominique]

I know they do.

[Dan Le Batard]

I put extremely little blame on the fans in that spot. Extremely little blame. This isn't St. Louis, you know, this isn't Philadelphia, this isn't New York. And you got to know the, you know, the crowd and we're not a baseball town and they're not going to know when Sandy Alcantara breaks the all time record. The team has to put it on the Jumbotron. Matter of fact they have to do it every strikeout leading up to the record and let you know, three away, two away, one away. Yeah, I don't agree with Tommy in that spot. I think that the team it's on them to let the crowd know so their pitcher gets the acknowledgement that he deserves.