REPORT: LeBron James wants OUT of LA & if he does, the Cleveland Cavaliers make the MOST SENSE
As soon as we get more information, obviously we’ll continue to update that. So we’re gonna get on to a little LeBron talk after a quick reminder that FanDuel is America’s number one sports book. Also the number one sports book of all fans of the Ultimate Cleveland Sports Show. If you guys have a winning ticket on FanDuel over the summer, whether it’s on the Guardians, baseball, boxing, UFC, hockey, football, basketball, you name it. You win it, send it in to us so we can feature it on the show. If you’re new to FanDuel and haven’t signed up already, well, new customers right now can bet just $5 and get $150 in bonus bets if their 1st $5 bet wins. Open up the FanDuel app today or visit FanDuel.com/UCSS to get started. So guys, the LeBron James out of LA smoke is heating up. The rumors by the day are getting more intense, and yesterday they may have hit a fever pitch. We had a couple of things happen yesterday. First and foremost, Gambo, who is a prominent Phoenix radio host. Had this to say about what he’s hearing on the LeBron James front. John Gammabaro, a Phoenix radio host, said, quote, I was told this after the playoffs by someone close to LeBron, said, quote, LeBron wants out of LA, and they want him gone. Watch game one. How disinterested LeBron was. Now most people on here know that my sources are not the six degrees of Kevin Bacon. If Gambo says something more often than not, and I’m talking in the 99th and higher percentile, Gambo is usually spot on with this. Brian Winhorst, who obviously is connected to LeBron James. At first, when Brian connected to LeBron James, — is that an accurate
— description? LeBron or Brian is very well connected to the people in LeBron’s circle. OK. So at first when these rumors came out, he said nothing to it, no way he’s getting moved. He was on First Take yesterday and change his tune a little bit. This is Brian Winhorst on First Take giving an update on the LeBron James situation. The idea of a trade came up, I slammed the door on it and said, I, I know, I, I first off, LeBron wants to be a Laker. If he didn’t want to be a Laker, he opted out. He has a no trade clause. Everything that Bon Temps just said over the last 3 days I have unlocked the door. I wouldn’t say that I’m opening the door. I would just say I’ve unlocked the door. The door Islammed and locked on Sunday. I’m not 100% sure, and that is because. My conversations over the last 3 days have crystallized that. The Lakers are essentially viewing LeBron as an expiring contract, and that may sound like a toss-off statement, but that’s not. Insignificant. LeBron has never been an expiring contract, quite literally, never in his 23 year career over the 9 contracts he signed over all the different teams he’s been on, he’s never been on the last year of his contract. He’s never been 40 years old. He’s never not been the franchise player on his team. The Lakers and LeBron, whoever wants to spin their side of the story, I’m not sure what happened, but the Lakers and LeBron did not have substantive discussions about. Extending his contract, which every team LeBron’s been on for 20 something years has wanted to have substantive conversations about extending his contract and what happens to expiring contracts in the NBA? They’re viewed as trade pieces. So for all those reasons, you know, the money, the fact that LeBron and Luca are still a very formidable duo, the fact that the Lakers are not done with their offseason, the fact that trading him is crazy, the fact that this is being built around Luca and they’ve got to maintain their cap sheet and all of those things, everything that makes sense. But I’m just unlocking the door because I’m not as convinced as before as it’s impossibility. Jason, let me ask you why great fascinating stuff, and I know you’re obviously all over the story. If LeBron wants out, why did he not opt out? — $50 million
— but somebody else would have paid him that. No, no, no. OK, there’s like the only team. I wrote about this the other day in the athletic about how free agency has been killed in the NBA. The only team that had a max slot was the Brooklyn Nets. You think Brown’s going to Brooklyn? Right? That’s the only team that has a max slot to pay him. But Jason, here’s what I don’t understand. If you want it out that bad, he’s made, he’s made more money. It doesn’t matter. It’s $50 million. I just don’t understand that. — It does like one of these
