Best of The Odd Couple
The Odd Couple with Rob Parker & Kelvin Washington
Fox Sports Radio and iHeartPodcasts
4.5 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 13 May 2026
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
Rob and Kelvin debate whether LeBron James should be forced to retire this upcoming offseason, tell us what the Detroit Pistons need to do to regain their mojo, and discuss the idea that James Harden – not Donovan Mitchell – is the most important players on the Cleveland Cavaliers. Plus, California Post Lakers reporter Khobi Price swings by to discuss LeBron’s future, the pros and cons of having King James with your franchise, how the team plans to build around Luka this summer, and much more! Finally, the Odd Couple Callers bring the heat in this week’s edition of Trash Talk.
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| 0:32.2 | The self-proclaimed king is out of the playoffs and now it's about his future. Billison. Yeah, all signs point to LeBron James, another offseason of will he or won't he? Is he going to retire or is he going to ride off into the sunset or is he going to stay with the Lakers or is he going to go play someplace else? We don't know. LeBron says he doesn't know. But at a minimum, according to Lakers, executive Rob Belinka, |
| 0:57.1 | they want nothing more than to see the king back in the purple and gold next season. |
| 1:01.4 | I think the first order of business is allowing him to spend the time he needs to decide what his next step are. |
| 1:07.9 | Does he want to play another year in the NBA? |
| 1:10.4 | And that'll be, as he said to |
| 1:11.8 | you guys last night, family time, I think time with his inner circle. And we just want to honor that |
| 1:17.3 | for him. Of course, any team, including ours, would love to have LeBron James on their roster. |
| 1:22.8 | That's a blessing in itself just with what he does. |
| 1:27.3 | Rob Polenka is full of BS. Can we start there? |
| 1:31.1 | Because if they wanted LeBron James back, they would have offered him an extension, |
| 1:35.3 | which they never officially did, okay? |
| 1:38.4 | Whether you could say the money that they want to, well, you make an offer, |
| 1:43.3 | and then if you really want to figure it out, |
| 1:46.4 | LeBron would have had a chance to decide whether or not that happened. |
| 1:50.0 | That did not happen. |
| 1:51.2 | So I'm not buying this whole idea that it's about giving LeBron some space and time. |
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