The LeBronversation | The Pat McAfee Show Live Wednesday March 26th 2025

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a friend something nice could change. their. [Applause]. [Music]. life hello beautiful people and Welcome. to our humble abode the Thunderdome on. this LeBron versation Wednesday March 26. 2025 this program starts. now big day that it is uh obviously we. are incredibly lucky that we get to talk. about the sports world every single day. we can't thank you enough for allowing.

us to do this it is literally a dream. job and uh just yesterday we got a. chance to catch up with a dream guest uh. ladies and gentlemen this is something. that I think a lot of people have been. seeking or uh hoping for for a long time. if you host a talk show having. conversation with notable human beings. is like a part of the gig getting a. chance to talk to these greats is a. dream part of the gig to get to learn. from the people to get to kind of Meet. the people that you know and the people. that kind of make the world run and the. sports World kind of Drive dayto day we.

are incredibly lucky that we get to chat. with these people and uh we take every. single opportunity and we try to hold it. with the most amount of gratitude and. appreciation that could possibly had uh. possibly be had because not everybody. just has time to come talk to a bunch of. dumb asses like for instance for LeBron. here he's playing the Pacers tonight and. uh he'll get to the arena shortly here. and we'll learn about that in a. conversation we had with him he flew in. yesterday after the show ended uh drove. from the airport to the Thunderdome.

which is like our Drive uh cuz we're on. the opposite side of where the. international airport is so flight from. wherever comes in long time hops in uh. black SUV drives an hour around the city. to get to where we are and then comes in. here and spends two three hours and an. hour and 15 minutes chitchatting with us. on the show and I saw a bunch of people. say well why isn't it live why is that. he's in the middle of a basketball F. he's got a game tonight against the. Indiana Pacers and the fact that he took.

any amount of time out of his life at. the this stage of everything to come. chat with us incredibly thankful we. covered damn near everything M damn near. everything in this chatter and obviously. uh we're going to run it just straight. through so it's an hour and about 12. hour and 15 minutes uncut uh there's. some pictures that have been put on top. of it but I think this is going to be a. convo uh where you're going to learn. more about a man who has been a. superstar since he was a kid uh than. maybe ever I I I don't want to do too.

much but I think we learn a lot about. this guy and uh we're so incredibly. thankful the talkit table is here uh. Bruce Brown sitting in for Boston Connor. who had traveled back home with talk for. uh the rest of the week send some love. to Connor and talk for sure uh at Ty. Schmidt here Ty it was a big combo yeah. unbelievable I mean you mentioned it. we've done so many cool things but for. whatever reason and and you didn't even. get like like he was so comfortable when. he got in here which was so awesome but. like you didn't even had the chance to. really be like struck like I mean you.

said it been watching LeBron since for. my entire adult life since I was like 12. years old it was it was incredible it by. far one of the coolest things we've ever. done I've seen him on the court. obviously I've seen him on TV I've seen. him play uh much taller than for sure. he's so tall nine-year NFL vet Darius uh. Darius Jay Butler D but he's so tall and. I think you you kind of you go watch the. games and all the NBA guys are standing. next to the guys you know and we talk. about how big LeBron he's like on 6' 6'9.

this guy's huge then he walks in it's. like oh yeah he is [ __ ] gigantic this. guy is a tall lad also just like the way. he operated was like so like just human. you know and uh I thought that was. incredibly impressive of him because. he's walking into a building he does not. know into a bunch of people that he's. never met before and uh he was welcoming. cool with everybody and it did feel like. from moment one it was like oh we're. going to have a great convo here a great.

convo like you said super comfortable. almost like you were in a locker room or. a barber shop just shooting the [ __ ]. more open and I've really seen him on. any platform that uh outside of any. platform that he's on you know obviously. the shop and other things like that he's. buying the game and things like that. that you hear him speak you know with no. cut so that it was great so I mean I. can't wait to rewatch it cuz having the. conversation was one thing but now I've. been able to rewatch I'm sure I missed. some things and you mentioned it we kind. of hit on on on most things that you. know you would ask if you had a.

conversation with Bron and he was pretty. open about it you mentioned he's been. you know in the spotlight since he was. 15 16 years old and he's kind of around. our age but he's had to deal with so. much before us and be on such a bigger. stage so it's going to be dope to see I. think it'll be dope for the people to. see and I think it'll be a lot of things. taken from it going forward yeah I think. there's going to be a lot of reaction I. think that's safe to say I think I think. yeah yeah I think the internet is about. to uh eat because of uh everything that. happens here now before we get to that. couple couple quick NFL notes let's go.

to one half of the hammer Cowboys AP. tone AP tone you know how I know Russell. Wilson isn't going to be the quarterback. for the Pittsburgh seel how's that. because Russell Wilson is now a member. of the New York football. Giants unbelievable $10 half million. guaranteed on a one-year deal up to 21. million in incentives obviously we saw a. rebirth of Russell Wilson in Pittsburgh. last year it didn't end the way anybody. wanted it to end but I think he. showcased the fact that he still got it. day ball not only brings in jamus. Winston a couple weeks ago now br in. Russell Wilson they were in on Matthew.

Stafford they were in on Aaron Rogers. the New York Giants understand the. situation over there we got to win now. we need a veteran quarterback that's. going to be able to do so they have two. in their quarterback room with Tommy. cutlet also show hanging out as a third. Stringer good luck to day ball good luck. to Russell Wilson Malik neighbors has a. new quarterback in the building and. actually a couple of them also news. Stefan digs takes a trip up to New. England he is now a member of the New. England Patriots last year was on the. Houston Texans uh got injured but I. guess he's back fully healthy they're.

saying well I would say fully healthy he. is moving moving well uh running routes. pulling sleds doing full workouts down. there with Dr Reef he he trains uh down. in South Florida um and he's always been. a worker he's always been a grinder and. Drake May who was he compared to during. the draft process coming out like a lot. of young big athletic quarterbacks are. compared to Josh Allen and obviously. Stefan Diggs played a huge role in Josh. Allen's development to become the MVP. quarterback that he is now so I'm sure. Mike Vel wants to see that same jump. with Drake May's play so getting a.

professional wide receiver who's used to. being the guy getting open catching. balls in big moments I think this is a. pretty good move from New England and. salary wise it it kind of looks like a. one-year deal if they if they want to. get out of it after one year uh and also. good money for Stefan if he can make it. work and stay there in New England man. in a vable culture we assume Stefan. Diggs will be able to just jump right in. I think a lot of people and Houston his. teammates have come out and said how. much they enjoyed being his teammate. whenever the conversation obviously with. Buffalo went the way it did Minnesota. went way it did teammates have come out.

and said positive things about Stefan. digs and obviously as a football player. he is an absolute dog but Russell Wilson. goes to the Giants Stefan Diggs goes to. the Patriots who's the quarterback for. the Pittsburgh Steelers tone right now. it's goateed Mason Rudolph and we are. just you. know waiting on Aon okay obviously uh. Aaron Rogers still making his decision. let's assume that that comes at some. point uh relatively soon because it's. going to have to speaking of all the. soon this that needs to take place we. need to showcase the greatest. conversation we've ever had uh ladies.

and gentlemen we got a chance to catch. up with the King yesterday it is time. for the debut of the LeBron. versation ladies and. gentlemen goat and I would say uh child. stars M okay nobody ever talks about. that been family since a teenager uh. basketball obviously in life as a whole. [ __ ] dominating through and through. just uh kid from akan ladies and. gentlemen LeBron. James LeBron James apprciate it I app. appreciate it man uh definitely been.

seeing you guys up in here man so it's. great to come here and be in the studio. with you guys I told you as soon as you. pulled up out there I I walked outside. black SUV pulls up turns around your. door opens and literally go holy [ __ ]. you're actually here I thought this was. all [ __ ] thank you for taking time. and uh coming and visiting and chatting. with us we're obviously massive fans. dude I'm 37 years old obviously you're a. little bit older than me but watching. you cuz I have you know because my demo. in high school was the one that was. watching you dominate you actually came.

to Pittsburgh beat the Pennsylvania. Allstar which is your high school team. and uh the whole story so I've followed. your entire career massive FS thank you. for doing this I appreciate it apprciate. you having me man going be fun let's. talk about it you're 40 years old now. yes sir you've been in the league 22. years longer than you were not in the. league you're in the league and you're. playing like you're one of the best. seasons you've ever had why is that you. think is it Comfort is it what what is. it about this year um I mean I think. obviously I've been in the game for a. while so I kind of know what to expect. and um you know obviously one you got to.

take care of your body but more. importantly you got to take care of your. mind you know being a professional. athlete if your mind is not as sharp as. possible or as clear as possible then. you're not going to be able to perform. at a high level um you know I think you. know seeing what our team is capable of. doing um you know even before you know. the big acquisition of picking up um. Luca I thought we had a a good chance of. making a good run so I wanted to make. sure that that I was there not only. physically but but also mentally and and. just give to the season but uh I felt. pretty good man throughout the whole. season I know I had a little small.

injury that kept me out two weeks um you. know two weeks ago but I'm back and I. feel great we watch you do a Sprint down. a court thing it was hilarious just like. 40 years old doing the same thing you. were doing whenever you're 1820 and. we'll talk about the Luca trade we'll. talk about the Lakers but you talked. about you know having Clarity in mind. and feeling good going into the season. because you knew could uh could go on a. run there was that say what you got you. spent like a million bucks on your body. or something man I don't know where the. hell that [ __ ]. okay that's a very fair assessment know. where that came from but I mean uh.

listen man I do take care of my body but. I don't I have no idea where the amount. of money came from but I do invest in my. body for sure you know trying to do a. little bit of this a little bit of that. um obviously a lot of soft tissue work a. lot of massages a lot of hyperbaric. chambers ice tubs ice ice baths whatever. I can do to to to continue to play at. this level man I'm I'm going continue to. do what I'm planning you've committed. your entire life to ball right you got. safe to say and you love the sport is. that your drive is how much you love the. sport or why do you think at this age. you're still listen there's no way I'd.

be still playing you know at this level. Pat if I wasn't in love with it or. didn't commit to it um you know i' I've. had an opportunity to be able to be. blessed with a with a crazy god-given. talent and um a lot of us are to be. completely honest when you become when. you find your niche in sports you know. it's a lot of people that's born with. unbelievable talents but it's literally. the ones that like really commit to. their craft and literally commit to the. sport in general being able to pour. yourself into it um is what you're going. to get out of it too so so I figured.

[ __ ] when I knew I had a gif at like 13. 14 that I was out there on the court and. I was running past guys and jumping. higher and you know making passes and. doing things that the other 13 14 15 16. year olds wasn't doing I was like oh. [ __ ] I'm this could be it this could be. it this could be it and like I'm living. in you know Section 8 housing it's me. and my mom you know we trying to figure. it out and I'm like oh [ __ ] if I commit. to this I'm I can figure it out I can. figure it out for not only myself but. for my mom get out of you know out of.

the you know the inner city and make. something out of it so um you know big. time for sure and your friends you've. taken care of everybody and I think that. is one of the things that I love the. most you know we have rich on here um. multiple times we love I love Rich he's. been very good to us but just like the. way you take care of your people the way. you've kind of done everything is. admirable it never gets talked about. obviously I appreciate it and the chat. the chatter that surrounds you uh since. you have been a guy since you were 13. and I I remember the Hummer story and. the shoe deals and everything back.

what's going on now with the nil I mean. it's. completely I mean I could imagine if I. if n was around when I was in I load it. up I to load it up big time for sure. well I think you already were which was. part of the problem not. as yeah uh but literally since that you. were a superstar since you're like a. teenager um as soon as you get in the. NBA obviously the chosen one here we go. this is it you're in Cleveland you. immediately start getting compared to. like greatest of all time yeah and as a. person that's in sports and we are all.

sports fans we saw that happen I assume. at the beginning massive compliment is. that a massive compliment no it was it. was I I can remember like my first my. first game you know when I watched the. replay my first game on national. television it was like will he be one of. the one name guys that ever played this. game it was like he like wil Kareem. magic bird Jordan all these first name. guys and then at the and it was like. LeBron and I'm like [ __ ] I'm 17 years.

old I was like what the hell is this why. you guys you guys are giving me this. already it's like I haven't done. anything and it's like it was a. compliment to be able to be you know in. the in the names of those guys but it. was also like super [ __ ] scary and. intimidating too I was like I'm just. just a small kid from akan Ohio I don't. even know what very tall and at that. point I think you're were a little bit. more jacked at the time because the game. called for it but whenever you talk. about it being a scary situation you. never uh let that image out publicly and.

I think none of us ever saw you being. scared none of us ever saw you like uh. kind of flapped at all you an. unflappable force and you've been in the. public eye for so long I think you would. probably admit that you probably [ __ ]. some things up on the way but you. haven't really you're like the and I. said it earlier child star like most. people especially you you talk about. Section 8 housing coming from nothing to. everything being in the public eye at. some point that is going to collapse a. human for sure for you it feels like it.

hasn't and there's been a lot of things. said there's been a lot of fires that. you've been put into either you walked. into yourself or thrown into why do you. think that is the case do you think it's. because your mom do you think it's. because what I mean obviously I give her. uh [ __ ] a lot of credit for the way she. raised me the way she taught me the. things that she was able to uh instill. in me it was also me also just looking. at her the way she moved and the way how. how determined she was to be able to. make my life better even with the. circumstances that we were growing up in. so I give her a lot of credit I have. some little league coaches too that um.

you know taught me about not only just. you know playing the game and teaching. me the game of basketball but also being. a young man you know um throughout my. small adolescent years and then just. like to be completely honest like I. didn't want to [ __ ] my opportunity up um. like I I knew that the statistics um for. an inner city black kid to be able to be. in a position that I was in especially. from my. hometown [ __ ] it it never ever happens. it never never works out either it never.

happens and if it does happen it never. works out you know um and you know it. was a I mean I don't like want to throw. him under the bus but the only. inspiration like we had was was like. Jerome Lane the guy who like dunked and. shattered the backboy that played for. Pittsburgh he was from akan Ohio like we. saw that and we was like oh [ __ ] that's. inspiration and then I went through high. school and all my boys know this too. like I went through high school and we. was playing against the inner city kids. because we went to an all Catholic High. School. and [ __ ] Jerome Lang was like hating.

on us I was like oh this [ __ ]. like like he's back in akan hating on us. like going against us and I'm like oh. [ __ ] you was like our only inspiration. we like looked up to you and I was like. you know what I can't I can't [ __ ] this. opportunity up man if I get the. opportunity to make it I got to do what. I have to do to put my city on to. represent my last name on my back man my. family my friends and and also like it's. the it's sport you know sport has given. us so much I mean I look around here I.

mean [ __ ] baseballs and NFL helmets. and basketball jerseys and mask like. seriously like a putt a putt putt like. seriously like it's giv us so much so. like I I I couldn't I couldn't mess the. opportunity up well you've done hey I. think you figured it out you done good. now we'll see what's left you know now. the conversation is how many years is he. going to play you look like you could. probably play Forever debot has a. question for you fact kind of on that. note and one of the things people got on. you about was when you went to Miami you. made go to Miami I know some great. things behind that as well me lifelong.

Miami Heat fan I loved it but what was. it like coming down there winning your. first championship and what was that. kind of load lifted off your back you. talk about being amongst the one name. guys championships obviously got to come. with that so what was that like going. down there and getting that done yeah I. mean listen um my aspiration was a lot. bigger than just you know winning MVPs. and you know being an Allstar and you. know whatever all the individual things. is I've before I even got to the NBA.

I've always won and and and it doesn't. matter which level you win on if you're. in a winning environment that [ __ ]. carries on throughout the rest of your. life my first year ever playing. organized Sports I won a a little league. football uh Championship that year and. then backed it up with a basketball. championship undefeated season my second. year we did the same thing you know and. I was League MVP in basketball and. football through Middle School. championships through high school I won. three state championships you know like.