— days one of these days you’ll come around and like it doesn’t matter how much money they have. It doesn’t, it doesn’t matter how much money they have. It’s $50 million. It’s 50 million. It’s a nonfactor in his life, but go ahead. Like, I don’t wanna get too far off topic, but like the idea of like when the Cavs were, are they gonna be a tax team? Are they not gonna be a tax team? Part of it, not a big, but a part of it is when you get a revenue sharing check. If you’re not a tax paying team, you get a check from the tax paying teams like $15 or $20 million. Dan’s got billions. What’s $20 million mean to him? It’s still $20 million. It’s still $20 million. So you’re not gonna walk away if you’re LeBron, you’re not gonna walk away from $52 million. Pick up the option. And now you’re guaranteed 52 million unless there’s a buyout. So where do you wanna go with this? How much? Well, I wanted to mention one more thing, uh, he was not 100% confirmed but golfing in that matter. I believe that, but it doesn’t matter. No, I just wanted to mention he LeBron does everything for a reason. He had to home. So Jason, I just wanted to ask you for the first time. In the show’s history. Maybe not actually because it happened earlier, but the first time in the last year, we’ve probably had 15 to 20 different LeBron couldie come home conversations. Is this the most seriously you’re ever taking? The possibility that LeBron James could make a return to the Cleveland Cavaliers. I’m not there yet on the Cavs. I’m not there because. I don’t believe that this team would tear up its roster to bring them back. They should. I don’t believe it. They’re not going to. I don’t believe that they’re going to. The only way I believe. The only path that I believe that makes sense to Cleveland is a buyout. And even that, I can’t quite get there yet in my head I’m like, why would the Lakers do that? But if you’re like New York actually to me makes a lot of sense. Like New York could trade Carl Anthony Townsend and get LeBron. They’ve already got Mike Brown. LeBron knows and respects Mike. He’s played for him before. The Mike Brown hire to me was like a neon flashing sign of like, hey. What’s going, I, I do believe that there are a lot of conversations going on regarding this that none of us have. are aware of whether that’s with the Cavs with the Knicks, whatever I do believe that there is a lot of smoke around this. — If
— he hasn’t he said in the past he can’t go to 1/4 team? No, he hasn’t said that. I thought he had said that to you. — He
— talked the Knicks would be a good team because they’re, they’re a highlight team, but they haven’t won anything. We, yes, we talked in 2018, when I, I knew he was leaving. Like I just knew it in my soul. Yeah, it was over and I said how many is too many. And he said his answer was something to the effect of when I saw Michael play in a Wizards jersey I knew anything was possible and nothing lasts forever and, and, and he did not at the time, this is 7 years ago, he’s changed his mind on 1000 things a 1000 different times since then, but in 2018 he said three teams is not too many, but he did allude to the fact that there is a number out there where it gets to be where it sort of is degrading of your legacy when you play for too many teams. The difference is. If he were to go to New York and win a championship, which is entirely possible, if he closed out his career in New York and brought a title there, — 4th
— different city, he, he is the first player. Show me another player. I believe he’s, and this means something like this matters to him. They are all aware of this and they know this. He’s the only player to lead 3 different franchises to a championship, not like Robert Ori. I’m not talking about that. I’m talking about you are. The dude taking a team to the title with three different franchises. Nobody else has done that to my knowledge. I mean, now imagine making that 4. — If LeBron goes to
— the Knicks, — they’re immediate
— favorites in the East. Absolutely, yes, wherever LeBron goes in the, he is. I, I, I was talking to somebody this morning driving in here. He’s still a top 10 player in the league without a doubt. Like he’s 41 years old. He’s a top 10 player in the league. It’s absurd. So I don’t see any world where the Cavs deconstruct their roster to make a trade for LeBron. It’s too complicated. It’s cost too many pieces. And another important piece on this Why would LeBron want to come to a place that had to deconstruct the roster to acquire him? He has never, anytime he’s joined another team, it’s been through free agency where they haven’t had to give up any pieces. Now technically when he went to Miami, it was a sign and trade, and Miami had to send the Cavs draft picks. He don’t care about draft picks. So that was a free agent move. The Heat, uh, we all know what the Heat roster was. He was rocking into when he came back here, free agency, he knew what the roster was he was walking into when he went to LA free agent knew what he was walking into. I don’t believe he would want to come here in a trade to where they would have to pull apart the roster. He would want to walk into a situation that’s whole. New York’s a different story. Well, but you’re still trading a very good player in Carl Anthony Town. — You
