Nobody Knew Anything About LeBron James' Decision | Local Hour
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Summer is pretty much my favorite time to be a sports fan. The biggest soccer tournament of the summer just wrapped up. Baseball's on every night. Racing never takes a weekend off. And my calendar basically revolves around first pitches, green flags, and whatever game everybody's texting about. I realized I'm the MVP of my group. I'm always the friend that says, hey, I've got it. I've got a place. I've got some ice cold Miller lights. I got the TV. I got a big, comfy blue leather couch. Come on over. That's the behavior of a Miller time MVP. I almost never watch the big ones alone. I'd much rather be with my friends. And if I am alone, we're texting. We're sipping on our Miller Lights, toasting the day, toasting the big games.
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As I feel like I'm surrounded by an assortment of hungover, sad people that the ability to talk about LeBron nonstop for the next couple of years was something that this show was welcoming and we've lost that ability to do that. And I feel like I'm walking into a broken group of people who really were rooting for something and now can't have it.
Doesn't LeBron know how much we were going to say really nice things about him for two more years. It was gonna be so pleasant for him here.
Chris, how are you dealing with the fact that everyone thinks you're a ruiner and a disgrace?
You know, a lot of people report things that don't end up being right. That's all I'm gonna say.
Well, that's not what I asked you, though.
I'm feeling okay. I don't feel great about it. I'm kind of just neutral. I'm not stressing it like some have thought I have. People are checking in on me, like, are you okay? And I don't know, maybe I'm just perfectly numb to some of this stuff, so I'm good. Because you do it all the time?
Yeah. Do you think at this point the risk was worth the reward?
Yeah, it was worth it. It was?
Yeah, I mean, it was a nice little bump for the... I don't understand this at all, man. It's crazy. You're like, yeah, I see the benefit. I got people's attention. Got some followers out of it.
I mean, all right, if we're going to do this, a few weeks ago, Dan was like, Dan reported the Heat are doing it this year for Giannis. What have they done since then? I'm just saying that's a report you got out there. But they were trying to do it.
No, no, no. Wait a minute. What I said was before anyone knew it, that all of that with the Heat and LeBron was real. And it was real. There's no disputing that it was real.
Right. So they went after LeBron is what Dan was reporting there. And I'm reporting that the Heat thought they had him. And I stand by that. There's been reports that Ethan was reporting.
You didn't report that the Heat thought that they had him. You said that he had decided he was coming here.
That's different. And he was going to announce that he was coming to Miami on Monday afternoon. Maybe I worded it poorly. It's a semantics thing.
It's not semantics. One of them makes you wrong and the other one makes you right. That's not semantics.
Do you know what semantics are? The Heat came out. Ethan Skolnick has reported afterwards that the Heat.
Who reacts first to LeBron signing with the 76ers and why does it matter?
I saw reports that Rich Paul thought he was going to the Heat.
Ah, the old afterwards report.
Yeah, I mean, I'm just saying, the reports are everyone in his camp thought he was going to the Heat, and so did I. Love an afterwards report.
Roy, can you just get me the sound that was the foundation of this report?
I don't know what a source is.
Thank you. That's fair. Well, I want to talk.
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Chapters
4 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–3:33
2
Who reacts first to LeBron signing with the 76ers and why does it matter?
3:33–5:55
3
Why did reporters get LeBron's decision so wrong and what is a reliable ‘source’?
5:55–35:14
4
How did conflicting reports (Miami, Cleveland, Golden State) shape the narrative?
35:14–45:45
Speakers
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