I I I was just always born winner and I. knew how to win because of the culture. that I was around I knew how it was. supposed to be done um and at that. moment you know my seven years in. Cleveland I had some good years. obviously some great years one I was. able to to take the team to the NBA. finals I was 22 years old I had a moment. in Detroit where I went insane 25. straight 29 out of 30 you know and took. a team that you look back at our Ross. you like what the hell how was that even.

possible there's a lot of those brother. we don't want to dive into all of them. you were like the finals like 45. straight you know what I'm saying so. like but it got to the point that that. final season I was like I I I've Maxim. I've maximized this potential yeah I I. I've squeezed all the juice out of this. damn lemon here and I and I know it and. in order for me to get to where I want. to get to I have to make a choice for my. career going forward and uh Miami was. the the best choice you know at that at. that at that moment I felt like it was.

the best choice for me you know the. conversation I had with d way had with. Bosch had with Udonis Hasam you know. dwade and UD had been there they had won. one had beat Dallas um they had been in. some some some some big uh you know. playoff matchups with with Detroit where. Detroit beat them and then they beat. Detroit you know things of that nature. and then you look at the big four that. Boston had you know everybody talk about. the big three but everybody always. decides that for some odd reason that. Rondo wasn't as great as r. it's always just the.

bigon they say the big three but [ __ ]. Rondo was he was a dog he brought it all. he made it all work with those guys cuz. Ray wasn't bringing the ball up you had. ray flying around you know you had Paul. when he get it at a certain spot and. Paul was a killer and then you had kg. was anchoring the defense and also you. know you throw it to the low post but. the all started with the mind and that. was was Rondo so for me to go down to. Miami man one it was a terrifying.

experience for me you got to think I. don't know a lot of people know it's the. first time I ever left my hometown I was. 25 years old you got M my first seven. years even though I played for Cleveland. I still lived in akan M you know so for. 25 straight years I was aw house you had. an awesome house we seen. that see that's a great house yeah so. I'm comfortable I'm that is my com my. comfortability is being in akan Ohio you. know I drive you know 30 minutes to. Cleveland I play my games and then I. shoot right back down I'm good so for. the first time it's like I've always.

used the analogy like I felt like this. is my college moment you know I didn't. go to college so like going to Miami was. my you know moment to basically get out. the house with my parents you know I was. going off to college and uh I learned a. lot man and [ __ ] two championships four. four finals appearances you know two. more MVPs you know and things that I. could just I can always look back on say. it was hell of an experience and you. guys were the heatles you know that was. you guys were selling out everywhere for. sure while we on that on that you. mentioned you didn't wait and I forget.

which one of them it was but they told a. story about Pat Riley [ __ ] with your. cookie yes is that a true story is that. a real story no it's it's a true story. it's a it's a true story now like R. wasn't like it wasn't like R was on the. plane and I was about to get my cookies. and R snatched them out my hand you know. you know how stories can become a little. bit they they kind of build to Sasquatch. at some point but there it was I mean I. was you know there was a time where. everyone knows I [ __ ] love chocolate. chip cookies it's like my my biggest the. specific no it was literally the plane.

that we were getting on the the the. ladies on the plane were making. chocolate chip cookies oh sh yeah so. they knew yeah so they were making them. and bringing them cuz they we had the. same with the same ladies all the time. you know it was a you know party of six. you know they were rotate and every time. they knew I love chocolate CH cookies so. they would get on and I would hey soft. soft soft with a little crispy Edge. perfect yeah perfect and I would get on. and they already knew they bring me two. cookies and I'll get the gambling with. with the guys and I got my cookies and. we good and then one flight I got on I.

looked at them and they looked at me and. I'm like oh those that look didn't look. familiar and I asked him I was like do. you we got the he was like no they we're. not allowed to no more cookies on these. flights what and we all know where it. came from I looked at D Way D way looked. at me he was like basically without even. saying he was like [ __ ] Rous done it. again R strikes again I was like damn. like I'm so what was it like that there. cuz they talk about the heat culture and. Pat Riley. and obviously just saying no more.

cookies it's LeBron's. cookies Fu one thing about he don't give. a [ __ ] about nothing listen if it ain't. about that heat shield and covering that. heat culture you don't I mean we see. what's going on now I mean well not. anymore but we Jimmy and you know and I. it was at one point where even I left. and it was time for D way to get paid. and he didn't want to pay D way and D. way left I was like oh sh when that. happened I was like I when when. County had to leave and go to Chicago I.

looked at the cookie situation I was. like oh [ __ ] maybe it wasn't that. bad yeah I was like okay [ __ ] it I mean. DWS millions and my cookies I was like. okay maybe I made it out safe I was like. okay it wasn't that bad let's talk about. the cultures you know cuz Cleveland you. talk about at the beginning of your. career uh trying making feeling like you. had to go to Miami obviously do that you. go back to Cleveland win one. hey that parade was bananas and then. obviously out at La what is it about JJ.

reck's culture that you have felt. experienced and obviously a couple games. have not won but fourth in the west. still on a playoff push what is it about. JJ reck and uh his culture or what you. guys have right now that you like um I. think the best thing about JJ is that uh. he's just a great podcaster yeah he is. yeah he is we learned a lot brother you. guys are talking about like when [ __ ]. doubles here then we round here then we. go under this he's just a podcaster that. uh for some reason became a head coach. and all because of me you know it's just.

the weirdest thing in the world and uh. those conversations have died down but. uh no no I think uh one thing about J. man he he bleeds the game and he. breathes the game of basketball every. single day he's one of those guys that. um it's kind of just like me like if we. if we lose a game or we didn't play up. the par is there's no such thing as. sleeping that night there really there's. no such thing of sleeping into the next. match until the next game and he's just. determined to like. he's a he's a [ __ ] yeah gotta be and.

and I love and I love it and I love it. and when I was a kid I used to watch. Duke now I realize it I hated Duke when. I was growing up and then when I then. when I got a little older and I started. playing with Co I started matching up. with Coach K We we played with uh you. know I played with him for uh for Team. USA and then I was like okay I see why. he's great I see why he's great I see. why I hated JJ reick you know I see why. I hated Shane Bader and then and Shane. came over to us in Miami and help us win. a championship I was like I see it y.

he's like the greatest guys SL [ __ ]. that you. ever is that all from Coach K you think. JJ has a lot of Coach K absolutely. absolutely absolutely absolutely he's. just um he's meant for it you know and. there there some things that can't be. explained but when you got the it factor. it's just like oh yeah he does he still. shoot ever is he ever still absolutely. absolutely absolutely he let us know for. sure yeah okay let's talk about a guy. who made a shot the other day in warmup. that was I don't know how it defied.

physics I think Luca he did this he did. the shot up over from the complete. opposite yeah and then it I don't know. how that works actually like science I. don't know how but then he'll do one off. the [ __ ] Jumbotron yeah here it is. right here here it is right here you've. seen this obviously I assume yes he. probably does this type of stuff every. single day what has it been like being. his teammate and uh I think it was the. first game there was uh you guys were uh. calling it up or whatever and you looked. at Luca and it was a big deal because. you said you don't change a damn thing.

we'll change for you actually is what. you said and then broke it down I think. it was a big deal for people to hear you. say but Al obviously Luca as well what. has it been like and why do you guys. have such good chemistry uh I mean his. name is uh Luca magic for a reason and. you see that you see his play on the on. the on the game um he's a very. Transcendent player and uh and you. talking about that moment that moment. you got you got to think um you know I I. I can't put myself in his shoes because. I I've never never been traded before. but I can have a sense and and be a.

human being to know you commit to a. franchise for seven years and you feel. like you know this is the place where. I'mma Be This is my comfort you know I. talk about my comfort before I went went. to Miami and then out of nowhere bam you. just get traded I don't give a damn. where you're going it doesn't matter who. you're paying with that's a that that is. a that's a shock to your system it's a. shock to your system and um you know. even though you know he was ready to. play um that moment I feel like that had. to be said um because he is still that.

guy you know in order for us to reach. our potential he has to be that guy he. has to he has to fit out and we we we'll. figure it out let us let us let us. figure it out with you you know because. we need you to be um who you are but um. it's definitely you know I lost a dear. friend and a great friend and a champion. you know duo with ad you know miss him. to death and um but we was able to gain. uh Luca magic you know and uh you know I. think both sides will a lot of people. thought you two wouldn't be able to work. together cuz ball dominant you know.

LeBron James too too much of a primma. not going to let Luka come in and do the. Luca. sh be able to figure it out yeah it must. be the idiots that don't know the game. of basketball oh my goodness there's so. many of those guys out there right now I. would say your league your you you and. your league has the most absurd chatter. oh my goodness it really there is every. single day and then you realize you was. like I'll be looking at and I hear and. i' be like you know those guys just a. lot of those guys that played the game.

or did not play the game it was just. they played the game while they were. talented they they I don't think they. ever thought the game I don't think they. were ever. Smart um I just think they were bigger. and stronger and maybe faster at the. time and they dominated and uh when it. was over it was over you know they don't. that's why I'm mayble still play at. [ __ ] 40 years old that's what. everybody talks about yeah my mind is. just like I can play the game because I. can outthink the guys out there and as. my athleticism has went down a notch not.

a lot but a notch don't you a little fat. too you know as my athleticism has went. down a notch like I'm able to still. bring up other facets of my game to be. able to. still you know do what I need to do. every single night but the Talking Heads. of our sport oh my goodness it's a lot. it's a lot especially for you I I mean. you're in a much different situation. than maybe any other human in history my. of sports if I had to guess and like I.

said at the beginning it's a compliment. though like they're immediately telling. this teenager that we need to talk about. him as if he is Michael Jordan who. obviously transcended the sport change. the sport forever and everything like. that but then it gets to the point where. it's like hey this is a real. conversation and it almost immediately. becomes divisive do you so I want this. is an interesting concept here you. probably lost a lot of Trust in Media I. would assume because of the things that. happened not just what was said on TV. but what it led other people to probably. think they should say yeah for sure I.

mean it all started with the decision it. all started with the decision the. decision really like Had Me Like sit. back and like cuz people literally. like I give a I give a moment so the. decision you know it was brought to me. to be able to you know do something cool. on TV you know do a kind of college. style like I said never had went to. college I was like you know this would. be pretty cool make the decision put the. Hat on but also you know raise two point. $5 million for a great cause you know.

and also be able to you know make it. make it cool um and the funniest thing. is from that moment it was December 2nd. 2010 was my first game back to Cleveland. so um I stay at the hotel stay at the. rich downtown in Cleveland and uh this. one I knew that it was. um people did not even really care or. didn't even understand the situation. they just want to be a part of the. nonsense I hit the elevator to go.

downstairs to the bus catch the bus U to. go over to I think it was the Q the. quick Al Loans Arena then and the the. elevator opens and there's two guys. random guys on the elevator I don't you. guys can always pull this up they used. to have these uh Fu K LBJ t-shirts okay. black t-shirts red letters and. uh I see the two guys they see me they. say say uh oh my [ __ ] god oh no.

listen this is man we love you so much. man we're just here we're just here for. the spectacle man we're just here for. the spectacle like seriously we love you. man have a good G get in the door in the. elevator door Clos I was like those are. two white dudes by the way yeah yeah oh. for sure I didn't want to say it I. didn't want to say it cuz we're. outnumbered right. now we all this together together was. like oh my God man we [ __ ] love you. man like oh [ __ ] don't in the elevator. CL I was like you know what this is all.

part of the spectacle and it's about to. go it's about to get haywired you know. so the decision you think is whenever. the conversation kind of changed a. little bit about you yeah because they. just needed something they needed. something everything was. so positive you know and I'm I'm and and. I gave them no reason to make it. negative it wasn't [ __ ] up but they. needed anything you know I'm doing. everything I need to do in the court I'm. not out on the streets I'm not doing I'm. not being caught and all the [ __ ]. that doesn't respect the game and.

respect my craft it was like oh you. decided to go on TV and make a decision. for your career we got you we got it we. finally got it we finally made a little. [ __ ] in the armor we got something we. got something it's selfish it's selfish. he selfish mother yeah and then that. caught a little bit of fire right. because a lot of people uh don't like. seeing people that are successful in. anything especially if somebody is. taking happiness from them and their. team which you were doing obviously with. the Cavs and then that just kind you're.

saying from that moment is yeah until. which leads obviously to you and Stephen. A hey legit that feels like a moment. that have been brewing for a long time. he's like on a Taylor Swift yeah tour. run right now oh yeah yeah we're. watching it we're all seeing it oh yeah. we're all you're seeing it as well no. this no he literally it started off with. I didn't want to address it yeah sure I. didn't I didn't want to address it I. wasn't going to address it but since the. video came out I feel the need to.

address it you would to talk about you. are you kidding me if there one person. that couldn't wait to the video to drop. so you can address it it's your ass like. seriously I I it's and like another he. completely. like missed the whole point the whole. point never in my never would I ever um. not allow people to talk about the sport. criticized. players about what they do on the court.

that is your job to criticize or to you. know be in a position where okay if a. guy's not performing you know that is. all that is part all part of the game. that's all part of the game but when you. take it and you get personal with it um. it it's my job to not only protect my. damn household but protect the players. you know and I think and I think a lot. of the media including him and I know. he's going to he's going to be happy as. hell he's going to be smiling from ear.

to ear when he hears me talking about. him oh my God he's he's going to get. home and grab some ice cream out of the. [ __ ] freezer and sit in his chair and. his tidy whes on the couch I hope you I. hope at some point you too get do get a. chance but you're right like relax bro. like relax like seriously just you know. how do you feel about the way the game. is covered and you players are covered. because this is a big topic of. conversation with the NBA we have Tyrese. halberton uh who we love Tyrese oh he's. the man tyres loves you too Tyrese is.

great I love that guy so Tyrese gave me. the heads up like hey LeBron coming on. your show is a massive ordeal because. like everybody in the NBA like does look. up like LeBron is our guy like I think. Pat Beverly told the story uh down the. bubble whenever everybody was like we. need to take a stand and y y y and then. I think he was the person went up and. said hey you if you're [ __ ] playing. we're all playing if you're not playing. we're not playing but I think that's how. everybody in the league feel about you. so congrats on that by the way the. respect amongst your peers no for they.

had a respect for my peers that means a. lot and I carry that man and um and I. take that with a lot of responsibility. because there was uh too many years went. by when um players did not have an. opportunity to just speak and their. voices to be heard or allow the. narrative to get so much outside of. sports like if I listen if I miss a game. winner or if I don't show up in the. finals you know like I was supposed to. vers Dallas in year one in Miami you can. say whatever the [ __ ] you want you know.

I should have been a lot better I know. but like don't don't take it to you know. my household or or take it to what. what's going on in and other guys like I. seen something with in beid where a. reporter came into the locker room and. start speaking about like I think his. brother or something yeah like how weird. is that like that's so weird like why. why are we taking it to that point and. we're taking it to that point because. people have gotten too comfortable I. think people in the media have gotten. too comfortable especially with our.

sport it got too comfortable where you. know back in the day like for sure you. would never bring up Charles Oakley's. brother yeah Charles Oakley will smack. you through his. brother B maxw all right yeah Mad Max. like his name was Mad Max for a reason. it wasn't because he picked you up 94. feet it was because if you said. something about Mad Max like he's going. to he's going to separate your jaw and. it was no repercussions from that like. we they they got to the point where they. knew like oh you know these guys can't. really do anything to us anymore because.

there would be a fine suspension and you. know or or and don't embarrass the. league and don't embarrass the league or. or you know you now here come your. sponsors they're coming after us or. coming after you and they're going to be. like what are you doing like that's when. that's when they decided they could you. know thought they thought so the the. conversation about old school basketball. is a real thing like uh because that's. the new narrative now is like it's a. Nostalgia issue like uh a lot of people. who grew up in a different era of. basketball and get introduced to. basketball they're going to like that.

era regardless of no matter what happens. in the future you've played through what. n three years three years back whenever. Koozie was doing no look pass yeah the. first ever no look pass kozie he's a dog. hey he was an exciting white wasn't he. he was an exciting White had game K had. game for sure boom had game yeah but. we're watching these highlights and I'll. speak for you for that for that error. exactly thank you you don't have to say. this yeah for sure I'll say this. I watched I didn't I grew up in. Pittsburgh so we didn't have an NBA team.

so I was more NHL guy but I would watch. the lake show at night cuz I couldn't. sleep so I did know the NBA but not like. I didn't follow it as closely when I. watched the last dance I was watching a. lot of highlights and I was watching. people dribble ball like this and I was. like I don't know how that works in. modern basketball I think you guys have. played a couple different sports I think. there was a koozie era of sports where a. no look pass holy [ __ ] then there was an. ERA where people were stting to get like. nasty there some yeah you had Pistol. Pete mic he started coming in and start.

you know getting a little bit n but then. that the ball was hitting off guys heads. and stuff so they looking at him like. what are you doing like never see those. low lights though only see the. Highlights Highlights are the only the. bangers survive then obviously Jordan. comes in and transforms everything you. know him dunking from the foul line. masso deal made a whole [ __ ] brand. off it he's flying now kids are like. dunking from the three-point line in. high school it's like there it's just. like the game has evolved so much I. think but there is like a Nostalgia. combo takes place with you guys this. modern era do you feel that how do you.

address that no no no I I definitely. feel it and I think um you know we just. have to recognize the evolution is just. a part of life man like you know [ __ ]. you look at the the the Hummer from the. 1970s to the Hummer of today it's like. it's you're going to be like okay you. might be nostalgic about it you loved it. in the 70s but do you really want to. drive that every day right now in 2025. you're going to get out the car and your. goddamn neck and your back is going to. be hurting so. bad like seriously you're going to be. hurting so bad you're going to be like.

okay you know what this might be just a. Sunday chill car like I drive it up the. street get some ice cream come back home. but I refill it cuz it gets two mil. exactly I got to just start it up let it. just just crank the crank the gas for. about two hours just to make sure it's. still running but like you know like we. have to understand that there's there's. players and eras and things of that. nature like we get it but like you know. I you watch some of the you know you. watch some of the NFL games as well from. the 70s and ' 80s and you got like Know. Jack Lambert and those guys like coming.

through like completely decapitate. people you know like murder Ronnie lot. like Ronnie lot tore pinky off and then. went to the sideline was like just tear. the rest of it off I'm get back out. there like like I I get it like those. are nostalgic moments but like the game. has the game is different and we should. respect all erors in that era you know. we can't be saying okay just because. Wilt was great in the 60s and 70s that. he'll be great now now and we also can't. say to some of the guys now be great it.

is what it is respect that era and we. move on but the whole every single day. that he's better he's not better he. wouldn't you trying to tell me Giannis. wouldn't be able to play an NBA game in. the. 70s he wouldn't be able to deal with. neither would you neither would you. jannis jannis an the Copo would have. 250 points in a game in a. 70 20 50 is that Koozie when was kozie. playing dud walking up [ __ ] yis.

brother that's no disrespect like it's. no disrespect but like seriously like KY. Kyrie Irvin like they would have called. him a witch they would have called him a. witch no no they would have told Kyrie. you you're not you know how they used to. tell uh uh Lu Al Cinder at the time that. he couldn't dunk in high school games. they would have told Kyrie you're not. allowed to dribble anymore that's what. they would have told him dribbling is. out rude they would have seen that how. so how tall are you I'm 69 and how heavy. are you I'm uh give or taking between.