— are, but they’re still, you’re not gutting the roster for him. It’s one. — Why
— would the Cavs have to go. — The roster and the
— Knicks because the Cavs are a 2nd apron, and you, I think, — I think the
— Cavs have to give up $20 million on top of the $52 that LeBron makes to get under the second apron to be able to aggregate the salaries to make that work. — It
— is massive. Now the one thing I’ve learned in the last week is never say never because never in my life have I seen an NBA team eat a $100 million contract until the other day. So never say never on this stuff, right? It takes one dude to say, screw it, we’re doing it. I just don’t, I just don’t see that world. I think the Warriors could trade Jimmy Butler, and it would be a one for one and they can make that swap. I don’t know why LA would do that necessarily. Like Towns is younger. LeBron. Like he wasn’t he just complaining about guys doing ring chasing? Recently it depends on which way the wind is blowing what he’s gonna say on a given day, — but
— wouldn’t it be weird for him to go there? He loves the Warriors. I know he loves the Warriors. He loves what they’ve built. He loves their culture. He loves he loves everything about it, but he’s he go there instead of the Lakers because he could never join them — after there’s
— so then why join them now? I, I, I, I ask that as well. I think at the time there was no way he could go there. It was too soon. Now has enough time passed. I, I don’t know they’re not the Warriors of 2016, 2017, 18, so the only way to me that makes sense of him coming here would be on a buyout, and I don’t understand why LA would do that, why they would pay him because a buyout, he’s not giving back half the money, he’s only giving back a few million. I have a hard time getting all the way there on why the Lakers would do that. And I have a hard time believing that he would come here on a minimum because it would have to be a minimum, and I can’t believe that he would play for Dan knowing Dan is only paying him the minimum. — There would have to be something else on the back end to make that deal
— whole. And is LeBron, — his son is guaranteed a roster
— more than that. That ain’t enough. LeBron, uh, the only player with enough power? Because the Lakers buying him out doesn’t make any sense. But, but could LeBron force, force their hand on that? Sure, he’s LeBron. Yeah, but But they in a trade, they get something for him. In a trade you get something for them. And by just buying them out, letting them walk. I, I don’t know why they would do that. So, so, but again, never say never, man. I’ve seen, we’ve seen some weird things. Who would ever think Luca would be traded? Who would ever think that Milwaukee would need a $100 million contract. So you can’t ever say never. I just have a hard time believing. That that and again I’m talking Cleveland specific. How does he get here? To me it has to be a buyout. It’s not gonna be a trade and and you’re not even convinced he would come here even if there was a buyout, as you just said. If there, if there was, yeah, I’m not totally convinced it would be here because I would be shocked that he would only take minimum from Dan, and that’s all they could give him. I think with that’s just still a weird relationship. It always has been. It always will be, but if there’s. A sweetener Like what? Ownership, partial ownership. Maybe that 15% that’s being Dan ain’t gonna own the team forever. Yeah, like an agreement to sell the team to LeBron. LeBron afford an NBA team? — Does he have
— that much money? He’s the first billionaire in NBA history. I mean, — you
— gotta be a multibillionaire to a team? He could get the investors. Good point. He could get, he could get. So I, I don’t know, like, so if you’re asking me right now, no, I don’t think this is happening. — So let me ask you
— this ever offered me a. Give me the percentages here, Jason. Uh, you got 4 things. You got, he stays with the Lakers. He goes to the Cavs, he goes to the Knicks, or he goes to another team, percentage of each if you had to bet on it right now. I’m gonna, I’m gonna take the easy way out and say 25, 25, 25, 2, I mean, listen, you answer firstdds are odds are I think he stays with LA. I think so for right now more than 50% right now. If he leave, he going to the Knicks. — What
