BREAKING: LEBRON JAMES JOINS THE PHILADELPHIA 76ERS!
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What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
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Did LeBron James officially sign with the Philadelphia 76ers and what were the immediate details?
Moments after we wrapped up a Friday show, we finally get the news that LeBron James has decided on a destination, and he has signed a two-year, $8 million deal with the Philadelphia 76ers. This is for real. This is not us joking. And LeBron will finish his career with the Philadelphia 76ers.
So I can't be wrong.
If I can read this to you, LeBron also sent out a series of several tweets in a row. Chris, do you feel like you fucked it up for everybody?
If I did, that's like a Zion situation for me, no? I mean, I truly believe that I had nothing to do with it. You're an idiot. The YouTube thing may have, though. Let's blame that. You're an idiot. Let's remember the YouTube thing. Let's blame that. No, let's remember you. You're an idiot.
Can we put it on the poll? Did Chris F up LeBron coming to the Heat? Yes. Yes or no? Let's put that on the poll. Here is LeBron James in his own words. I thought I was done when the season ended. I wasn't ready to announce it, and I knew I needed some time to really decide. But I was pretty sure I played my last game. I was honest at that last press conference when I said I needed to look at myself and decide if I still love the game. I still truly love this game, and I have more to give. The last few weeks have been really special. I've never been able to have no clue what to do and take real time to just think. Thank you, L.A. Miami, I'll forever love. And Northeast Ohio, we'll always home. He means we'll always be home.
I hate it when that happens. It kind of tells me, the way he thanks LA, Miami, and Northeast Ohio, Cleveland, it kind of feels like the only two other teams he was considering are Miami and Cleveland in that spot. And him going to Philadelphia. So I'll start out by telling you, because I've been really loud about this. I ended up being loud wrong. Because I didn't think it was even worth spending any time talking about him joining a team that is not Miami or Cleveland. A complete waste of time. And he winds up going to Philadelphia. And while I guess we shouldn't be shocked because it's a team that was continuously named as a contender, it's shocking for me because I gave it absolutely no chance.
I brought it to you earlier in the show today when we were talking, which was the idea of that's a sorry franchise that he can go help put over the top. And I mean, they're a franchise that now has had this really remarkable offseason in acquiring Brown and now LeBron James. If you're the Celtics, you got to feel crazy because you traded Jalen Brown to your biggest historical rival. And then that also netted LeBron James going to that team.
Not a bad offseason. Lose Paul George, gain Jalen Brown and LeBron James. Let's bring Dan aboard. Dan joining his own show. Hello, Dan. Shocking news. LeBron James, Philadelphia 76ers.
Your quick thoughts. Interesting choice. I was terribly wrong, but not as terribly wrong as you were, because you were insistent and relentless about the idea that the Sixers were an absurd choice. I'm going to tell you as well that I am just now beginning to get the texts that the Heat are curious how it is that the Sixers did this. And the texts I'm getting are, time for Pablo to see if he can find out because $3.9 million is about half, I think, of what the Heat were offering.
What did LeBron say in his tweets about retirement, gratitude, and his decision?
And so to make this choice when the stuff around fanatics, the stuff around Michael Rubin, Michael Rubin leaving the Sixers and his relationship with Joel Embiid, because he didn't love the fact that there were sort of limits on how it is he can interact with players when he was a minority owner. So He started an entity where he's trying to build a giant empire. Nobody helps fanatics more in the building of merch selling than someone like LeBron James. So already some questions being asked about how this happened, just because I think a whole lot of people are surprised that it happened at all, even though Philadelphia was always in the conversation. They were never... considered by anybody but the group that chose them as the favorite.
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:02–0:04
2
Did LeBron James officially sign with the Philadelphia 76ers and what were the immediate details?
0:04–4:08
3
What did LeBron say in his tweets about retirement, gratitude, and his decision?
4:08–8:11
4
Why do hosts think Philadelphia was a surprising landing spot for LeBron?
8:11–25:06
5
How did analysts compare Philadelphia, Miami, Cleveland and Golden State as potential destinations?
25:06–34:40
6
How does Jalen Brown, Tyrese Maxey, V.J. (Vijay) and Joel Embiid factor into LeBron’s fit in Philly?
34:40–40:17
Speakers
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