2115 to 280 I don't know depends on the. day okay depends on if you give him my. cookies or not paty yeah Pat ry's like. we're tipping too close to 280 LeBron. okay the heatles are becoming a. heavyweight battle um so 69 yeah yeah. yeah let's say you're two you look very. thin right yeah yeah I feel good so 2115. 69 220 could easily get to 260 though I. think that would play in a lot of uh. different eras I yeah come on I could.

play I would be able to play in any ER. it's funny you hear some of them older. guys like LeBron James couldn't play in. this era never been fouled by Bill lamb. beer before yeah I think I seen like. Dennis Robin say that one time he was. like didn't LeBron James not skilled. enough yeah not big enough he's not nah. doesn't weigh enough he's not strong. enough can't handle it nah I'm like okay. okay let's talk about you flopping all. over. that's why people get mad yeah I know. yeah I know now why do you do that.

Patrick Mahomes does the same thing he's. the greatest of all time uh for us in. the conversation of the greatest of all. the time the rules indicate that that if. you're to hit him he gets 15 no doubt is. that the same thing for you I wish I. wish cuz I am like literally over like. the last five six years why everybody's. been claiming I flop all the time I'm. not going to bottom half of free throw. attempts per game oh they won't give you. the whistle you get you don't get the. whistles superar treat you know the. funny thing is I have a lot of teammates. that be like they come to the Lakers and.

they be like man when I used to play. against you I used to think you got. every goddamn call and I hated it and. now that I'm your teammate it's like oh. my goodness you don't get any calls I'm. like hey you know don't worry about it. just just keep playing no just wait wait. till you see me in the third quarter I. got good flop coming I practiced on this. one last night cuz there's a video from. the Last Dance where I think the ref. says to Michael uh Jordan he goes I. didn't see it uh Michael I I am so sorry. I would never never do that to you and. walk yeah I believe you Michael yeah. that's the the clip and oh y saw that I.

saw that and Michael's like godamn y'all. saw that oh we okay so you and you and. Michael uh at a good spot oh me and. Michael Jordan yeah we in a good spot we. don't talk why not you think uh because. I'm still playing I think I'm still. playing I'm still focused on my craft. right now when you're done you think you. two be the only two that could have a. conversation I hope so you know you know. the funny thing is like me me and Kobe. besides are you know the late great coob. obviously me and Kobe never had a real. relationship either until we we was on.

the Olympic team we had a great. relationship there Olympic Team 8. Olympic team 12 but it was always. competitive between us we were always. like I was on the East Coast he was on. the west coast and it was like even. though we never I I [ __ ] up one time. in you know 09 and didn't beat Orlando. and I think it was 09 didn't beat. Orlando and didn't get him opportunity. to play him in the finals but. like and until I became a lak. and then he retired that's when our.

relationship like became really really. good yeah you know he like welcome me. called me like bro anything you need in. La like I got you you're a Laker now you. family you know and we would have. multiple conversations he was obviously. you got saw him coming a lot of games. and things of that nature and when I. when I passed him in the scoring record. in Philly you know I think he had a. tweet out there like keep on going like. keep transcending the game keep going. like and that [ __ ] like meant so much to. me so like I think it's cuz I'm still. playing you know and MJ's we all know MJ.

even if you don't know him personally. he's one of the most ruthless. competitors there is and till I'm done. and he doesn't have to look at me run up. and down wearing the number 23 and every. time my name is mentioned is mentioned. with his he's like I don't want to. [ __ ] talk to you yeah I'm on a gol. course yeah I'm on a golf course don't. talk to me right now I'm I'm on the back. nine do not call me it was great to see. y'all at the the top. 75 yeah that was dope that's that's. straight that's straight respect. admiration and just like you know me for.

sure I mean [ __ ] like I said I wear 23. um because of MJ you know and that that. [ __ ] the inspiration that he gave me as. a kid at akan Ohio that don't have much. inspiration in your hometown you look at. something it's it got to be somebody in. sports somebody in music somebody on the. TV screen so like Will Smith from fresh. fres fresh prce Bella air Michael Jordan. playing for the Bulls Jay-Z big Pock. that was like yeah that was my. Inspirations you know what I'm saying.

like I I needed that cuz I didn't have. like Lang [ __ ] Jerome Lang he like. they know me and [ __ ] so like you know. what I'm saying kind of on that note uh. bronnie your son he obviously had that. inspiration in the home and we talked. about it since years ago wanting to play. long enough to play with your son so you. obviously visualize that how was the. real moment with that happening cuz I. know me seeing it you know seeing the. griffy there. like that was just just unbelievable. moment so what was that like for you.

really actually being in it like. um you know seeing seeing that that that. that pop fly head towards uh King griffy. Senor and then see Junior over there. right before the ball got to his glove. and he snatched it out the air and run. back to the Dugout like laughing at his. pops like that was a cool ass moment and. um and for that moment that game open. that home opener vers Minnesota and then. just over there and see griffy Jr man.

the kid and seeing his pops over there. and us getting that picture at half. court and then us going out on the floor. and having that that that moment I was. it wasn't even I wasn't physically I. wasn't even there I wasn't even there. you're floating I'm floating and and I. can I can I can only imagine where. bronny was I don't know I we haven't. even talked about it yet at some point. we will but I wasn't even there like I. was so I was in I might have been in the. rafters I might have been at home my.

body may have been at home watching the. game watching the moment I I I complete. was not there and um but damn that was. an unbelievable moment man for for me to. be able to like have that dream be able. to speak it into existence for it to. come to. fruition um for my mom and my wife and. my my daughter and my my youngest son to. be there is like you know I started. thinking about everything from what the. hell he went through uh not less than a.

year before with his uh died his cardiac. caress man that came out of nowhere. seeming that came out of nowhere it was. a it was a birth defect that. um pra you know quite honestly if he. never played sports or he never like. started to become you know strong and. run fast and all those stuff we probably. wouldn't never we would never have to. worry about it but as he got stronger. and things of that nature was just. something inside his heart that you know. was just pounding at his heart and.

pounding at his lungs that unfortunately. we had the incident and thankfully you. know a lot of a lot of these kids we've. been seeing a lot lately in sports not. only in basketball but in football yeah. and unfortunately we we was able to. catch it and to all the families out. there that haven't had the opportunity. to catch their kids before it gets to. the point where they not hear anymore. like um to see that happen to bronny and. for him to be able to play that same. year after that happened you know at USC.

and then uh less than a year later be. drafted by the Lakers and then in that. fall we go out there together so that's. why I wasn't there yeah yeah like I was. we walked in together but I I was not. there that's a dad moment that's really. cool people forget uh you know you're. only one name now LeBron but you're uh. still a human too and I I'm seeing you. know your baby boy you chance to. experience dream and then obviously that. led to the thing with uh Stephen a. talking about him and how critical. everybody has been a bronnie and I think. that's a pressure that a second.

generation star has on him his whole. life he's had that feels like he is very. I mean he's like a 55y old it looks like. the way he kind of handles it all and I. think you've even said that as well but. how about his development we had Rich. Paul on the day after the draft because. there's a bunch of rumors about rich. Paul was telling teams hey you draft. them we'll send them. Australia there's a lot of those types. of things happenly the suns were in. involved there was a chance he could get. you but he ends up with the Lakers with. you and obviously whole store like. LeBron James is bullying blah blah blah.

everything the way it always goes of. course this guy's not good enough this. guy's not this and he does start out a. little bit rough NBA was but now I mean. he just dropped 39 last night in the G. League I think he had like a double. double or something he had his best game. in the NBA last week he's obviously. getting better and better you have to be. loving every moment and how proud of. bronnie are you for what he's going. through listen for me as a dad um [ __ ] I. don't it doesn't matter if he never. scores ever for me as a dad I'm just. super proud of him period as a young. man for me as a mentor and as a teammate.

of his and that wants to see him Thrive. because I've seen the work he's put into. the game I am super proud of of his. development to where he is now from the. moment that you know he was drafted in. June of. 2025 to us being now in March of 2026. his development is skyrocketed you know. and I just think I had a good friend of. mine um you know who went through a. cardiac arrest as well and um and he.

told me that you. know it took him and he played. basketball as well and back then when it. happened to him in the early 2000s um. they didn't they didn't they wasn't with. um going back to performing it was like. if it happened it's over with we do not. rolling the dice yeah we're not rolling. the dice there was not enough data on it. it's like you have a cardiac arrest it. is over we don't want this on our res. made they was not going back to. performing uh perform to play and he.

told me he was like man I'm going to be. honest it took me about two and a half. years to to finally get back to just. normaly like I I my body my mind and you. know he said when it happened to me I. was 23 years old bronie was 19 years old. you know and he's like it's going to. take a little time and and I and I. reason with that but. also he. doing things right now less than two. years yeah you know and it's because of.

his determination and his will to want. to get better and his will to like I. don't really care what y'all saying I. hear it he did an article the other day. he was like yeah I hear the noise I use. that as motivation but I also know what. I'm capable of and you know I've always. told my kids like all of them you know. they all play sports two basketball. players my youngest son going to Arizona. um on the full ride my daughter what is. he 7 foot tall by the way that came out. of nowhere right he popped up out of. nowhere follow your family on the. internet obviously uh we see it all and. it's like bronie okay and then Lil Bryce.

L Bryce with the glasses and then all. the sudden one video popped up of it o. it. Bri wait a minute wait a minute so he on. his way to Arizona my daughter's you. know she's playing 12 and under. volleyball she just turned 10 so like. and I just tell him like it doesn't. matter about the noise that's going to. happen it's only about like if you love. it go out and practice if you think you. want to if you fall in love with it you. only can fall in love with the process. don't worry about the outcome fall in. love with the process and that that [ __ ].

will take care of itself so super proud. of bronnie man I know very longwinded. when you talk about the kids I just. start thinking about him but no super. proud of his his uh his game and where. he is today you know starting off the G. League season with like you know just. trying to figure it out and now [ __ ]. like you said last night 30 you know. 39 and more than anything when I talked. to him he was more pissed off at the. technical free throw that he missed. anything he's like I could have had a 40. bur he said I could have had a 40 ball.

and I missed that day of technical free. throw so man the kid is he's he's. awesome he's been fun to watch yeah it. is and the story has gotten so loud and. I think that's why listening to you talk. and you say you get long-winded about. the kid it's like well that's why. everything happened that happened a. couple weeks ago but like you playing. with him obviously was a dream said that. years ago bryone though I mean bar P. that is uh oh don't do that to me oh my. good oh my goodness 25 not nowhere near. 280 you're the best sh exct the best. shape you've been in um that.

conversation's loud about now about how. many uh more does LeBron James have I. think fans I think the league I bet you. Adam Silver is wondering the same exact. thing because of what you've done for. the league for how long you've done it. uh that convo pops up every year is it. for you too or is it just for outside. people no no it's popping up more and. more every year because obviously I know. I'm on the other side of the Hill than. the previous side you know so uh I've. done this for a long time and then. obviously I know it start like okay now.

you you get to the top of that roller. coaster and it's like okay when is this. damn roller coaster going to go down. Kenny Wood. yeah you know like so I understand that. so um I don't know man it's it's all. about for real for me it's my mind if I. could if I could continue to I am all. about the process like I am all about. the process and if it gets to the point. where. I don't feel like showing up to the. arena five hours in advance or I don't.

feel like training or I don't feel like. studying the Scout sheet of guys like. when it if it gets to that point like I. know like you know what bra it's a WRA. yeah you kind of uh you'll be able to. tell yeah you'll be able to tell you. will be personally 5 hours before the. gameer showing up every day yeah 7:30. the game I'm usually around 2:15 what do. we got we got a cold tub we're drinking. some uh putting some wine on our feet. sure what are we doing we're doing a. little bit of everything for sure I'm. some wine you drink a little wine too oh.

I saw you walk into the game remember. the big booze bag oh yeah yeah I was. walking with the wine to the game yeah I. remember that mailed it in LeBron's put. showing up drunk everything you do is uh. talked about yeah I I had one former. Laker uh I had a I wasn't even playing. it was preseason I had worked out before. the game I wasn't playing in like a. former Laker I was on a bench like you. know eating fruit like you know I worked. out I had okay [ __ ] I got a shower let. me get out here to watch the guys.

support the guys during the preseason. game it's like year [ __ ] 20 for me. probably why am I even going out here. for a preseason game but I'm a good guy. I love my teammates and I'm a good. teammate so I go out there and the next. day I wake up as a [ __ ] Laker guy. played for the Lakers I know you guys. going to look this up he's like. everybody yeah look this up like that's. very selfish LeBron why is he over there. eating fruit what is he doing he could. have did that in the back or he could. have had that at home I'm like bro I'm. literally just trying to like replenish.

everything I just lost in my workout in. the weight room and in the back that you. didn't see but you worried about me. about a damn bowl of fruit you're not. serious you're not being committed is. that is LeBron James this guy's not. committed not I had a steaking eggs over. there or some [ __ ] like I don't know man. something think yeah that might be next. give him something to really think. little protein in there uh Conor massive. Boston Celtics fan has a question for. you yeah yeah who's Boston Celtics fan. you know try. get if you can you know who knows this.

this might not be the year but looking. at the league and looking forward the. big combo is you know once LeBron is. gone who's the face of the league. everyone's talking about the face of the. league you know as a Celtics fan of. course I say like why doesn't Jason. Tatum get more love but even even. talking about the future when for you uh. did you become the face of the league. like what what year was it obviously. right away you're getting talked about. as you know a one name guy but when did. did you feel like okay this is. officially my league like I I am taking. over this entire thing you know what I I.

never had that notion I never had that. notion and never like woke up like after. I brushed my teeth like yeah this is my. league you know I'm the face of the. league God damn it sh up I'm going shine. these up but I did know there was a. responsibility uh put on me uh to carry. the league in a certain fashion you got. to you got to think that um like before. I entered the league and like right. after MJ retired after he came back the. third second or third time yeah he came.

back and he had he was done with. Washington there was a big like you know. a fan uh player separation with our. league you know um they just wasn't. resonating with a lot of the players or. you know a lot of guys was you know. didn't really didn't really care you. know or whatever the case may be and I. felt like I felt like in in order for. you know myself to make a name for. myself obviously I knew the play was. going to take care of itself because I. knew how much I committed to it but also.

had to I wanted to handle the. responsibility you know of showing a. face of the league in a sense of like a. modern citizen you know being a role. model you know it was you know we have. guys who you know didn't want to be a. role model to the to the to the sport or. didn't want to be a role model to the. game didn't want to appreciate the game. or or commit to the game and I felt like. you know I had an opportunity to not. only play the game that I love but also. I wanted fans to follow me I wanted.

people to to follow my journey and what. came out of that was me kind of being I. guess people say the face of the league. yeah the spr commercials you know like. you know what I'm saying so like I never. went out to be like I want to be the. face of the league like you know I seen. um see a lot of [ __ ] too like I seen. Brian Wier one of these shows not too. long ago like you playy you guys played. together in high school. yeah this guy who's like you know says. he's like my [ __ ] best friend these. guys are just just weird but um wait.