— team is he on on opening night? I don’t know, Mike. Well, no, I’m talking about opening night. Forget now. Mike. All right, give me yours, Mike. Opening night percentage chance he’s on the Lakers, the Knicks, the Cavs, or other. I think it’s 50% Lakers, so that’s by far the most likely. 25% the Cavs, 15% the Knicks, 10% other. So you think the Cavs are more likely than the Knicks, you think. I, I, I, I don’t know. I, I don’t know. You know, I hate playing these games because I don’t, I don’t know what he’s truly thinking. Have you ever talked to him about playing in New York? Has he ever talked to you about interest in playing there? I mean, he talks about Madison Square Garden in in a certain, I don’t think he’s ever, I mean, he had the opportunity in 2010, and he didn’t want nothing to do with they got a bad owner. He’s at a different spot in his career now than he was back then. Have we ever sat down and discussed New York specifically? No, no. It would be smart for him to come to the east because the East — is wide open more than it’s ever been in a long time and
— like things, feelings change and things change and maybe guys have a right to change their minds because I said for years I felt like he had just reached the point where he’s good with 4 and he’s willing to ride out his career in LA because his family likes it there. Savannah loves it there, his kids are there. He’s never played away from them. And that’s worth noting. — I’m not kids are
— all well Zuri’s only like 13. Zuri’s like somewhat Zuri’s between 12 and 14. She’s right around my daughter’s age. So and it again doesn’t mean it can’t happen. I’m just saying he’s never played they’ve always been with him in whatever city. And do you wanna pull your daughter at that in so important formative year and yank her across the country? I mean, you can, people have done it before. I don’t know. These are all things to consider and there was so much. Smoke. There was just noise last year that I could never fully wrap my arms around about the Cavs’ interest in Bronnie in that draft. So that, that’s just playing in the back of my head and we had the conversation the other day with the Cavs want him back, um. You know, I think there’s a, I think there’s a big piece of them that want to say we’re gonna do this without him. We won 64 games. We want to finish it without them. And then the reality also is they’ve won. Dan has won two playoff series in 20 years of ownership without LeBron, and with them they went to the finals 4 straight years, huh? 10. Oh, she’s 10. OK, so she’s younger than I thought. I thought she was older than that. October of 2014 is her birthday. OK. All right, so anyway, turning 11. So anyway, the point remains he’s never played away from his family. Now Brownie obviously is an adult. Bryce is in college, so it’s really just Zuri left at home. Yeah. I don’t know. And who’s to say, yeah, for a year he can play away from them for a year. I, uh, is Bryce in college or is he a senior year in high school? No, he committed to Arizona. Yeah, I think he’s going to college. Honestly, if the Cavs signed LeBron, you’d only want him to play like what, 25 games in the regular season. I mean, I, I wouldn’t want him to play that, but he, he, — he would never agree
— to that. No, I know. I’m exaggerating, but I would want him to play that much in the regular season. He would play. He wants to play. He’s not coming here to. Sit on the bench and wait for April and like in LeBron now it’s weird. His game is totally different. He’s still a dominant force in this league, but he doesn’t defend at all, — at
— all, — but he will
— play he’s a parking cone. No, I hear you and he’ll yell at you. Yeah, yell at you. Your guy runs. He blows the assignment. — He yells at
— you. Don’t do that. He does. — I love it all
— the time. I mean, that’s right. Tristan wanted to strangle him because he did that in here. Remember when Tristan went at him? Oh yeah because LeBron. was doing that and Tristan like went at him. I thought it was hilarious. It was great. — He’ll
— blow — but yeah
— that’s what he played defense in the playoffs, wouldn’t he? — Or did he
— not? I mean, I go back. He’s 41. He he’s really, he’s not really a wing. He’s more of a power forward than a wing like, yeah, yeah but I mean it’s what it’s LeBron. I gotta go back and watch the tape this year. He gonna play defense. LeBron can play defense for certain possessions when he wants to. So you mean to tell me why you want to do that. You mean to tell me that the Lakers have Luca and LeBron with no center last year. — So you got two people that played no defense
— with no pay. Oh man, — the shit rating 100
