Best of The Odd Couple
The Odd Couple with Rob Parker & Kelvin Washington
Fox Sports Radio and iHeartPodcasts
4.5 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 25 July 2026
⏱️ 32 minutes
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Summary
Rob and Kelvin debate whether LeBron James should be ridiculed for trying to ring chase with the Philadelphia 76ers, and argue about how much pressure LeBron James is under to win a title in year one with the Philadelphia 76ers like Tom Brady did with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Plus, NBA champion and FOX Sports Radio NBA analyst Antonio Daniels swings by to discuss LeBron’s decision to sign with Philly, whether the Sixers are the team to beat in the East, how the Warriors can pivot after missing out on The King, and much more!
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:02.5 | Guaranteed Human. |
| 0:04.1 | Thanks for listening to The Best of the Odd Couple podcast. |
| 0:07.5 | Be sure to catch us live every weekday from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. Eastern, 4-7 Pacific on Fox Sports Radio. |
| 0:16.5 | Find your local station for the odd couple at Fox Sports Radio.com or stream us live every day on the IHeart radio app by searching FSR. |
| 0:26.3 | You're listening to the best of the odd couple. |
| 0:32.3 | So there we go. |
| 0:34.2 | LeBron James had big news today. |
| 0:36.7 | Yes, he did. According to Rich Paul, LeBron James made this decision at 1 a.m. in the overnight hours, and it was announced right around, what, 8.30 a.m. here on the West Coast, 11.30 a.m. Eastern. That he has taken his talents to Philadelphia. LeBron James, signing a two-year veteran minimum contract put out a statement on social |
| 0:57.6 | media that reads in part, quote, this is my last decision. |
| 1:01.5 | I'm not going for money. |
| 1:02.7 | I'm not going for family. |
| 1:04.3 | What am I really playing for at this point? |
| 1:06.6 | I still want to sacrifice. |
| 1:07.8 | I still want to work. |
| 1:08.7 | I still want to grind. |
| 1:10.0 | I still want to compete to win and have a chance at the feeling of winning another NBA championship. And he believes best place to do that is in Philadelphia. And, okay, I'm going to come clean for the first time in my 40-year career in the media. How's that? Well, all right. We waiting on this. I don't trust you, but okay. |
| 1:28.7 | I'm just going to be honest. |
| 1:30.4 | I'm going to say that for a long time I've been resisting it, |
| 1:33.5 | but I think I have to finally, with this decision by LeBron James, |
| 1:37.4 | I am going to officially declare him as the goat. |
| 1:43.8 | Goals on another team, not the greatest of all time. |
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