Wy know like that's not real yeah he was. our forcer huh knew it yeah he he went. he went on his show and said you know. like oh don't let LeBron fool you like. he wears number 23 because of Michael. Jordan okay that's a fact uh he signed. with Nike because of Michael Jordan it's. like no the [ __ ] I didn't I said I sign. signed with Nike cuz I got a hell of a. signing bonus and they gave me a 7year. $90 million contract and I moved my mom.

out of the hood the next day I signed. that contract like and. ultimately I my whole thing is like what. do I want to wear off the court I like I. want to wear [ __ ] Nikes like I want. to wear Jordans I want to wear pennies I. want to wear Bo Jacksons I want to wear. Air Maxes I want to wear like you know. so primes like you know like what are we. talking about so like I knew there was a. a responsibility for sure like. listen man during the ball drop you know.

during the the lottery. drop Cleveland got the number one pick. that's I just don't think that was what. are. you don't you when with. the let's keep let's keep LeBron home. you know what Patrick y to the Knicks. you know Derek Rose to the Bulls like I. understand the assignment guys I'm you. know so you know it's I had to make sure. that you know I had to do my part I. didn't want to be a [ __ ] up I just.

didn't want to be a [ __ ] up man like. like I said earlier in the show like no. one gets this opportunity man it's zero. to none and I couldn't be a [ __ ] up so. that's what came with it you've done a. great job representing it all do you. feel like we are at a phase though and. you talked about before you got in the. league there was like a potential. disconnect between the players and the. fans F like that was almost starting to. happen again until I I don't back half. of this season feels like most momentum. you guys have had. a while do you agree with that yeah I. agree with that you know I agree with. that I just about I think it's all just.

understanding you know understanding you. know from from a player perspective and. also we're getting close to the playoffs. you know uh oh yeah it's a long ass. season man you know differ between us. and in the NFL man you just so much. excitement but it's it's one game a week. and you get you get an opportunity to. get excited like when you know that's. Sunday or you know you know you got. Thursday night games now Monday I mean. [ __ ] even occasion Saturday games. Wednesday Christmas it took took. Christmas from. Christmas [ __ ] Grinch like but in all.

serious like you know it's was one game. a week so you like you know the. excitement you know is there so you know. you you have us you know we just we just. came out of playing six games in eight. days you know six games in eight days is. like oh man and three sets are back Tob. back so um but the playoffs is on its. way the weather is getting better the. excitement is getting you know the. crunch time is like you know in the west. is you know yeah four or five teams one. or two games from behind each other you. know so I think that's the connection is.

coming back everyone loves and now you. got March Madness going on in college. basketball so I'm gonna be honest no I. don't follow man I don't do the brackets. I love the sport I watch occasionally. some games but it's hard watching. college basketball for me man different. sport yeah it's a different you yeah. it's a different sport from what we play. you know and you know every time a kid. drives you know a kid can just come out. of nowhere slide up underneath him and. it's always a charge you can't do a Euro. Step it's a travel well Derek Queen.

actually yeah kid from Maryland I don't. know if you saw gather step I love. it pick that ball gather one two off. glass game time you know and I just. don't you know you shouldn't need 35. seconds to shoot the damn basketball got. you know you know it's you know but it's. you know it's the game I hate two halves. why is that a thing yeah the only sport. the only level women went to I think. women's went to. right yeah what we want two halves for. it's long it's so I don't want to watch. one half yeah that's it's too long long.

it's long and then they got to stack the. timeouts because of commercials too. whenever the game play like I think the. four quarters kind of helps TV as well. it does you know it does and it helps. the players too like it's it's it's four. quarters and it's too long you get a kid. who gets two fouls in the first half he. can't play again he's sitting over there. for for an hour of real time like you. know it's like you don't want to see. your favorite player in college cuz. that's that's what the game is built on. like you get your favorite player like. if Cooper flag right now gets two fouls.

in the first half you like I don't I. don't want to watch this Duke game. anymore do you feel like this next gener. because wemi is obviously oh he's a stud. he's unbelievable he's unbelievable but. this is I mean Joker is also what 6' 11. whatever it is KD obviously says he's. not 7 foot feels like he is and then. he's always taller than everybody at the. allar weekend photo for some reason he. obviously uh whenever he came into the. league and I think Dirk also big big. shooter but like the tall uh. multifaceted player is the next.

Generation right yeah that's their. inspiration their inspiration is you. know Dirk their inspiration is KD you. know their inspiration are those guys. who like you look at KD you know like. you know 69 to 7 foot depending on what. he wants to tell you um you know that. that great handle the smoothness the the. be able to you know shoot off the. dribble and also be able to catch and. shoot and be able to look silky smooth. out there while being the tallest guy on. the court they're doing Koozie stuff mhm.

exactly there somehow I don't know how. they're. doing do you know so Katie's biggest you. know Katie's Big Time inspiration to. guys like wimy to guys like Cooper flag. who's coming in you know you have a lot. of these guys so Chad Chad has the same. Chad as well this Derek Queen kid 6 fo1. yeah 6 he's uh in the I don't know if. you heard about him saying give me the. [ __ ] ball yeah I'm from. Baltimore yeah yeah that is is. absolutely Fant from Baltimore one of my. best friends from Baltimore Carmelo. Anthony so I gets it I get it I get it.

give me the damn ball and he wanted the. ball that's why I told him in the. conversation I was like Baltimore is one. of the cities where if you give an. answer on why are you a confident human. I'm from Baltimore everybody's like okay. no followup question that okay got it I. got it the Ty has a question for you so. obviously you you could play another 10. years if you really want I mean it. really does seem like that but a as. you've gotten older I mean you have all. this other [ __ ] off the court you have. the Production Studio. theast all that kind of stff that you're. doing all these different bus Ventures. how hard is it focusing on a lot of that.

stuff and not letting everything you. have to do basketball-wise kind of. suffer because I I mean you don't seem. like the kind of guy where it's like. you're going to start a Production. Studio and just be like [ __ ] it you guys. handle everything you know I'll attach. my name to it but like how difficult is. that balancing those two CU this is. obviously some stuff that you seem like. you're passionate about for sure for. sure I definitely got some great people. in in place you know um you know my. right-hand man Maverick Carter he's. unbelievable he does he's a dog and one.

the greatest thing about him his his. ability to you know create relationships. that last long and we we've never been. just oneoff guys like we want to be able. to create Partnerships you know and not. like endorsement deals like that was. like a thing of the past that was. something that we didn't want to do so. the trust that I have with him I I allow. him because of [ __ ] I've been knowing it. my whole life you know and when you have. that type of chemistry and you have that. type Brotherhood and that type of trust. you allow him to do it but also he's. always checking in with me like Hey.

listen this is what we have going down. the pipeline yay or nay you know this is. what I why I feel it would be beneficial. to us and But ultimately like do you. want to do it or not you know so like in. this instance like you know it got to. the point where you know you brought. that up and why I started you know the. podcast mind the game with JJ you know. last year it was like it was a a a. looseness of the sport being covered and. how the sport should be covered it had.

got away from the essence of the game of. basketball of why I fell in love with. the game why I teach the younger. generation the game why I am in the. position you know that I am that I am in. and we have that that that that. conversation me and M was like okay I. got what you're saying okay let me go. figure it out and he goes to figure it. out so um I learned so much from that. show I I legitimately did now obviously. looking back on it it was just you. interviewing. JJ Lakers of that entire thing but I I.

assumed JJ was going to become a head. coach after that show regardless uh. because the way you guys talked about it. to your point about never hearing it be. discussed like that legitimately as a. football person as another sport person. never played basketball whenever you. guys were drawing up plays and like why. you do this and debating on how to cover. and all that I felt like I got smarter. as a basketball fan so first of all I'd. like to thank you for that alongside JJ. and also congratulations season two mind. game season two season. two I haven't clapped all night but I'm.

a clap on that yes sir uh season two man. with Steve Nash man okay the great Steve. Nash man so he's been a coach before. obviously and obviously he's played a. long time in the NBA I had one chance to. interview Steve Nash uh and I learned. about him in real time and I think he. played a lot of years for sure Legend. time MVP right what MVP yeah I looked at. him and I said you played blank amount. of years and he goes uh yeah I go holy.

[ __ ] man I literally learned it in real. time Legend out there but also loves the. game obsessed with the game which feels. like why it could potentially be a great. fit for season two of mind the game no. absolutely we're looking forward to it. man we got a we got an episode two. episodes in the bank we going to get a. couple more uh soon and we're going to. just like continue to um you know preach. the game how was you know how it's. supposed to be taught you know how it's. supposed to be viewed and um you know we. understand that you know some of the. other things is going to be said it. sales for them but you know what we've.

grown to love why me and JJ did it in. the first place while me and and Steve. are doing it now is because this is how. we grew up loving the game this is what. brought us together this is what the. essence of the game should be talked to. to not only the generation that's. playing now but the generation that's. going to come up after us so um mind The. Game season 2 coming y'all man can't. wait congrat R appreciate it man thank. you can we talk about a couple things. real quick that we have to cover. absolutely absolutely Taco Tuesday you.

saw. that is that real it's today Tuesday. yeah it is oh today is Tuesday oh my. goodness. Tuesday that was quite a situation that. was quite a situation Barber Shop. another one oh yeah man a shop oh yeah I. grew up in it that was easy that was. easy that was another easy one man it. was like uh too many conversations. that's going on right now that's not uh. that's not the essence it's not the. essence man I remember getting dropped.

off as a 5-year-old Mom dropped you off. she go do what the hell she had to go do. make her errands uh she talked to the. guy that's Cy here uh how how many he's. behind uh about three or four okay about. about three hours [ __ ] being there about. three hours and I got to wait there and. sit there and wait my turn and in that. moment that's when you hear everything. you start hearing about the best MC. that's going on right now. the best hair product the best beard oil. the best people in sports you know your.

music it's it is everything drama. everything yeah yeah every single thing. goes on in a barber shop so you know for. us to be able to create that platform to. shop to be to be able to bring on all. the Beautiful Minds that we've we've. brought on to the shop men and women has. been um it's been a pleasure it's been. an honor and we keeping that thing going. man because it's like it's a comfort. place you know I've went to the barber. shop from when I was like five all the. way through high school and you know to. be able to have that sense of like truth.

it's the one place of Truth where you. can go out there and be like this is who. I like all right that's who you like and. we going to fight to the battle about it. you know and it'll be a new topic the. next day and uh you know I think it's. pretty cool so you guys did a couple. watch alongs too for th football man oh. that was dope I mean y'all I mean you. guys know my love for the sport of. football so to be able to do that you. wouldn't be able to take a shot though. remember. 6'9 250 lbs wouldn't be able to handle. yeah man you know a lot you know I.

wouldn't be allowed to do a lot of. things they. say oh I got little my little high. school highlights up there first Ben. addicting that's where rich Paul went to. high school by the way yeah yeah I was. playing against Rich Paul High School. there one of the greatest American. Hustlers of all time for sure legit I. think uh the record will state that rich. Paul maybe one of the greatest Hustlers. of all time you're from Ohio so. obviously football state yeah man. obviously basketball as well but you. love the game I think you like that. you've talked openly about how much you. like love ball yeah yeah for sure for. sure football is my first sport man my.

first love um you know I grew up big. time Prime Time Deion Sanders fan um Big. Time Eric metat fan too growing up in. that you know growing up in aan and. seeing him up in Cleveland uh seeing. Eric mcaf do his thing up there too man. uh you know Seattle's finest Eric mcaf. and uh you know just grew up just always. loving the sport man like you know. seeing you know you know Jerry Rice and. you know and you know seeing some of the. old clips of Like Walter pton sweetness. and you know seeing Barry Sanders that.

was another topic of conversation in. like the barber shop Barry Sanders. versus EMT Smith oh yeah you know you. know so you hear that conversation you. know so um you know I remember my mom. buying me a pair of Barry Sanders. sneakers you know I was like oh man you. felt so quick yeah I felt so quick. elusive as [ __ ] you know and you know. they had they was like I don't know if. they was one of the first teams. obviously I don't know that for a fact. but like seeing Barry Sanders on Turf. you know wearing sneakers you know that. was super cool as a kid so yeah I just.

it's it's a great sport I mean I love it. I love football and I love and I love. the new guys now like they're super cool. my favorite guy Derrick Henry without a. you know seeing Squan like out there and. I got guys like wearing my shoes now you. know when Squan did that move where he. like Turned backwards and did a pouette. backwards and jumped up in the air and. like he had my kicks on I was like oh my. goodness I didn't know those were yours. they were. sick he had he had my he had the LeBron. retro fours on in a spike when he did.

that like I SP move nasty that's oh my. goodness those are in the bronze yes. yeah I was like super like I was going. crazy I was I couldn't believe it you. know I didn't even know that so um yeah. that's I love it okay let's talk about. something else that we have to address. uh the Olympics you saw your eyes blink. sideway mhm what was that all about what. was that what what the [ __ ] was that hey. I need to know what happened is that. always happened your eyes always blink. like that or is that just uh at the. Olympics uh I don't know that was.

probably like my uh Michael Jackson. Thriller video uh moment you know when. he went from like you know he got of. turned into that to that Beast of his I. don't know man it was I saw that it kind. of freaked me out too I missed that oh. yeah okay so you you also saw you also. saw and and thought the same thing. everybody else did okay yeah there was. people like oh my God he's actually. there in Paris and he may be at his home. in California at the same time this. guy's not a human this guy's not a human.

yeah that's real that that was a real. conversation that was happening oh yeah. and I watched it a couple times I was. like hold on I'll tell you what I mean. [ __ ] eyes are yeah I can't sit here. and say that it was not real was not. okay we just leave it at that okay we. just leave it at that fair enough okay. uh when you think about the rest of the. season and you think about this Lakers. team mhh you guys will have Suess if. what wow well obviously we could go.

without saying any team. Health uh Health that's the most. important for our team we we are not in. a position where we can afford anybody. to go down um and then after that um. Luca myself and AR-15 we got to be all. clicking at the same time you know and. we know there's going to be games where. you know that happens throughout the. course of a playoff game where you know. I may not be making my shots or whatever. or ar is not making his shots or Luca.

might not be making his shots but as far. when I say clicking we have to be in. tuned on what we got to do every single. night to because we have to we got to. make sure everybody's in the right place. every single game you know the playoffs. is literally one possession to have you. losing uh a series you know one. possession can make you lose a series. and it's up to us three you know. obviously I know I'm you know my voice. and what I command out of guys that's. going to be her Lucas play some people. lead by example and his the way AR his.

affections play we have to make sure we. have everybody in tune and um because we. know our coaching staff gonna give us. the game plan JJ's not going to send us. out there on a on a wild goose. chase nope we going to be we he's he and. his coaching staff they're GNA make sure. we know what the hell we need to do in. order to get the job done and then it's. up to us to go get it done you guys. going to mind the game right you guys to. mind the game always do plug. season two Steve Season Two Season Two. available soon hey uh we can't thank you.

enough for stopping by I appreciate it. man yeah dude legitimately you boys over. there man I didn't know we were snapping. after I feel like I missed it yeah when. I found out you was a Celtic F I thought. you going to throw a beer on me like. what happened what is that is that after. I went for 45 in there you know that. threw a beer on me he I mean if you're. the heat problem but uh I also do have. one uh kind of mythological whatever the. word is question you don't read those. [ __ ] books before the games right all. those books you open it to the first. page and then you don't read those.

[ __ ] books ever again listen listen I. actually have finished those books oh. hold on like if you were to hold this. hold hold on on people say you would say. you read it mhm this is how that's the. art of winning someone take a photo all. right take the photo please Pat take the. photo yeah we got it we I'll from this. angle probably Rich's book we got yeah. first page wow holy [ __ ] Braun readit. and then that's it that's it I didn't. even talk to you guys this whole time I. was up here all I did was read the whole. book Meteor Man that's it that's it.

meteor might not know that movie but. it's a classic by the way it's a classic. so you. get talk about the books music music is. another thing see the future of Music. acting acting yeah everything who's next. in the music world if you had to give a. prediction wow yeah because we've heard. you say when I heard this guy I knew you. know what I I I don't know man I don't. know that's a good question um I.

literally go to to to when it comes to. like the new generation now this is the. best thing about having teenagers as. well you can literally go to them and. get the whole like the scoop yeah the. scoop but um I I don't know man I I. don't know who's next up but um I I do. love I do love music though man but I I. I'm definitely been listening to it I. got ready for the game yesterday. listening to Eric be Rock him man like. I'm I'm an old school guy too so but. we'll see we see music and sports go.

hand in hand so so much for sure and no. question about it your knowledge of it. has certainly been something that people. have chatted about yeah I appreciate it. man hey you mind the music as well. that's right and mind the books you mind. the game mind the tacos y Tuesday mind. the movies mind the movies as long as. they don't take they don't take away my. mind the cookies we'd be fine D. Riley we be fine the are done still got. the last the are done this guy doesn't. have any [ __ ]. cookies we still got SPO we still got.

the look we good I don't know people are. saying the DW cured statue is now. carrying on forever bad statue haven't. seen it yet oh Well in person in I've. seen it I've seen it on yeah I love my. guy hey when you get your statue done. just let's make sure it's a good I'm not. going to to the world what do you mean. got to that's what a [ __ ] statue is. no no [ __ ] that no no no you're put it. in your if I need to see it multiple. times yeah before we let it out yes cuz. if not that'll happen yeah yeah what the.

hell I mean where he saw his he said he. saw yeah he said he saw it he liked it. yeah but I think he was just sticking up. for the person yeah him and his son. Artic expression good team look like. they didn't like it yeah he's a good. team man I remember that moment yeah. yeah when he he stood on the on the. table well I. yeah all right LeBron we appreciate you. ladies and gentlemen goat yeah okay. we're clapping I'm Clapp for yall L I'm. clapping for y'all. for yall man I appreciate that I. appreciate that man you're the man.

ladies and gentlemen LeBron. James that was obviously an incredible. honor to get a chance to chitchat with. LeBron I hope you had a chance to learn. some things maybe you never knew about. uh why don't you go ahead and use the. hash thee LeBron versation on X and let. us know and we'll read some of the. reactions on the other side shout out to. ESPN moving this break that we were. supposed to have about 25 minutes ago. this long into it it was unfiltered. unedited and and Raw on YouTube ESPN. plus and Tik Tok live which you can. certainly go back and check out and uh.