— in the overall rankings in the regular season. He was 100 rankings ahead of where LeBron was defensive rating. Yeah, I would too. I’m just saying it’s not like LeBron is a defensive stopper by any means, and who thinks he’s a defensive stopper, by the way, I’m not giving Darius Garland credit for having a better defensive rating than a 41 year old, uh, power forward. That was not a credit to Darius. It was more of a look at the reality of where. — Do you
— think the Cavs, you think like because didn’t Donovan just sit down and say this is we ain’t the LeBron Cavs oh they all, they’ve all a few like Darius said it too, like they want to do it without them. — Then
— they can keep losing in the second round but but like that was such a devastating loss this year. Who knows what kind of Impact that has really this comes down to what does LeBron want and I have no idea. I have, I’m not even gonna pretend to know. I have no idea what he wants on July 3. Jason, can I ask you a question real quick? This is not the first time that that is true. If you ever want to decline the question that is your right, but this is not the first time LeBron has. I don’t wanna say hijacked the spotlight. He does it all the time. This is right out of the LeBron playbook. He uses his leverage. He wants to be the center point of conversations, of podcasts. He likes being talked about on a national stage and whether that results in him leaving LA. I mean, he came to the Cleveland playoff game a couple of years ago. We covered that at length when him and Savannah were here at the Rocket Arena. How does this feel compared to some of the previous times where LeBron? Used a little bit of his leverage to take the story back to try and get whatever the result is — he wanted this feel different
— or the reason this feels different is because he doesn’t really have the hammer anymore because the Lakers are building around Luca. Like he has always been the focal point of every organization he’s ever been part of, and it was always well you have to do whatever you do you can to keep LeBron and I think again in 2018 if you were around that team every day every day. You just felt it. You knew the string was out like it was, it was over, and I think the Cavs had their typical end of season meeting with him and said, what do you wanna do, you know, like, or I don’t even know if they had it with him. I don’t remember if it was with Rich or whatever, it doesn’t matter, but he has always been the hammer. He’s held the hammer because he is the hammer with every organization. And now the Lakers are telling him you are not part of our future. Like we don’t really care what you want and think anymore and that probably bothers him because he always has been the guy. He’s always been the guy. Yeah, — I mean you
— can’t blame him. — 4 is
— this is this the. Because then they just sell the Lakers. So is this the new owners that’s got this type? Well, Jeannie still, she sold the team, but she’s still staying on. — So Genie is the one making this and
— Genie has said before, like, like they paid Kobe astronomical salaries well past his prime because she wanted to develop, she had, she wanted the reputation that the Lakers take care of their legends. The Lakers take care of their stars and. So how does that play into this as well because he’s a legend and he’s never been embraced in LA I think he’s never admitted it. To me, certainly I don’t, I talked to him a couple times a year. That’s it, but I don’t think, I think it bothers him the fact that he’s never been embraced in LA the way he thought he would be from the from the day he got there they were like, whatever, you’re not Kobe and I’m sure and I remember one press conference where he said like, I’m here guys like I signed however many years I’m not going anywhere. I’m, I’m gonna be here but the fact that he was never embraced to the level that I think he expected. Does that play a role in any of this? I don’t know, but the Lakers wanted to take care of their stars, and if he comes to them and says, I want out, what do you do? And you would want to get something for him. So do you trade him to New York for Carl Anthony Towns? That makes a lot of sense for the I know they just got A, but that makes a lot of that makes a lot more sense from the Lakers’ perspective than. Buying them out and letting them leave as a free agent and letting them join the Cav like that doesn’t make any sense. So, so a trade still seems the most viable if you and who knows because he, he postures like this all the time. But if he truly does want to leave LA, then a trade out seems much more logical to me than a buyout for Cleveland’s perspective, the buyout is the only way that it makes any sort of sense to me, so that’s just, it, it wouldn’t be a shocker. This, this would be typical LeBron if like he lets his story hang out for a while and then like a week or two from now he’s like, yeah, the media was just creating narratives. I, I don’t wanna go anywhere. — I don’t know
