GET UP | “Warriors & Lakers are pretenders” – Windhorst: Bucks are legitimate NBA Finals contenders

GET UP | “Warriors & Lakers are pretenders” – Windhorst: Bucks are legitimate NBA Finals contenders

We’re back here on get up time we’ll see how strong they can be down the stretch to to try to get in that top six well you mentioned LeBron James and before yesterday’s All-Star game LeBron James talked to the media there about his future and the uncertainty that lies

Ahead um I have not mapped out how many scenes I have left um I know it’s not that many but I am a Laker and uh I am happy and been very happy being a Laker the last 6 years and uh and hopefully stays that way um but I don’t have the I

Don’t have the answer to how long it is or you know which uniform I’ll be in hopefully it is with the Lakers it’s a great organization and so many greats but but we’ll see I don’t know how it’s going to end but it’s coming it’s coming

For sure okay uh so how do we read that because you know he blew up social media when he he tweeted out that that SS of The Hourglass thing basically people are like oh he’s trying to leave should we expect that LeBron’s going to finish fin his career in La as a

Laker yeah I don’t know if I would say expect but this is what I believe look I I honestly think he’s just negotiating here um he can opt out of his contract this summer and at that time he can get up to a threeyear $170 million-ish contract with the Lakers and I’m sure

He’d love to get that if he thinks he can play three more years or at least give himself the option to do so but just in case that there may be some doubt I think it is also smart business leave himself some options look the the negotiations were the discussions

Whatever you want to call it between the Warriors and the Lakers over at the trade deadline that was interesting and we should keep that in mind and that is somewhere on the table but ultimately LeBron has repeatedly made it clear he wants to live in Los Angeles he wants to

Play for the Lakers and he wants to make the most money possible staying put ultimately is going to make that happen that’s what I would significantly expect to happen bar what do you think should LeBron stay in La I I think he probably will stay in La I can’t see him he

Doesn’t want to carry that scarlet letter that Kevin Durant has to carry the fact that he went to the team that beat him or the team that’s been his Nemesis but if it’s one organization that he can go to where you know he can stay face I think it’s the New York

Knicks and you talk about the things that that would offer I don’t I don’t think it’s likely but you know it was some Rumblings of maybe I don’t know if that was you know you know planted or something there there just a spark conversation before he came to the

Garden and put on a show but you know I think New York is the only place that come that offers everything the LA offers outside of the weather okay um listen you know the Lakers didn’t do anything at the trade deadline and there a number of people who said hey look

That’s what you need to do you need to S surround LeBron with some great talent because he’s all about winning championships did they waste another season of LeBron James by not doing anything Wendy I don’t know man I mean I know that we talk about the Lakers a lot and

They had a fascinating run last year they’re four games over 500 the last four seasons and LeBron has made a ton of money he can make a ton more and he’s enjoying it and he’ll make the most of it as he possibly can I don’t think his

Legacy is a is an issue I think that’s secure at the end of the day I think he wants to be in LA and make the most money doing it and if it means he can get to another finals great if it’s not he’s got big plans for after basketball

He’s got four rings he’s got all the important records honestly I don’t think it’s as important to him as it was earlier in his career and I get it you know the one thing I thought was really interesting was at Allstar he said that it never got back to him the ESPN report

That the Lakers had you know looked at Golden State was trying to do a deal and bring LeBron to Golden State he said no one ever came to me about that and you were like come on you’re LeBron James is the door closed you think on that ever H

Happening okay yeah I’m sure he didn’t know about it even though the Lakers said definitely ask him I’m I’m sure it didn’t reach his ears but uh look I would just say I would never rule anything out for LeBron because the man is Switched teams three different times

But I would say this pretty much everything you hear about his contract between now and this summer is a form of negotiation and he absolutely positively wants to be in LA and he wants to make the max salary and I’m going to tell you something you can come up with a whole

Bunch of scenarios if it doesn’t involve LA or the max salary It’s A Hard Sell in my view what would you think of LeBron and Steph playing together I mean I think it’d be magical I just don’t know if they can build a good enough team around them considering their age I know

Both of these guys are aging like Benjamin Button and still playing at a high level at their age but I just don’t know if you make that trade what are you giving up for LeBron in a short sample size but I think we’re wasting step as

Well you know and I think golden state has to figure something out so maybe the two great minds can come together all right time for a little game guys that we like to call Allstar awesome awful and awkward um Wendy what was your awesome from this weekend in

Indianapolis this is a layup Sabrina janesco and Steph Curry’s shootout on Saturday night even though everybody looked a little green it was terrific by the way she scores 26 points in this that would have made the finals in the regular Three-Point Contest it took Steph to have the best shooting of of

The night to beat her I thought it was awesome they hinted that it will come back next year I’d love to see step have to beat Sabrina and Caitlyn Clark at Allstar Weekend in the Bay Area next year yeah I’m with you I think they ought to definitely bring that back

Again Bart what was your awful the dunk contest I mean listen you know how hard it is to get booed in a dunk contest I mean listen I appreciate the the U you know the gesture to the kid but what what is that he didn’t had a ball in the

Hand that he put up but the worst was to D Brown he hit the ground and then put his hands over his eyes like you know we can see you and like this is a allar and I appreciate him getting involved in you talk about adding money to it I think

They need to make this a million dollar thing because this used to be the most proudest moment it’s legendary highl it wasl I mean we haven’t gotten Z put a million dollars in this man I mean this what is this man like when I when thisen

When I meet my maker I’m going ask your 12 lb 6 o baby Jesus to give me those time that I spent watching this this this show man I couldn’t believe what I was watching got booed in a dunk contest Wendy well I thought the low moment was

When he dunked over a guy sitting in a chair um I don’t you know I appreciate Jaylen Brown know we can see you listen I appreciate the Jaylen Brown participated in the contest at least that was a step in the right direction okay listen I got to go to my awward and

It was the commissioner Adam Silver presenting the allstar trophy to the Eastern Conference a listen to this and to the Eastern Conference All Star you scored the most points well congratulations Giannis to your team this trophy is yours it’s like a disappointed dad right there he was like well you scor the most

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Me y’all play in Taiwan Wy what did you think when you heard that he came out before the game and in front of everybody said I genuinely believe we’re going to get a good game this year he said it he put it on the record and then

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GET UP | “Warriors & Lakers are pretenders” – Brian Windhorst claims Bucks are legitimate NBA Finals contenders this year