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friend something nice could change their. [Applause]. [Music]. life hello beautiful people and welcome. back to our humble [ __ ] the Thunderdome. on this LeBron versation Wednesday March. 26 2025 hour two of the program starts. now big day it has been a big day yeah. huge that was a big conversation cannot. wait to see the big reaction coming from. it obviously there's been a lot of parts.

of that that I don't think any of us. knew about and then uh some stories that. were confirmed true you know that cookie. one nine-year NFL vet Darius J Butler I. guess from the responses and reactions. that I'm seeing on X and on social media. I guess the Miami Media said that that. story was not true I I guess that is. what a lot of people down in South. Florida were saying on X I don't know if. that's true or not but I guess it was. reported that the C story blown out of. proportion and then right there good ISM. we confirm that those crispy edged soft. home baked cookies were certainly a part.

of the real story down yeah you know. some people calling Pat Riley Petty or. is it just you know heat culture is it. just the the the top the Pinnacle of. discipline but uh one thing I think we. can all agree on you take away a man's. Soft Bait crispy Edge chocolate chip. cookies I mean any consequence that come. from that you better be ready for you. understand that's right I got a little. bit more clarity on it the entirety of. it all uh talks to tables here uh Bruce. Brown and Tai Schmidt uh Boston Connor. traveled back home alongside talk send. positive things to Boston Connor he'll.

be back next week Tai Schmidt what a. moment there for the program and we let. off the show uh we talked about Russell. Wilson going of the Giants. congrats Giants fans are saying let's. ride already very excited Stefan Diggs. 26 million going to New England also. huge huge Trey Hendrickson I guess there. uh Cincinnati trying to get a deal done. with he okay good luck there and then we. also said like yeah there's some things. that we get to do do uh that are. outrageous talking to him yesterday was. an absurd thing and then watching it. back like I literally watched I think. probably just like everybody else did uh.

that's the most I've ever heard out of. LeBron ever and while as soon as it. ended okay as soon as it ended and they. filmed an episode of uh mind the game. season two uh with Steve Nash Steve Nash. was here too afterward we did not know. that was Happ another Legend we had no. idea Steve Nash was going to be here and. then all of a sudden Steve Nash walks in. it's like holy [ __ ] Steve Nash is here. and Steve Nash and I mean absolutely. beat the living [ __ ] out of me and Foxy. okay he didn't miss a shot didn't miss a.

shot I don't think he missed one shot he. he said he hadn't shot in 11 years you. know since he retired he's in incredible. shape playing tennis every single jum he. was in TST he's form was absurd he. started with a couple warm-ups you know. and he was like H I don't know he and he. rims in okay first one from like let's. say four or five feet then he backs up. to six feet and then splash and he backs. up uh backs up to 7 F feet Splash 8 feet. Splash 10 Splash and then he goes back. to three Splash and then the game is. shooting from all five spots splash.

splash splash splash splash get to come. back around splash splash splash splash. splash it was absurd and then you know. Ty you walked out there you go uh it's. multiple time MVP on it yeah yeah. there's levels there is there is. multiple times so Steve Nash was here. was awesome but literally sitting over. there we sat there for probably 3 4. hours we were here till about 8:00 p.m. last night letting watching them record. do their thing they took over uh shout. out to Jason and uninterrupted he was a. little bossy little bit but hey you got. to do that producer he had to do what he.

had to do and Kevin came through and. worked and uh you know it was great but. we were chatting over there and we all. thought it was pretty surreal and then. watching it back it's like he was so. cool to us like I can't believe he did. that now granted there's some internet. chatter happening about maybe the. reasoning on why he did it maybe okay. and there's been a lot of places that. have certainly been wanting to chitchat. with LeBron James for a long time like. that and those people are probably going. to be uh uh haters uh of some of the. things and how we conducted said. conversation if you would like to ask. the questions go do it get get a get a.

conversation and have it your way but. everything we talked about I feel like. we address a lot of outstanding things. and he blessed us with a lot of [ __ ]. answers and I'm very thankful for that. you know we've been doing this a long. time yeah remember we're in the back of. a box truck down in Louisiana with no. air conditioning 135 degrees correct. everything's crashing but we got to go. live we've been through a that moment is. a wild one for us and uh I I enjoyed the. fact that we enjoyed it last night. afterwards yeah and I think we should. have because you know I mean we were. even saying right up to like when you.

know like okay we'll believe this when. he actually shows up you know cuz like. it's happened plenty of times you always. talk about hey we don't really promote. stuff for the show because there's a. chance like you book someone and then. you make a big deal about it and then 20. minutes before they're supposed to come. on something falls through and it. doesn't happen and then we're kind of. just sitting here with our dick in our. hands like they look like assh yeah. exactly exactly but for him to come in. and it I don't know if it really you. know like you you could tell in the. interview he literally walked in sat. down and we got right into it like there. was no Preamble like him kind of feeling.

it out a little bit seeing like oh okay. so like yeah people can say what they. want about the reasons he decided to to. do it here but regardless of that fact. like there could have been multiple. moments in that when we did it when he. was just like nah stop like cut that. like I don't really want to discuss that. I don't really which a lot of people. were saying was going to happen exct as. soon as we announced it there was a lot. of people saying LeBron yeah pre-record. he's in the middle of an NBA season he's. got a game he's flying in from the West. like there's a lot of moving pieces and. a lot of things happening so the fact.

that he even made time was awesome then. he added an extra two hours of travel to. come here to do the entirety of it all. and uh yeah a lot of people thought I. was going to be at it we ran that yeah. that was exactly that was literally the. entirety of it and that's what a lot of. people are saying like you know why is. the audio dropping out it's like cuz he. was real he was dropping F bombs like he. was super he was super Comfort. comfortable which you know I just I. don't know it's crazy because like you. said you know for him to come in and for. you know like you guys are professional. athletes like that's one thing but the.

amount of people that want to talk to. him or have opinions about him or have. said you know out of pocket stuff about. him for him to just sit in the pocket. there with you know me and Connor up. here too and just whatever I'm going to. I'm going to go with the flow I'm going. to have fun with these guys like it. surpassed my expectations of what it was. going to be and like I I'll remember. yester yesterday for the rest of my life. like that was insane there were some. LeBron haters in the Thunderdome debut. you know there were some LeBron haters.

in in the Thunderdome and then. immediately afterwards like yeah he did. a lot there for us yeah he seemed cool. too didn't he seemed like a human. Charming Charming I got text from people. that are in the beid this is a. fascinating. conversation what do you mean a. fascinating conversation like LeBron was. just like kind of it did feel like. LeBron was just hanging you it literally. felt like was the most candid that I've. seen him like I said I've even seen him. on platforms that he owns and obviously. he's you know probably they probably.

have you know pre-production and know. what they're going to talk about like. you said walking in just sitting down. and you know how free flowing the show. is like you you didn't even know. necessarily what we were going to ask. when you went to us so to for him to be. that candid uh in that moment in the. middle of the season to take the time. out all the things that you mentioned. and uh he he is a person that you know. with all the deals and things that he. has Partnerships and things you want to. you know protect that in some sense so. for him to go into detail and talk about. certain things like it was huge things I. know even like when I asked him about. the bronnie thing like I kind of forgot.

about Bron's heart which that's huge. like that's a huge thing for him to even. go in detail about that and then why. these moments mean even uh more to him. because you do we do you know especially. in the media now we talk about athletes. and sometimes even as former. professional athletes you forget about. the human aspect side side of it the. family side of it so um see him going in. detail about that and um clear up some. other stories the the cookie story. obviously a lot of people from home are. pissed off about Pat Riley and how that. all went down but um yeah it was dope.

million dollars on the body yeah cuz he. was probably in his had like something. more. yeah never added it people are kind of. undercutting like I took a couple of. trips did this at his stage 40 years old. you know he is a physical specimen and. when he W when you forget that I think. when you see him just on TV I think you. forget that he like almost his head on. the exit when he's walking in here you. know and the pictures like it was funny. whenever we lined up for the photo uh.

that we showed there he was like I'll. get in the back he like looked around. and was like I'll get in the back I. don't want to block anybody and Gumpy. you know gumpy's five foot uh 10 we'll. say okay we'll do that uh he's the one. 10 yeah he's the one right in between. that's a very good day. brother yeah he's he's five five this. guy he is a little fella in his shoes. somehow he got these cute little shoes I. mean it is unbelievable it is. unbelievable one of the greatest humans. and hardest working humans of all time. obviously a Canadian but LeBron.

literally looks right at him he goes. I'll get in the back and Gumpy goes oh. no it's your show pile and Gumpy just. pokes his head around there and LeBron. looks down at him one time and just like. shakes his head and it was like uh I. assume that he had never been in a room. like what we had you know and uh I'm. appreciative of him knowing our program. cuz when he sat down he said I've seen. this place so many times I had no idea. what it looked like which is what a lot. of people say so the fact that he's. watched um is very cool to think about. because as I said at the beginning like. I'm 37 he's 40 so I've W like and I'm a.

sports guy and I like people that are. like I've always been infatuated with. the greats like always have been always. want to know what makes the greates. great I always want to know how they. tick you know the the work ethic and. there's always going to be things that. come along with greats now you know and. if you pay attention to the greats. you'll find those there's always going. to be some sort of flaw or offset. because you have to sacrifice something. to get to a level that nobody else has. ever been so like nobody at the top has. ever been perfect nowadays everybody's. been covered uh more so now even more so.

than whenever LeBron came out of uh High. School in the early 2000s or whatever. because how much social media is but his. entire life has been documented you know. and it's like for him too now Grant he's. pissed off people with his politics uh. he's gone public with his politics which. is going to happen anytime you do. politics he's taking stances for things. that I some people think uh a portion of. people think like this guy shouldn't be. talking about this he has no idea but. then he's also done like so much good. and like the way he worded that is just.

not wanting to [ __ ] it up yeah that's an. I think that was like the most human. thing that I I think I've ever heard out. of like a LeBron LeBron like a LeBron. James like there was an actual fear. there like hey there's a lot of stories. in the past of people having this type. of opportunity and ruining it I don't. want to be somebody that does that that. was cool to hear the reason like his. that felt like his why you know and uh I. don't think i' heard it before and the. way he laid it out I was like there's a. reason this guy is the one yeah there is. a reason why he's been able to do it and.

and you look around now and I don't want. to do like Paul skes feels like a. similar you know situation with like. baseball right now these it this doesn't. happen often you know him understanding. the assignment he said he talked about. the. lottery yeah. Cleveland okay Lottery Yeah scratch off. okay me go back I understood the. assignment you know and it's like it. takes that I think to and I bet you the. league U is very thankful for everything. LeBron and it's probably why LeBron has.

so much sway you know amongst players. amongst the league because he has been. it for 22 years literally day one he's. guy yeah when you talk about. expectations and I know skes is a guy. and we've had other and now with the. media that we have like expectations are. larger for a lot of different. individuals but to go back to you know. when he was on the cover Slam Magazine. or whatever it was his like at that. point he was already being compared okay. is he going to be the next Michael.

Jordan and for him to you know live up. and surpass those expectations I I know. you know l s kareim Abdul Jabar was. before our time but he he kind of had. those same expectations like before. social media was really a thing like. LeBron everybody knew who LeBron was. everybody expected him to be kind of. what he became so I I couldn't imagine. the pressure it is to kind of live up. with that and him growing up you know. I'm saying that he you know didn't have. necessarily those Role Models around him. and then to become what he's become and. then you know be that role model for so.

many young kids you know the young boys. in his house uh first and foremost like. that that's just dope to see $2.5. million was raised to the Boys and Girls. Club there built a. school we got a school like and and and. people to your point people are always. going to be especially people that are. you know viewed on the mountain top or. as the greats people are always going to. be on both sides people you know we we. speak very very glowingly about Michael. Jordan now but when Michael Jordan was. in in his Heyday a lot of people hated. MJ too A lot of people spoke on you know.

his weaknesses or whatnot everybody you. go up and down the list it's always. going to be people on both Sid just like. you say it may have been some LeBron. haters in the building is definitely le. Lebron lovers in the building as well. and that's going to be in every building. every barber shop every group track. you're going to have those conversation. it's kind of what comes with it when you. when you kind of enter that Mount. Rushmore conversation not only in. basketball but just in sports and. general business you know human you you. like everything when you get to the top. of the mountain a lot more people know. you I think you know and this is going.

to sounds so narcissistic to bring up. like our story but like the more people. that know us you know and the more. people that get introduced to us like. the louder it gets I I think uh I don't. know if it was herb stre who told me he. was like but as you climb up the. mountain the windier it gets you know. like that is uh real life and that is. how it all is you know but the height. comes a lot of benefit but the negative. is it gets louder too the more people. that know you the more people that are. going to like you but the more people. that are definitely going to hate you. LeBron's been known Yeah by and and we.

talked about it before social media that. was flip phone ER everybody remembers. him at the WWE the WWF at the time I. assume in front row with his little flip. bone it's like you didn't need social. media to know who the hell LeBron was. the whole world knew who LeBron was and. uh the way he has operated I think he. should be incredibly proud of himself. legit and coming in here and he's. forever there's going to be some story. or controvers he's a human you know like. things do happen but it's like what he. did here for us I will forever be. thankful for you know and uh that was.

very very very cool with him especially. cuz we're football defers you know MH I. think we had some good NBA questions in. there big time think we did journalism I. think we did a little journalism there's. people doing emergency broadcast right. now to respond and we we expect sure. they will yeah yeah sure we we we did. expect that as in the conversations that. we were having there afterwards as they. were filming uh there was a lot of like. cool I wonder if insert name here knows. that there's something and then oh I. wonder if definitely they know they.

would know that's and then oh kind of a. Ricochet to who like a couple of those. yeah but other than that I learned a lot. about LeBron James and a human he is and. uh he's got the Pacers tonight on ESPN. and I'll tell you what we facetimed. Tyrese Halbert immediately after the. conversation and said look out bub yeah. look out he's locked in right now just. want to let you know they're they're. figuring it out and Tyre said said so. are we I don't want to hear you know. tyre's doing his uh his thing but it's. uh it's nice to get to know these NBA. dudes no it was great he was uh it was. awesome to hear him just as a a human a.

lot of times like even him bringing up. the the finals against Dallas or that. Series against Orlando and like saying. like hey I [ __ ] those up like that was. cool of him to hear and just being a. human talking about bronnie and then I. love like you talked about I love. hearing the greats talk about the greats. and like the conversation about him and. Kobe not being super tight and kind of a. raly even during those US Olympic teams. until he became a Laker until Kobe was. retired like and then talking about how. that's probably what's going to happen.

with with MJ just because like him. saying he's he's definitely tired of. seeing me running up and down the court3. like that like him talking about that. stuff was just awesome well and then in. that same sentence he mentioned like. since I'm in high school they've been. talking about my name with this guy you. know so he could see how and we all know. Mike and he even if you don't know Mike. you know Mike and it was like oh I guess. we could see how that could be true and. I wonder if LeBron's going to have to. deal with the same oh yeah you know. whenever it happens I wonder if he's. maybe if there's another one well you. know we can take this over to football. because like Brett to Aaron Rogers and.

then how Aaron wanted to do Jordan love. yeah I wonder if there will be a way. that LeBron like for the next whoever it. is is it Wy potentially uh a vastly. different player but whoever it is next. I do wonder how that relationship will. go yeah it'd be interesting to see and. these guys are how long is this guy. going to play for tooo that's the first. question but but the the Michael and we. all know him you know just I would say. him and LeBron just from the outside. looking in are different when it comes.

to to that I feel like you know. everything yeah a lot of things a lot of. things for sure Kobe was more similar to. Michael when it came to that so um I. think he'll be more open and and you. mention it being around so long like. he's playing with his son but he's faced. like I don't know how many players now. he's like I played against your dad I. played against your uncle I've played. I've coached you know Nash he played. against Nash he played against reic like. reic has come up after him retired went. to TV now become a coach all while he.

still playing so I think he'll. definitely have that type of Mentor. relationship with whoever the next. person is Steve Nash and LeBron James. season two of mind the game debuting on. Tuesday April 1st I do believe it is an. Amazon property but I think you can see. and watch it uh everywhere we talked to. Steve Nash off air and I assume he. thought it was off the Record uh but. we're definitely going to say it because. it was a great line he said that uh all. the people that didn't think LeBron and. Luca were going to work is because they. thought that you know a star whenever. he's not getting the ball and he's used.

to getting the ball can sometimes Pat a. little bit you know like that's a real. thing that can can happen you know. humans egos Pride everything like that. can take place so I think the people. thought that they weren't going to be. able to work because one of them. wouldn't be able to buy in to the other. one being s normally it's like people. take turns you know that is kind of how. like that would would work and he said. instead it feels like what he's watching. is LeBron's taking advantage of the fact. that Luca is getting a lot of the. attention to being the ball so he's able. to do stuff he's never been able to do. before cutting back dooring being able.

to kind of do the off theball [ __ ] that. I assume he's been wanting like others. to do you know like everything that he. has maybe wanted and he's fully. committed to that so I think that goes. into it even more of a conversation of. like maybe this guy isn't just a. primadonna prick you know like maybe. maybe he has been painted into a an. image that you know a couple different. things that have happened people just. automatically assume the absolute worst. it's like this dude's willing to give up. like his ego in his 22nd year in Los.