— what 100% could happen, right? Absolutely. If he came back to Cleveland, would you go back to I didn’t even finish the question. Why would he do that? I didn’t even finish the question. You can still cover the cabs as much as you want. Jason, how would the landscape change if he did come back here? It was. It wouldn’t be like it was just the media. Environment in general is vastly different. Would the newly married Dave McMenamin come back to Cleveland? No, he is not coming back. He’s LA for good, right? His wife is not moving to Cleveland. She’s got kind of a big job. — Can’t do it from
— Cleveland. Where is she from originally? Uh, Oakland, Oakland Malik Andrews. Oh, but with ESPN send a reporter here? I don’t know. Is he at 41? Is he worth the juice? Maybe? — I
— guess we’re still talking about him as the number one story 3 days into free agency. Yeah, so ESPN. Well, — we’re talking about here because
— I think the whole, I mean he was the topic on Zach Lowe’s podcast yesterday — was the
— topic what are you talking about right now? What? Like who? I’m saying that he is the biggest story. Free agency’s dead. It’s not what it used to be anyway, — but LeBron is the biggest story in a time that
— there’s no big. I mean, but I mean I don’t know how much time you spend on this, but like we we’re gonna skip the next topic till our guest is ready. So we got like even look at. I mean, obviously the Cleveland media landscape has changed drastically since 2018 massively, but even from ESPN, I mean they’ve got Brian, they’ve got Tim Bon Temps, Tim McMahon. Dave covers the NBA. Who else really covers the NBA for ESPN? Jason Lloyd? No, you don’t wanna go there. I’m Kendrick Perkins. I’m good. Why not? — He’s not Bob
— Myers. — Ramona
— Shelburne, I think Ramona, — but you’ll be
— a respect. Analyst, I don’t wanna work that hard. Will you stop with that? I’m good, man. — He’ll
— understand in 20 years. So, so the, the, yeah, it is curious like how, I mean when he was obviously when he was here before, it was me, Haynes, Varden. And McMenamin, I mean, look at now where all those not me. I’m still sitting here, but look where you I chose to be. I chose to be, I cover LeBron. I mean it’s not like Joe’s got a high profile job. Come on. He’s a national NBA writer for the New York Times. I cover LeBron. We got the same hairline now. I fixed mine, so we. I’m the only one who didn’t climb the ladder off that. Tyvis, if you could have, you have Tyvis, if you played one on one with LeBron right now to 21, how many points would you score? 21. Come on, seriously. — Do I look like I’m playing
— with you. You can’t even be realistic. In his mind, he is score a point. Yes. Is 21. You just said the man don’t play defense. 21. This is why he played in the NFL. You kidding me? — This is why
— it is these dudes, — dudes have irrational confidence in
— the thing. That’s the thing. People look at LeBron like he’s just, oh yeah, he’s just gifted guy. I’m 250 now. — We can get
— that. Yeah, but he’s, what does he weigh? 300? Yes, 2. Are you crazy? — I’m just
— asking, man. I think he did weigh more. I think right now at 41 he probably weighs about 25. Dude, you couldn’t score against LeBron. — You don’t think I
— would score against. I think he would score. Are you insane? He would score. He wouldn’t win. What would be the final score? — 21 to nothing
— me. Oh my God in heaven. 212. You give him two buckets. — I’d give him 3
— or 4. 21 to 3 more buckets. I give you 3 or 4. — You have a
— real conversation with you here because you’re not being, — you’re being
— crazy. I wouldn’t be lucky to get one. You crazy. Lucky to get. I don’t think that LeBron could take it seriously enough to shut him out. — Have you
— seen Tyvis play? No. I don’t think I would get one. No, I, — I don’t like who I was gonna ask you who would win between you and at
— 41 years old. Why is LeBron getting motivated to take this seriously? That’s fair. So he would get a couple. OK, that’s true.
LeBron James is exercising his $52.6 million option with the Los Angeles Lakers for 2025-26, further confirming that he will become the first player in NBA history to play a 23rd season, a person with knowledge of the decision said Sunday.
The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because neither James nor the team announced the decision publicly.
ESPN and The Athletic were among those to first report the decision.
