The Big NBA Problems with Mike Vorkunov
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How did the hosts introduce Mike Vorkunov and set the episode's agenda?
Good morning, everybody. Welcome to the NBA Daily. Dave DeFore here with Espera Henney. Joining us today, Mike Vorkunoff, staff writer at The Athletic. Also writes about basketball business for us and the host of Business Decision. Podcast, which is a great name. We should definitely have thought of that as at least a segment.
We're not very good at the business decision aspect of things. I'll leave that to Vork.
How's your summer going, Mike? It's good. I'm not in Las Vegas anymore, which is always beautiful to say in July.
Yeah. And you have to stick around because, again, like you cover so much of the business side and like Adam Silver waited until midweek to do his press conference, I guess, hoping that the rest of us were all out of town. Any any big news stories that stood out for you coming out of Summer League?
coming out of summer league um i mean i feel like uh this has been the summer of waiting more than anything else and so coming out of summer league we you know continued to wait lebron gave us one answer at least on friday waiting on other answers still kawaii expansion aspiration investigation um Kathy Engelbert's future. Like, pick your topic. We're just waiting.
Yeah. I'm glad you brought up LeBron, man. Like, LeBron going to the Sixers. pretty incredible let's talk about commutes yeah let's talk about this commute i mean you're in new york man and he's gonna live in new york and and apparently commute by helicopter you know how do you feel about this this is like the jj reddick plan well first of all i i want to say i live right next to new york in uh in one of the towns right next across from the hudson river and i want to make the case that lebron should live in jersey city or hoboken
Beautiful. You can see the skyline. There's a wonderful waterfront. The pizza in Hoboken is amazing. We have a diverse set of restaurants in Jersey City. You're making a good pitch. And best thing is, you're right there next to New York, but the commute to Philly is even better. You get the best of both worlds.
What I would argue is that pitching to LeBron James on podcast seems to work. It seems to work. And so you're making your pitch. Do you feel like the – let's break down the numbers, OK? Driving from New York to Philly is an hour and 47 minutes per Google Maps, per sources. Flying, what did you say it was, Dave?
It's a 45-minute helicopter flight. Then the helipad in Philadelphia is only 10 minutes from the arena. I checked that out on Apple Maps.
Yeah, pretty sweet. And then private jet must be something similar, right? Yeah.
Yeah. The airport.
You don't want to Taylor Swift this thing to also, I guess. Yeah. I don't know.
What would you do? I mean, to me, like one of those is a nonstarter. I'm never taking a helicopter like you're just not convinced me to go in there. So LeBron, if I'm in LeBron's, you know, I have a I have a better chance of taking a port keep from New York City to Philadelphia. And if he can do that. Flu powder, like any of that stuff. That would be cool. It seems fun. The driving, I hear you on an hour 47, and this is where I push back. What time are you leaving and how bad is the traffic? Because an hour 47 can be two hours and 47 minutes. And I know LeBron will not be doing the driving there, but that is still his time that he has to account for. So that gets a little wobbly. The flying, I don't know.
I don't know. Like where are you going from Westchester County? Are you taking a PJ down to – to Philadelphia somewhere or Camden. When you got to go to practice, practice facilities in Camden. Are you just, what if it just lives in Philly? That's a crazy idea, but I guess he could try it.
So there are a few interesting things about this. Number one, we just found out they're going to be on national television 34 times. Yeah. Wow. Not hard to predict. Shocker. But I will say this. It's going to be disappointing when it's like a Dem Bona and Dean Wade at the four and five and not LeBron and Joel Embiid. Right. That's that's going to be disappointing for us.
Yeah, I mean, but we know we know the the NBA rules and stuff like if there's back to back, they're going to try to maximize those national TV appearances for LeBron.
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Chapters
4 chapters
1
How did the hosts introduce Mike Vorkunov and set the episode's agenda?
0:06–4:42
2
What stood out from Summer League and early offseason headlines?
4:42–9:04
3
Why might LeBron James choose to live in New York and commute to Philadelphia?
9:04–14:22
4
How will LeBron joining the Sixers change national TV schedules and team dynamics?
14:22–40:41