Angeles with him already being a goat. for another guy trade he wasn't even if. you listen to all reports right he was. not talked to about he talked about how. much he likes Anthony Davis and it's. like he's just like yep and he's called. uh JJ retic what a [ __ ] so it's like. there's obviously coaching happen it's. like I feel like I have a much different. perspective of Lebron after talking to. him and I just keep saying I can't take. him enough for it a lot of people would. take shots at him early on even on high. in high school like he was always um.

more passive people would say like hey. you know take the shot take the last. shot every time I don't care if you. double team don't pass it up to the. better shot because that's kind of who. he was as a as a player was hey I'm. going to be a team player I'm going to. get the best shot I'm going to put my. players in the best position to succeed. and people wanted him to be the Kobe. who's going to take the final shot be. the MJ who's going to take the final. shot so once you're in that in that. position you're never going to make. every everybody happy I feel like he's. definitely stayed true to himself and. that that's that's what I also admire. well to your point like I think he's.

just like at peace with everything now. like he does he doesn't give a [ __ ]. about the you know argument between him. and LeBron because like when you get to. his level like in his head it you're. never going to win that anyway you know. like he probably thinks he's the best of. all time he should but and you know like. it doesn't matter what he does at this. stage of his career like he they the. Lakers could win the next two NBA finals. and that's going to sway how anyone who. is on the Jordan side thinks anyway so. like you said like he's at pece with it. it's like you know what I can put I my.

resume is signed sealed and delivered. like it's set in stone so I can if if it. takes me just sitting in the corner and. hitting open threes or cutting to the. basket and dunking and I can kind of. pass the torch on to Luca to be like the. next star of the Lakers I'm good with. that and people are going to say what. they're going to say regardless he was. awesome hey thank you bronny and Foxy. you're you've been a Braun uh Enthusiast. a Braun Enthusiast your entire life yeah. uh soon as it was over you and Mitt oh.

man dude it was a big braon guy like. that was awesome I so mind blown so he. mentioned that night in Detroit where he. scored 25 points I was probably 12 13. years old and ever since that night I'll. never forget it I was like this is the. guy so I've been on this LeBron Journey. UPS Downs championships losing. championships all this stuff the whole. time and. countless countless countless LeBron. Jordan arguments I mean you have to do. that but to see him in the flesh like Ty. said didn't know if he was actually.

going to come I didn't want to get my. hopes up and then to see him we do the. interview immediately I couldn't have. got out of this seat faster walked out. there immediately Legend dapped him up. he was so cool he was so nice I'll. literally never forget that did you guys. snap after the DB up or no no snap from. him or me so we were kind of on the. right page there that was interesting he. dropped that in there out of nowhere you. know cuz he's got handshakes where buy. MH so I didn't know what to be honest. might be your handshake yeah I think it. is okay I I didn't get a snap either the. the rhythm of the snap was something.

I've never experienced before it was. very quick after the you know usually. there's like a boom and then like a. little like a little oh we're doing a. little boom in there and said it was. like he's got those massive hands they. get there just right away you know boom. big fingers you know it's like well cuz. he probably doesn't want to take them. away that's a long trip exactly we got. to get back y so it's huge. absolutely huge he had a couple bars in. there too everything becomes Sasquatch I. think was one of the things that he said. it was like oh I bet you he explains.

that about a lot of stories about him. that go how about the two kids uh two. guys yeah Caucasian gentlemen uh who are. outside the elevator oh my God it's. LeBron oh oh oh I. didn't what a moment fuk LBJ he's heard. a lot of that throughout his life and. we're thankful that he stopped by I. don't know what the hell we're going to. talk about uh nobody there's G to be we. would be wasting every conversation that. we have right now for instance for. instance Trey Hendrickson in Cincinnati.

might get done oh wow oh yeah maybe what. makes you say that well there's been a. report you know a little latte uh. Starbucks um air and. Starbucks jouster yeah uh basically. saying that they're looking to basically. uh complete a sweep of paying all of. their players this has kind of been the. MMO or the statement coming out of the. Bengals since the beginning they said. they want to be able to pay Jamar Chase. and T Higgins everybody said that's not. possible remember he said ideally we'd. keep both Jamar andt they did.

congratulations and then as he spoke. about uh Duke Tobin spoke about Trey. Hendrickson would like to keep Trey. Hendrickson here as well didn't think it. would be possible to be able to pay both. wide receivers and Trey Hendrickson. didn't think it would be possible to pay. one of the wide receivers and Trey. Hendrickson and pay the other wide. receiver but now it's being reported. that they're going to try to do it so I. I'm not going to doubt them just. strictly because they dunked be pretty. good for not thinking that they'd be. able to get both wide receivers done but. if they're able to get all three of. these guys done they're going to have to. hit on the draft like that is going to. have to be the case but other teams have.

been able to do it but other teams have. been able to do I mean what a lot of the. good teams that people always refer to. the Eagles being one of the examples one. of the best I would say the best example. defending Super Bowl champs is they pay. their guys early so they don't you know. when you get to this point and now the. market is jumps up year by year by so. much you don't put yourself in this. situation and we talk about it all the. time when you when you're not on a when. you're not with the quarterback that's. not on their rookie deal so Joe burrow. has already been paid you paid your two. receivers and now you're going to pay uh. the the reigning sack King right now.

it's like hey it's going to be a tough. time filling out the rest of that Rost. maybe bring in you know the Thunderdome. Squad we can get some [ __ ] done it'll be. it'll be interesting to see how Duke. Duke toin gets this done but obviously. he is one of their best players I'm. bummed out to hear this as a coach fan I. was hoping some way somehow we got in. back with Lou over here with our defense. but um most most importantly I hope Trey. gets his well earned money because he's. been a dog since stepping foot in the. league yeah tre's been good to us. obviously and uh what he said on our.

program at Radio row was kind of the big. like well wait a minute are they going. to be able to get trade done are they. trying to get uh trade done and tre's. like I love Cincinnati but like also at. some point I need to be given what I'm. worth there's been a couple years now. where they've kind of extended it. hopefully he's able to make his money. get his money and if they're able to. keep him in. Cincinnati that's phenomenal work by. Duke to yeah and uh we'll see how it all. goes go ahead Ty well and ultimately. like we'll are they going to have to. meet in the middle somewhere cuz I. understand they're trying to get it done.

but if they come back to him and they're. like hey how how does $32 million a year. sound it's like well I'm the reigning. sack king and you got guys making 3940. million a year so like do should I do I. need to take a HomeTown discount like I. know he said he loves Cincinnati but. like the proof is still going to be in. the pudding cuz you know is that. necessarily fair that because they've. already paid those two guys they want. him to stay like that doesn't. necessarily mean that he should have to. take a big pay cut for what he thinks. he's truly worth okay I don't know if. it's a pay cut or not uh Russell Wilson.

last year was getting paid $1 million by. the Pittsburgh Steelers and like 36 or. 40 or something from the Denver Broncos. yesterday it's announced he signs a. one-year $10 million guarantee up to or. 10 half million guarantee up to 21. million uh in the one year they. obviously signed jamus Winston to a 4. million per year uh job a week ago or. whatever and they got Tommy cutlets in. there D ball and uh was obviously on a. mission this offseason to get a veteran. quarterback understanding the situation. especially with what has happened over. the last couple years and understanding. that hard knock's offseason uh basically.

showcase the saquon Barkley decision and. then Squan goes on to be the offense. player of the year and the MVP basically. and have the greatest season in the. history of any running back so that's. tough yeah but now we got a chance to. win they bring in Russell Wilson let's. go to New York Giants uh football fan um. Bruce Brown you guys got on the Super. Bowl or what I don't know about the. Super Bowl but who whoa who. I'm I'm fired up uh it seems like giants. nation is a is a bit torn and to all the. Giants fans that are upset about us. signing Russell Wilson I would just say.

who do you think we are like we tried to. get Matt Stafford he stayed home he. didn't want to move across the 100. million guaranteed you guys are yes. exactly to come be a New York Giant I. would imagine we offered Aaron Rogers. much more or at least a few million more. than what the Steelers are offering but. obviously he would probably rather be a. Pittsburgh Steeler we are what we are. and we we got to build something here to. attract future free agents that might. want to come here and just put a. respectable season together and I think. Russ is a great uh you know first really.

Second Step um behind jamus you know. coming as the as the backup uh you know. towards that goal um I think our roster. is a lot better than than a lot of. people um you know might think. especially on on the offensive line end. of things um but you know still. certainly holes to fill um and steps to. take but I I think it's a great first. step you know now looking at the draft. we could still go shador 3 and have him. sit behind Russ for you know maybe eight. nine games and then and then let shador.

um go out there or we go Travis Hunter. maybe Trey back in Jackson Dart so okay. here we go now we're working now we're. Wheeling dealing more more options on. the table for the draft and uh you know. I'm I'm pumped up about it hey I love to. hear that in Russell Wilson's post. obviously he won a Super Bowl there they. beat the Broncos so he says I know this. place pretty well he goes this is the. place where zitto took the top off and. RV right on Y A lot of people saying. he's the first guy to ever be excited to. go M Life Stadium see that's not good. place it's a [ __ ]. hole Russ is eternal Optimus he is he.

loves going to stadium that quarterback. room R is he goingon to Let's Ride what. do you think it's going to be he didn't. do anything with the Steelers right. tried riding it no and it that kind of. maybe that's why he lost the juice uh in. the last half of the Season he hopped. off the pony but um fun fact uh ESPN bet. uh came out with their win totals for. the NFL. Giants are the lowest at three and a. half so they don't believe with Russ was. it before three and a half yeah our yeah. Rush changed obviously we have our.

division then we play the entire NFC. North and the Chiefs pretty much so you. let's see the the Raiders Saints. Patriots maybe that's a tough schedule. maybe de Bears maybe de Broncos man D. your head coach yeah looking at this. thing going what did I do yeah what the. hell do we do to deserve this they. better not be on prime time that's all I. they will they will five straight weeks. of it brother oh yeah five straight. weeks we're going to be forced to watch. it uh good luck to Russell man good luck. Russ congratulations to Stefan Diggs.

obviously has a leg injury he secures. another $26 million and another proa. type contract which he certainly can and. would be able to with Drake May that's a. huge deal for New England as we have. about a minute here dbud yeah good deal. for New England I think a great deal at. this point in his career from for Stefan. digs he's made a ton of money in his. career he knows what it's like to be a. number one receiver uh from what I've. seen online least from Dr Reef in him in. his post he looks like he's trending in. the right direction healthwise so I'm. looking forward to Drake May getting. another certified weapon on offense then.

this makes the draft even more exciting. for what the Patriots to do at the top. oh Travis Hunter is the fun day oh wow. that'd be pretty crazy but the way those. first four picks are going literally. anything can happen right now especially. with what the quarterback stuff. happening and then there's some Browns. quarterback conversation happening. there's a lot going on we'll continue to. cover it all uh every day that you'll. allow us we can't thank LeBron enough. it's been LeBron versation Wednesday. March 26 2025 here on ESPN We Roll on on.

YouTube ESPN plus Disney plus and Tik. Tok live we'll see you tomorrow be a. friend tell friend something nice it. might change your life goodbye that was. a pretty good sign off I felt pretty. good about that nail it felt pretty good. about that one people are not happy. about the muting of this were words on. ESPN yeah we should have put on the. bottom unfiltered on YouTube they they. should know at this point yeah a lot of. people I did do not know a show or watch. it a lot of people know LeBron they were. T have you just looked at like the. amount of followers he's got a lot I.

checked that out last night you know. because we started talking about it. we're like this is the biggest this is. by far the biggest yeah that has ever. been on the program by far like Aaron. Rogers is a mega star yeah Peyton. Manning insanely famous about do he it's. the thing though the rock doy that's the. thing like football obviously America. but these basketball it was like James. Harden Steph Curry like these like us. you know numbers wise probably not even. the top three when it comes to like. actual people not MoneyWise yeah but.

soccer soccer players same thing so yeah. when you get those big time basketball. players like their brands are so so wide. it's crazy how many people follow we're. getting quoted in different languages. obviously oh oh yeah and I hope they uh. if they do a a lip dub of me mhm I hope. it's a good one I'm sure it will be I. hope in their language they got pizaz. you know I hope I hope they I hope they. get it right cuz I've been dying this. International road before sure it was.

not for a conversation with LeBron James. it was for a conversation with Aaron. Rogers during a time where there was a a. shot you know yeah. and he was he didn't want he was not no. he was never going wasn't getting it. that was Doctor not doing it he. consulted with Dr Joe Rogan at the time. mhm also like three other actual doctors. nobody talks about that had a 500 page. report boy I was getting murdered in. different languages I mean just the. entire the entire planet was just. burying me look at the Flappy arms on a.

guy. next this Fatso is going to be on a. conversation about health I don't think. so Jesus what language is that and I'm. asking the internet to translate and I'm. like stop translating please it was. better when it was just a bunch of. letters and I didn't understand what it. was saying let me get out of here let me. keep it moving I assume same thing here. I MIL teller. Saga I that's a whole another animal. yeah different languages get exactly. buried Swedish tabloids tell me I'm the. worst human of volon yeah me translate. that this piece all the sweds I think so.

come I'm telling you I think it was them. I forget who it was but LeBron here he. certainly uh I assume shows are going to. use that for the next uh year uh two. long time two year long time a lot of. lot of you put that in the bank for the. next decade I think be okay quotable. moments all right let's get to a break. uh we'll be back on the other side. wrapping up all the stories and also. finding some #the LeBron versation. tweets that we need to read on air. cannot wait to see the reaction to the. convo be a part of the program.

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don't want to see a different mannerism. of somebody and especially the coach you. see everybody's talking about the. players but you got a coach to coaches. too did you smile there too were you. smiling. [Music]. smileon smil that's fourth quarter. Perfection Matthew Stafford fourth. quarter Perfection big moments t-o. Perfection we got some real magic here. tonight don't we I love that toad that. takes those mushrooms. and with that being said ston bet is 25.

years old he's so damn comfortable. darell Washington the backup tight end. he's 6727 Brock B best player on the. field the defense full of do give it a. Georgia Bulldogs go back to back first. time since his man his Alabama Squad I. love the bulds tonight parking all over. the place coach. all right here we go huh a rush from all.

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was down 31 points who's that the. Italians all right let's take the. tractor another round what are you. watching out there coach honestly you. know they're they're better off grabbing. Luca doic out in the crown and baby L. him up quit guys let cuz they can't do a. damn thing we decid to T here formerly. known as praying for this TCU team to do. something so you put your hands up play. SF Fly Away thank you for your service.

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this LeBron versation Wednesday March 26. 2025 Hour 3 starts now big day it has. been and uh what an honor it has been to. be here uh the toxic table at Bruce. Brown and Tai Schmidt looking fantastic. uh opening day tomorrow oh God I cannot. wait opening day of the the baseball. season is tomorrow Tai Schmid and uh I I. I'll let you two Yankees die hards know. tomorrow on the program mhm Derek Jeter.

oh my God what the captain holy [ __ ]. captain Oh my God yeah I'd take a bullet. for JE any day of the week for the rest. of my life well you you wouldn't be. you're just saying that would be the. last day of my life yeah you wouldn't be. able to do it every week but you're. saying if a week comes if like jeet's 95. years old living in a nursing home and. some like Colombian Hitmen in Miami. decide hey we got to get rid of this guy. and I get wind of it I'm down.

there I'll take every single one of them. for your captain yeah Oh Captain My. Captain yes he'll be on tomorrow hell. yes talking about opening what are the. story lines are the Yankees going to win. this year or no uh we'll see that's. what's kind of tough is because as you. know the baseball season is so [ __ ]. long that like there are story lines but. I mean we are. nothing matters for the next like month. and a half you know what does matter. what's that show he otani's back on a. bump yeah show he Otani last year end of. season now they would go on to win the.