James, who recently returned to on-court workouts after taking several weeks to recover after spraining a knee ligament in the Lakers’ final game of this past season’s playoffs, told the AP earlier this month that he expected to be ready for training camp. That was an obvious sign he planned on returning for a 23rd year, one in which he’ll break a tie with Vince Carter for longest NBA career by a player. | https://apnews.com/article/nba-lebron-james-lakers-19001794ae96883055b557e69e7ff38e
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First, if he really wanted out, he would have declined his option. He's a billionaire. Second, if the Cavs really wanted him back and he wanted to come here, just trade Allen, Hunter, and Struss for him. Third, LeCon is a clown who should have spent his whole career in Cleveland instead of creating super teams because he couldn't do it himself. Let him rot wherever he ends up!
LeBron would ruin the Cavs. Worst +/- ever
He’s already left Cleveland twice, let his diva azz go to NY; once he left Cleveland the second time for LA, I was done with him, got rid of his jerseys and moved on.
If he wants to retire a Cavs, then I’ll be fine with a one day contract for him to do it, but let him go to another team.
You know a way to close the Cavs championship window, bring LeBron James in
LeBron is such a fucking bitch. All this propaganda he keeps pushing. Look at how disinterested LeBron was in the first game of the playoffs, yeah right get the fuck out of here. They must think we are a big bunch of fucking dummies. Let me guess if he were won the championship somehow he would’ve been interested.
No thank you
Yeah, Brian Winhurst somehow slammed the door on LeBron being traded? What the fuck is he talking about? No wonder LeBron had to come out and say they are not friends. This guy talks like he runs LeBron‘s career. No, he’s just a mouthpiece for LeBron‘s camp.
LeBron James is basically karl Malone with better teammates. LeBron shoots less than 30% outside of 3 feet from the basket. LeBron James has more turnovers than anyone in NBA history, by far. He has more losses in the playoffs, he has more missed shots.He is nowhere near the goat. If Jordan played 23 years, Jordan would’ve won 13 championships. If Jordan would have went to the Lakers with Kobe and Shaq, he would’ve won more championships.
LeBron wouldn’t have won a championship in over a decade if it wasn’t for Covid. Somehow a six week camp with five months off beforehand was being narrated as the most difficult thing in the world. Sleeping at Walt Disney World in five star hotels with catered meals and chefs. Free golfing, free run of Disney World. LeBron’s Lakers ring is like a cracker jacks ring
Money is everything to LeBron. The boy is sick.
Bull hates garland. His takes are terrible. Such a negative outlook on Cavs basketball
Listen, we all know he’s going to end his career in Cleveland and that’s happening sooner rather than later. How or when it will happen is tbd, but it won’t surprise me at all if it happens this offseason or next. The Cavs just can’t take his current salary, so LeBron gotta figure that part out.
Why do we listen to these motherfuckers, trade Carl Anthony Townes for LeBron James. Bull talking about we should break up the cavs to get a 40 year old fucking player who doesn’t play defense who got bouncing in the first round. No fucking thank you
Get the fuck out of here, Michael played in a wizards jersey. If LeBron would’ve been in his shoes, he would’ve joined Kobe and Shaquille with the Lakers. Don’t even mention Michael Jordan with LeBron James. They have two different mentalities. One wants to convince you that he’s the goat, the other just is
How do you lead three different franchises to a championship when you only won because someone else hit the winning shot three different times? In the final two minutes of game seven versus Golden State LeBron missed several layups right at the rim. If it was up to him Golden State would’ve won. Thank God for Kyrie Irving.
Bull is not allowed to talk basketball anymore
If he really wanted out, why wouldn't he have just opted out?
Fake News 🗞️… How the heck is L.J. wants outta L.A., after signing a year deal that pays him $50m. #clickbait
Bull lives in his own world smh
The skinny guy in the green shirt knows absolutely nothing about Basketball!!
The only way it's possible is with a buyout, and it has to happen before the season ends. As a 2nd apron team, we can't aggregate contracts in a trade, nor can we take in any buyout guy who made that much money on their previous contract once the season starts.
If lebron wanted to be bought out he should'nt have opted in. So basically he told the lakers pay me the max but also buy me out so i can leave?
No thanks. We have a team
Id give up sore toe timeout garland for bron back no problem. Just cant do it. Buyout really is the only option.