World Series and all that he was taking. pitching sessions you know never played. never pitched we were hoping that there. would be a moment where he would come. out maybe close the game out whatever it. was cuz Shi is obviously a Phenom this. this a oneof one an anomaly in every. single sense he's back doing it so we. got a chance this year we're going to. see the show heon experience you know. people chit cchat about Babe Ruth was. basically the last guy who pitched and. hit as well as he did but inevitably. would just go on to to hit there.

normally if you're as good of a hitter. as sh Otani is we're not wasting any of. that in a chance to ruin it with. pitching and if you're as good of a. pitcher as you are shot Tony we're not. going to blow any of that with having. you hit so he's the first guy offense. defense special teams he's playing every. single position on the field and there. was a conversation that maybe he would. never get back to pitching because how. good he did hitting how much money they. paid him how well the team did this. feels like maybe he is going to get back. to pitching and how do the baseball. people feel about sh sh otani's ability.

to be able to do both of these things I. mean it definitely can be I'm of the. thought that their the Dodgers pitching. staff is so deep like they went out and. got a bunch of starting pitchers so like. they don't really need him to pitch per. se and I just always worry when a guy. has had issues before like it would suck. if Shi does something to his elbow that. kind of to the point where like he can't. even hit and they lose him for a season. and we potentially like start to you.

know not not saying like what could have. been cuz what he's already done in his. career is you know like will probably. never be replicated but I just worry. because they're so deep like he's. unbelievable obviously so it's kind of. like a I mean are we really going to you. know limit what this guy can do because. he's unbelievable but it's also like he. is so good at the plate too that do we. even want to take the risk of him. potentially getting hurt because we we. have the best pitching staff in baseball. too we went out and spent a bunch of. money on that like we they don't.

necessarily need him to do it but it's. one of those things where it's you got a. guy throwing 100 miles an hour he has. nasty stuff like he he as a competitor. I'm sure he wants to continue to P so. you two are Yankees guys okay as the. coastal elitist this has made its way. out here to the Thunderdome and I hate. that were just part of a problem you. know just pushing the agenda the Yankees. because you know what I heard dbut. what's that well the Mets run New York. now I heard that as well Start Spreading. the. News no we'll see Jes left yesterday.

there is no Sinatra at City field but. they did have I saw Jerry Seinfeld there. he is a Mets fan yes yeah I seen him. there I seen the trumpets there they. also got he's back the there the [ __ ]. what was the rler there the rler. was that's it that's it. the rler don't know [ __ ] about sports. you see his bracket everyone said oh no. 40 oh yeah he he picked St John's to win. the national championship they didn't. even make it to the [ __ ].

sweet so did this show yeah yeah we did. too we bet pretty heavily on that so us. and rizzler seeing the field the same. damn way yeah we didn't have Yale in the. sweet six or the final four you know. come on rizzler he's trying to get get. in he understands he's working he's. working a little bit I don't give a [ __ ]. if the rizzler is a fan of the Mets cuz. once again once we do the blood. sacrifice of big boom AJ and his. son the Yankees are back Big Time who. else got a shout outside of Yankees.

Dodgers Red Sox loaded up first time in. a while Phillies will be good uh the. Braves are always tough Pittsburgh. Pirates yep uh they could be a dark. horse yeah pitching staff if they can. stay healthy pitching stff yeah if they. can stay healthy they will be a SK a lot. of people picking him to win the sa. young so it's uh yeah the for the first. time in a long time you you might be you. know keeping a close eye on the Pirates. pburat September yeah Paul Paul SK does.

that to a city to a franchise to a team. to a league okay Paul SK is coming there. humble I I mean Super humble so much. Moxy military man understands exactly. who he is what he can be and uh I think. he understands what he means to like the. sport of baseball definitely to. Pittsburgh he gave a promo in a press. conference I think last week that was. like the city of Pittsburgh deserves. like our team to be good like we're all. getting excited about a wild card win I. think we won a wild card game a couple. years back cut was on a team Le team and.

he was like the Pittsburgh fans still. talk about like the wild card game being. like the thing he was like I respect. that I appreciate that but that can't be. what the standard is like we need to we. need to do this he gave like a. motivational speech to the city of. Pittsburgh and I think it's radiated. through the Pirates kind of organization. now the ownership always going to take. money okay always going to take the. money but I think they're being like. publicly forced to kind of do a little. bit more maybe and his other hundo boy. Jones they feared for the worst turns. out he's going to be able to get back. the pitching not only schemes they got.

some pitchers they got some people that. can hit look at the Pittsburgh Pirates. with the best ballpark in the damn. League about to do the damn thing with. Paul but I cannot wait until we can get. SK and some pin. stripes I mean I wish we just F that's. unfortunate thing about this m he's got. to spend six more years in pis got to. spend he can turn it around you can turn. the FR franchise around you know. pitching what do they pitch once every. five seven days every five days uh hate. that as well but uh yeah I'm wishing you.

guys the best but that [ __ ] ain't. happening you Marin look just as bad. probably yeah 10 times got the buckos. game. one make sure you guys ask the captain. about the Marlins and and how [ __ ] went. down there and why he got the yeah he. loves it down there what happened a lot. of people say that he was like a sleeper. agent for the Yankees and kind of got in. there got rid of all the Marlins best. players traded him to the Yankees got. kind of set him back like 15 20 years. [ __ ] got out of Dodge it's not true. he was in a can't win situation true but. a lot of.

Dodge listen to two Yankees fans go our. captain yeah oh yeah once to another. team to work for us s up yeah it was. awesome at the time now you know John. Carlo Jesus can't use his arms yeah. can't use his arms hold a fork he's the. most jacked guy in the history of. humanity and he [ __ ] yeah can't unzip. his pants. having trouble drinking Cofe surgery on. both of his bionic elbows he's got a. hammy problem now D he swings the bat.

like 5 m per hour faster than anybody. else in Major League Baseball I think. O'Neal Cruz was was second highest and. now he just can't even why what are you. talking about his arms he squeezes the. bat so tight that now he can't. straighten his arms when he that was the. the report this offseason when he makes. contact he hits it like 10,000 M an hour. and gets a homer like every time he. makes contact but when he doesn't he. usually strikes out and tweaks something. cuz you don't want to see that guy. rounded third on his way to home either.

he's so injury-prone that they told him. last year not to run fast so he was just. jogging around B so it's basically like. hey if you don't and even like he this. guy is's too strong yes yes can he not. dial it back has anybody talked to him. and just said hey bud let's she's too. strong that's they tell him not the Run. can't really put the genie back in the. ball I mean we're talking hitting bombs. out the center field that like car him. off the wall and like he just he'll dog. the first and just stay there hey we. don't need you legging out of double we. don't God forbid you try to get the. third we don't need you pulling a hammy.

is he he's healthy to start this. season no yeah he the he literally he. can't pick up a grain of sand right now. hey Johan we hope you're okay we hope. you godp speed on the way back he just. stand he was he worked too hard he was. too strong too explosive was dealing. with it in the playoffs and just kept. mashing dingers anyway really just need. him for for the playoffs he's an. absolute do with that being said all. this comes from the amount of hard work. he puts in yeah you know you don't swing. that fast just because you woke up that. way exactly granted there is a gift but.

then he's got to work just two jacked. you guys say yeah you guys have uh a. player that's two jacked on the Yankees. MH you have Aaron judge how's is he he. was MVP last year yeah he's won MVP too. the last three years a lot of people. thinking he he may win MVP again cuz he. is unbelievable season hasn't even. started what are they talking about no. idea kind of the same thing like we we. think 's a good chance Paul SK win sa. young we know that's GNA happen sh is a. fa we know sh is goingon to pitch and. hit right that's GNA be sweet yeah and. we know that.

inevitably Pittsburgh Pirates Start. Spreading the News yeah that they uh are. they in the same no as the Yankees no. it' be the World Series where they would. so you guys would have Russell Wilson I. believe uh holy [ __ ] Yankees Pirates I. believe are in town when we're in. Pittsburgh for big night out that that. week I believe the Yankees are in town. okay so we'll try to make that happen. for sure that would be sweet you think. Ross plays or. no uh I'll tell you what we need a third.

basem that's what I'm saying he lives in. New York now he can do this finally this. is something maybe this is why he chose. the Giants you know maybe there's. conversations elsewhere and now I can. put I don't think there was convers. elsewhere hasn't been done since Prime I. mean I saw on the internet you guys are. in the buying now since he sign so they. were conversation I don't know what. you're privy to finding way behind I'm. privy to Steelers did not want Russell. Wilson back uh he wanted to be a Steeler. until you know he said well Giants. really the only team left that wants me. so so when you say the Steelers didn't.

want him back that's the fans you're. talking about no I'm talking about the. organization the. fans jez I mean Kabal wanted him back it. SC scor scored too scored too many. points against Bangals and Ary Smith. said hey stop audible and at the line of. scrimmage tone it down hand it off to n. about the Steelers quarterback situation. you know uh the Ohio State pro day is. happening Mike Tomlin Omar Khan and. Arthur Smith all in attendance guess who. they're watching the running backs of.

course and also National Champion. quarterback will hard who's being. compared to seven Big Bang R yeah yeah. he is yeah they went to dinner last. night with two running backs Trayvon. Henderson Quin Shaw jins and a. quarterback will Howard love that where'. they go somewhere in Columbus probably. probably Chop House probably Urban's. Chop House if I nobody was dancing. nobody want there a dance floor stayed. away from but no they took those three. to dinner last night it was reported uh.

huge pro day today uh they they they've. brought running backs in they're going. to bring both those running back from. Ohio State I believe in for a top 30 and. it feels like you know will could be on. the board uh and I'm I'm pretty punked. about that I'm down to two quarterbacks. that I would potentially won for this. draft number one was Jackson Dart number. two was Will Howard and if it's anyone. other than that I'll be pissed uh huh. how's Quinn Quinn's a good guy he's got. a great arm he's got Moxy uh he's just. he's he's not a Steelers quarterback. okay who what team is Quinn ERS good for.

you think it's not the Steelers like a. like a McVey offense like a like a KOC. type offense um. Dolphins great great with the fence. that's what you're talking about yeah. Pittsburgh Steelers we got play action. we got to be a big boy we are in the AFC. North we're driving the ball through the. wind yeah that's what I'm talking yeah. we're driving now WIll Howard's going to. have to throw the ball today yeah like. most Pro. days nothing bad can happen right most. prodes yeah it's like hey this is a this.

is a. choreographed workout exhibition this is. a routine basically that has been. practiced but with what happened at the. combine the way people were talking. about that will Howard should throw the. ball well today to his people they don't. know he will throw the ball well but. also like kind of has to yeah yeah I. think like kind and if he does I think. he Qui a lot that happened from the. combine but if he has a day like I think. the NFL posted Quinn you was throwing a. duck did you see that they posted a bomb. and then they said look at the gun and.

it was I mean it went far but it didn't. was not a spiral that was a wobble that. was safety Corner we talked about. literally all night we talk about this. all time social media person just sent. Quinn yers into a fire like literally. into a fire didn't know ball in that. moment like yeah traveled far but that. thing that looked bad I think Quin ERS. did not win from that particular clip. but nonetheless they say Quinn is a guy. and can spin it we all agree that he can. uh but Pro I think matters more now yeah. they posted that oh [ __ ] I mean that's a. long throw that's a long throw it looked.

like a pun I I didn't know it was that. uh did you see it no this is the I. didn't know was that warbly oh yeah yeah. yeah especially with the white backdrop. I mean it looks like it was a punt you. know he got he got there I guess no pton. used to throw some ducks that got there. so a lot of touchdown wles too they get. there yeah you're right I agree but who. knows if he's throwing every ball like. that or if that's the one ball Texas put. out another deep throw that was a nice. pretty spiral yeah cuz Quinn has that oh. yeah you know he's got that Quinn's got. a good ball good release will Howard.

though I think needs the show that he. can throw the NFL ball I think. personally big big Pro Day for him. obviously we talked about we talked to. him after the national championship so. he didn't go to the Senior Bowl um to. compete and throw throughout that week. in front of evaluators and coaches so. big big Pro Day for him uh one of his. receivers also ibuka ran uh he ran a. pretty good time and I help him probably. sneak into that uh first round running a. 44 so uh big big day for those Buckey uh. we're getting some footage here this is. from Chase Brown at Chase.

aore will'll hire the Brandon inis and. that is in a bucket oh okay Big Boy. Throw tight spiral there too you know we. were actually in a room that was right. over attached to this uh facility that. has like 10. recliners six TVs it's that window up. there yeah it's right on the yeah. there's a basketball court down there. very kind and there's trophies from the. 1910 all the way through now yep. littered through that building they have.

a showcase room that has I don't know a. thousand trophies take a thousand. trophies that's my quarterback that's. why I that's a hell of a ball that's a. big deal for will Howard man especially. like the only reason why I know that is. because uh how loud I was about will. Howard after watching his playoff run. from the sideline and being like there's. a guy he's big he can run his teammates. like him he's making all the biggest. plays in the biggest moments I mean. third and 11 I understand Jeremiah. Smith's wide open but still got to make. the play in the national championship to. win the game he did how much football he.

has played has been something that a lot. of people talk about over the last. couple years for rookies how much ball. do they play in college he played a lot. of football um so I was a big fan I was. very loud about hey why is nobody. talking about will Howard love the cam. Ward conversation love the shador. Sanders conversation Jackson D came into. the combo a little bit more we were. missing out on that I think as well but. I just want to know why nobody was. talking about the national champion will. Howard who just had a run that was. phenomenal I know he's throwing to Great. wide receivers but he was putting the. ball in places and when the lights were.

the brightest he played his absolute. best so I I I thought this is the guy. this is a guy and then the combine. happens everybody's like just like we. [ __ ] said yeah nobody's talking about. him today can change all of that and I. think when draft comes somebody's GNA. love will Howard I think somebody's. gonna love will Howard I agreed and uh. you saw what uh Hall of Fame quarterback. you know quarterback Guru guy knows. quarterback CT Warner said that was the. greatest four game stretch he's ever. seen in his entire life no I think he. said of the season I don't think he said.

of the entire life maybe he said any. quarterback from the entire season I. think okay well he might have said but. it was he said it was great Four. gameson B will wellon oh so you think. will Howard's going to the Pittsburgh. Steelers sence he'll deliver he's ours. okay cuz he went to dinner last night. yeah and they're just standing right. behind him saying they're basically. running his workouts oh so you say it's. like whenever Urban my was with Trevor. Lawrence yeah and when the Chicago Bears. were with Caleb you're saying like this. is uh this has been decided serly hey.

picture this this QB room rajie the. goatee Mason Rudolph and will h b. h rejuvenated go win a Super Bowl win a. Super Bowl and then you got the future. right there years to come will hard he I. think he'd be a good Pittsburgh Steeler. too I think he would too he was throwing. 11:00 at night the parking lot cold oh. he likes to throw to good wide receivers.

we got him you do and one changes number. because the other one's going to wear. the other number everybody thought maybe. that that wouldn't be a tandem or Duo. sounds like it might be 14 is GPS that's. his legacy I'll make mine in four that's. what DK Mecha said after getting paid 30. million a year Y for the Pittsburgh. Steelers Rich heisen mentioned at to C. Heyward it's great take if we would have. told you uh 13 years ago that the. Pittsburgh Steelers are going to pay 30. million a year to a wide receiver that. has never played for the Pittsburgh. Steelers before what would you say and.

Kim here was like we just we know we. know that it's time said we got a lot of. vets here they're trying to change it. they're trying to attack it they're. trying to go get it that's why the Aaron. Rogers conversation is so loud because. it's like you listen to any player talk. about Aaron Rodgers and they say yeah. would be able to go win right now if. Aaron roggers you listen to Media people. talk about Aaron roggers they say is it. worth uh poison all that that's that's. how media and a lot of fans uh you know. think that as well but you listen to any. player it's like get Aaron in here. team's going to be better like that's.

just how it's going to go Minnesota. still in the game with Aaron Rogers. really are the Pittsburgh Steelers still. in the I don't know that's what uh quacy. who's the general manager for Minnesota. Vikings had a press conference today and. he was asked about Aaron Rogers and he. said uh I never want to be a th% on. anything or y y y uh but then yeah here. it is Vikings GM quacy adofo Mena. confirmed coach Kevin okono talked with. Aaron Rogers and Rogers was a. consideration a player like him is. always going to be in those. conversations but from our delineations.

at that time we're happy with where we. are going forward obviously the caliber. player he is it had to be a part of our. conversation then ad Doo Mena added. right now we're happy right now is a big. one we're happy with our quarterback. room on J.J McCarthy you said at every. checkpoint whether it was the draft. process or practice until the injury or. the offseason now he's met the bar so at. right now. and uh Del lineations at the time you. know it's like we talked about it we. certainly did we moved on but never says. absolutely not because I guess there is. a moment in time where it could happen.

and you don't want to have her have to. put your foot in her mouth or have one. of those moments but it's like is Aaron. just waiting on Pittsburgh Steelers and. potentially retirement is there another. team that we haven't heard about. potentially that Aaron wants to what is. going on you think and and people are. going to ask us to tell them I have no. [ __ ] idea I have reached out we we in. the we in the dark but also we. understand that he's got a lot going on. probably mentally thinking about. everything how it was the last couple. years what his career was how Green Bay.

ended what he's accomplished how much. money he's made his Phil uh philanthropy. that he's doing obviously he's. award-winning and giving back he his. experiences we all know he likes to. travel get out of the country go do. stuff we never heard of uh and. everything like that so I wonder what. all is being contemplated right now for. I mean the graphic that was just upet. then there was two but obviously that. was probably put together before the. Russell Wilson signing in in New York so. it's I can't think of another place. outside of Pittsburgh where he end up I. know uh quy you know didn't really speak.

in like Absolut yeah absolutes but you. know it it kind of feels like that's. that's JJ's job JJ McCarthy you know I. saw him yesterday on my timeline. draining a big clutch putt saw Dan. talking about how just impressed he's. been with his presence around uh out. there in Mexico so um I think it's JJ's. job drafted in the top 10 he was. obviously look at this look at this but. what a read wow what a got got a little. Billy hoe in him that good St St was. interesting but uh he got the job done.

but I I'm I'm I think they'll start that. clock with JJ McCarthy and see if that's. really their guy for KC in the Minnesota. Vikings excited to watch it and Jo uh. the thought of JJ McCarthy being the. starter for that Vikings team it's like. welcome to the NFL and you're this is a. good situation and JJ McCarthy in good. situations has performed very well yes. he has always delivered High School I. think he did College he obviously did. dropped in as a freshman then he gets. given the job over another quarterback. who took Michigan to the college. football playoff like in real time so.

he's always been a guy and you listen to. like herb Street talk about him you. listen to other people talk about him. they're like he's he's a guy and he. needs to be talked about as if he's a. guy it's like all right I'm excited to. watch if that's the case especially with. Kevin oconnell big time I mean it is a. lot like will Howard coming out like he. had that run to win the national champ. Championship I I think the one thing. that he might be ahead of of will Howard. um is on the accuracy side like he he's. always um you know kind of putting it. where he wants it at least in the. college game and what we saw in the.

preseason um I'm excited for him to get. this opportunity I personally believe in. JJ McCarthy and think that he will win. at the NFL level especially with all the. talent um around him what about like. backup and all that though like are they. looking for a veteran anywhere yeah they. didn't Tanana Hill's name was. when you were in glasow we we talked. about it a bit uh with yeah schy saying. um schy saying that Ryan tah Hill's name. they've checked in on him it's like.

where' Flo sign nowhere he hasn't yet he. was with the Giants for a second he. visited yeah I mean Flo with Kevin. oconnell Bret son. Jobe where did job still free AG okay I. remember was conversations there like. seven no New England right no uh that's. dos and. yeah in Milton jacobe where was jacobe. uh was it their link was it Colts he was. linked somewhere and had conversation. somewhere I've just Cardinals uh we just.

pulled some things up I guess the. Cardinals was it the Colts he signed. with the Cardinals oh okay all right. miss that one yeah I I thought we talked. about him Jo what was that signs with. the Cardinals uh that might that must. have been in that week free agency week. must have been go down scroll down. March. 11th yeah two weeks. ago we should have known this hey Jobe. We Appreciate You man good luck every. there in. Arizona beautiful city over there yeah.

Phoenix mhm what a place okay uh. Russell's there stefon's there LeBron. versace's at um Trey. Hendrickson um tgl Billy Ho uh Billy Ho. in Atlanta at big but congratulations. chionship yeah he did that was awesome. you know congrats to them they had their. Championship now we don't know how the. ratings did throughout the entire season. but we don't uh do know whenever there's. big moments and a big play is made we. will celebrate the hell out of that look.

at that celebration first ever tgl. Champion are you not entertained love. the juice are you not I'm the [ __ ]. guy congratulations to Atlanta uh. getting a huge win what a putt yeah you. know you never do that on an outdoor in. actual golf you know you never have a. full throw and a hat toss [ __ ] guy. you know anything like that feels like. in that arena in that setting there is a. little bit more juice a little bit more. electricity you watch every single week. uh not every single week watch it was.

tough to keep up because they changed. you know the days of the week and the. times but I tell you what when it was. like you know random Tuesday night or. even last night like it was electric I. think this is uh it's kind of what golf. needed a part of what golf need. obviously we need the best players. playing against the best players more. often but for this to be something. especially for somebody that's new to. golf you know I only been watching it. and playing it for two years like just. the pace that they play you talk about. the personality seeing more of their. personalities more the juice more [ __ ]. talk you know see because obviously. these guys all know each other so the.

way that they talk but most importantly. the pace of play and then the moments. you know the height and moments the. people in the crowd I think it'll. continue to grow this is the first year. I'm sure the ratings you know up they've. been probably down since that tiger Rory. matchup uh but I think if they get a a. schedule and we know the teams and the. plays I think it it'll it'll find some. legs for sure I was just reminded uh you. know Billy Ho drains that massive putt. for that big moment to you know kind of. put a stamp on the end of that TGO first. season do you know that Billy Ho had.

tmid blocked on H Twi I forgot long long. time forgot years what happened this was. year yeah you Billy Ho got be I think. Ty's tweet was that he always pisses. down his leg in something like that in a. big moment and he blocked you he blocked. oh yeah yeah with the quickness he said. I don't got time for this [ __ ] today. [ __ ] this guy and you know rightfully St. we put that to bed and then you put it. to bed when he came on the show but him. making that massive right there Nick. Nick obviously was at the back going hey.

do you remember Billy Ho had Tai blocked. for saying he always chokes or whatever. and then literally I was remembering you. guys did put that the point we did we. put he unblocked you right he did. unblock me I appreciate that he was kind. of telling me you know some of his story. so I became even more of a fan of a yeah. bluecar dude blue colar golfer I didn't. know any of that stuff either at the. time you know I just figured oh this is. you know Prep School Rich prick you know. [ __ ] I hate this guy [ __ ] this guy and. then he comes on the show he like you. know what I shouldn't have been hating. this guy May 21st 2017 Tai Schmidt says.

uh Hey rigs uh what are the odds old. Billy Ho shits down his leg and chokes. down the stretch today simple question. six retweets at the time simple question. 19 likes Billy Ho saw it and said [ __ ]. this guy Bingo he probably I think Billy. Ho bookmarked it he might have he might. have they were able to put it the bed. though I love it and and by the way. Billy hoe complete opposite last night. yeah Championship putt yeah good for him. yeah he was good on the show um cuz that.

was whenever Liv was making massive. offers for people yes and he stayed with. PGA and we learned his story he was like. hey you're like a bluecollar dude like1. million like and he talked about like. Legacy want to play in the best. tournaments and everything like that. like loves the game I think very. appreciative of the game so him having. that moment last night was dope that was. cool I haven't I haven't followed as. closely because to your. point when's it on you know like when. was it on foxy probably watched a little. more than me he watched yeah so the. issue is we didn't know when it was on.

and then if you guys remember at the. beginning of the Season all of them were. blowouts the first like three weeks it. wasn't even a close match every single. time and what they did is they changed. the hammer rule before the hammer went. back in fourth and like it didn't really. do anything then they changed it. midseason to where each team got three. Hammers and it changed everything every. match after that was very close exciting. I enjoyed it uh but to your point it was. very hard to find sometimes it was on. ESPN 2 sometimes is at 9:00 7 o' it was. very random so yeah I there was moments.

which I think all you're looking for in. sports. the I'm not GNA get into it now it's not. time yeah it's a great day here it is a. great day great just I know what you're. GNA say I'm not I'm bummed out about it. too to be honest they throw Matt Barry. in like and just like one man that thing. what sport have you ever seen just one. person up in a tower being able to just. like very difficult task impossible. you're putting Matt Barry in the ter. then they had Marty that I'm not getting.

into it all but I think there is a lot. of opportunity with TL I hope they. continue to do it like I hope that is. the case and I hope they like you said. they changed the hammer rule they. changed like I think they were trying to. figure it out too throughout the season. so good luck to all parties down there. oh yeah egl uh only six goals away from. Catching uh wayo and breaking wo's uh. record how many games are left Nick I. believe he has 11 left for him to be. able to pull this off 11 games left.

needs to score uh six after scoring. another goal uh Alexander oetkin an. absolute dog uh goes by oie and also is. going to be remembered as the greatest. goal scorer in the history of the NHL. has to score six more times in 11 games. uh for people that don't follow hockey. yes that would be a very impressive run. uh in yes he would be able to accomplish. that he's already had a couple of those. runs this season a lot of people thought. him catching This Record would take. multiple years uh and instead he just. showed up and just scored basically. every single game that he played to.

start the season then he was out for a. couple weeks and then he got right back. into uh ripping net and uh this is. history in the making Wayne Gretzky. obviously the greatest of all time he. has the most goals in the history of. sport and then assist as well so he just. was great at everything oie will go down. as the greatest go goal scorer of all. time and uh six goals from now it'll be. justified Nick how's everybody kind of. covering this capital is also number one. in the East too right I mean their team. also going to go on and win this whole. damn thing potentially yeah and it's.

crazy because this has kind of. overshadowed the team success not in a. negative way but the team is dominating. they are they are cruising through this. regular season and it reminds you the. capitals teams of old they always finish. first they get these president trophy. runs and they had these early bow outs. in the playoffs but this team feels. different they're inspired by this OV. magical run here and if he pulls us off. this season and then they go into the. playoffs they're going to be really hard. to beat Tom Wilson still on their team. yeah still a menace still a problem Tom. Wilson's a problem problem Tom Wilson's. a problem always has been so handsome.

too yeah just like so so handsome and. then just well I hate that guy if you're. on any other team but if you're the. capitals got to be the most beloved. player probably in their building I mean. Obie I would assume yeah for everything. he's done but wisson has to be beloved. by that entire place he's a problem he's. a menace and he's he'll stick this right. in your ear hole Yeah little chicken. wing and you'll have to think about that. for the entire game MH what was it the.

fight when they uh who was the fool. fight was it the capitals or was it the. bolts who was the team that uh Rangers. maybe or the Islanders it was Rangers it. was Rangers and somebody it was. definitely the Rangers when uh they all. drop mys right at the start yeah they. had to fight remember something happened. yeah yeah Tom Wilson was just. embarrassing our entire franchise so he. just took a stand and dropped the all at. once who was it devils and the Rangers. okay so it wasn't Tom so it was Devils. Rangers No this happened that happened. with the devils and the Rangers this.

also happened with the capitals and the. Rangers because of Tom Wilson what he. did to the breadman or tmy paner okay so. remember and then you know guys just. kept lining up and he kept knocking him. down yeah yeah it turned into Tom Wilson. show when really you were supposed to be. a get back by the Rangers yeah and. everybody just had to be like I got to. go fight this guy they went and signed. Ryan Reeves like a big enforcer dude. just to combat Tom Wilson and then they. built Ry in a Labs now we're good. forever how's Ry doing hasn't been a lot. of rire State Building conversations he. he's trying to play real hockey you know.

like pass the puck shoot the puck stand. in front of the net and you know maybe. deflect it in a little bit but he still. gets penalties just for being gigantic. he'll just be skating around minding his. own business maybe his elbow gets up a. little bit and he just Nails somebody. right in the mouth and then he gets you. know susp Ed for eight games and [ __ ] so. he's he's working through it he's got to. get the Target off his back a little bit. more I'd say that's never going to. happen because how we got introduced to. him and I think a lot of people are. introduced to hockey maybe for a while.

is that this guy in Madison Square. Garden since the uh beginning of being a. ranger would stand in the middle of MSG. and he would throw bombs at people and. it was like we love this guy he was a. great fighter he was built for it he's. big and a lot of attention was drawn to. him so that got every other fighter on. every other team go oh you're the oh the. the Empire State Building huh okay I. know you had a fight last night well. guess what there's another one coming. tonight and it became mustat mustsee and. haven't heard about as much of it this. year makes sense he doesn't want to just. be known as the uh face mask whacker guy.

yeah well he just can't be you know in. The Penalty Box giving up power plays. every time he he steps out there also uh. I I think he spent this offseason like. actually just boxing and like fighting. all the all the fighters do that yeah. yeah so now I think people are a little. wary about about trying the young lad. let's understand though that there is. still one name synonymous with greatness. in the NHL Y and although the team might. not be at his best year Sydney Crosby. Still Doing It 37 years old uh.

Pittsburgh Penguin Legend first in the. NHL and 5v5 scor so whenever. everything's Fair M okay balanced he's. better everybody did you know that of. course I do no you wer you haven't been. talking about it enough two points away. from a record-breaking 20th Point per. game series are you kidding me close to. 57% from the face off dot what good 57%. little respect D but [ __ ] me yeah. like fine wine they're saying here at uh. Bleacher Report which we couldn't. emphasize more oh that's what we should.

have we should ask LeBron hey maybe put. some money into the. Pence penway Sports Group next time will. there be a next. time fasting question you guys still. packing out the house it the Penguins. yeah sell out every night the last let. highlights. Sho don't you worry they got they got a. lot of draft picks it's going to be big. off seas oh draft Pi you TR those for. players okay you need to stop y I said.

it it's big night out and they're still. filling it up they're still filling. another late season melt by the Red. Wings unfortunately we stink we just. keep losing and losing and losing they. get our hopes up they say we're making. the playoffs first time since like 17. the first 23 years of my life the Red. Wings made the playoffs every single. year it's one of the longest active. streaks in any sport ever and then they. haven't made it since back since and now. they [ __ ] they're not going to make. it again CU they keep losing it's it's I. thought you guys were back remember. Stevie is Stevie.

iie people getting sick of it I love him. so he can stay as long as he wants they. fired the coach like really early in the. season and then they they went on this. run they won a million games in a row. and then they stink again oh so hockey. town is currently floating around it's. terrible but but where's it at where's. it at right now Washington I guess maybe. the Bruins no still down there the. Bruins are horrendous now what are you. saying South Florida yep Atlantic. division Atlantic Ocean right down there. in that area not without chuckecheese. there are some Rumblings Brad Maran will.

make his debut for the florid Panthers. on Friday he hasn't played yet no he's. been hurt I thought I saw him skating on. Boston's Ice uh immediately after just. had like a skate with the boys just. practicing warming up and stuff oh so he. has not played for not played yet oh my. they said he jumped in the group chat. and just started roasting people they. say be a great piece classic. Marie is that you saying you guys are. hockey Town yeah right now hockey Beach. yep every want to call I like that. pretty swe yeah going down a hockey.

Beach down there Sunrise Florida is that. the Sunrise Florida y how's that go. Miami Lauderdale yep Sunrise uh Sunrise. is kind of in Sunrise will be like um. caramel Lawrence you know in. Indianapolis so for Lauderdale would be. Indianapolis caramel would be like. Sunrise Miami's down at the bottom. Miami's at the bottom Fort Lauderdale. upright yep that's Broward County so. that's Fort laud H say Hollywood like. Fort Lauderdale airport it's in between. Miami and Fort Lauderdale okay so Miami.

Hollywood Fort Lauderdale then let's say. like bokeh Palm Beach here we go Jupiter. and it's in Sunrise so it is still uh so. it's a little West South Florida is kind. of the the ownership group exactly so if. you look in for L pompo Beach that area. and just hit a little West H West y yeah. I got it okay and that's hockey time. that's hockey to hockey Beach hockey. Beach well it's Inland brother so they. just hopped on Sunrise Boulevard took it.

all the way East and then you run right. into Elbow Room I miss I miss I miss. elbow did you go who so I went three. days in a row I was you said you didn't. think you were going to go because it. was so packed out night one I took that. picture put on the story you you DM me I. said it was two pack to go in night two. three four or not day two three and then. yeah yeah it's always packed brother. that's Elbow Room like you're just got. to get in there we got there early we. post it up yeah yeah smart you get your. play yeah yeah then everybody's joining. your party come on in yeah welcome to. the El boat room love it there did you.

tell them uh did they know who you were. no okay so you were able to just do your. thing in there bought a bought a bought. some merch even though they sent us a. bunch uh but I I bought a new hoodie. down there yeah that became the hockey. room yeah it did yeah it did didn't it. became the hockey room here's the live. cam down there at the Elbow Room. obviously having a good time down there. I'm surprised uh Lord Stanley isn't in. that man's pocket right there walking. through congrats to all the boys down. there having a day having a. day all right uh the LeBron versation.

Wednesday that we had here will be one. that we talk about for a long long time. shout out to LeBron doing that uh we're. going to gather the LeBron versation. tweets uh we realized that that would. have been an impossible task to do. during the break so we'll run those. tomorrow okay and uh that'll help us out. for tomorrow speaking of Tomorrow. opening day for the MLB we'll have. Derrick Jeter joining us let's go we. also be chitchatting about everything. else that's happening around Sports in. the back great work boys. work graphic Department way you go way. you go work. boys boys good work here H yeah good.

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