"Go Back To Cleveland" - Channing's LeBron Final Year Plan

Road Trippin’ Show

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Basketball, Sports

4.7 • 2.3K Ratings

🗓️ 22 May 2026

⏱️ 26 minutes

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In this episode of Channing's Mailbag, Channing answers roadie questions on the OKC-Spurs WCF (and why Wemby needs a goon), James Harden's broken playoff narrative, where Kobe really ranks all-time, why LeBron should go back to Cleveland for his final year, and why he won't touch a Jaylen Brown trade. Plus a Richard story from the club, NBA expansion takes, and what Channing would tell rookies if the league called him to speak. Chapters: 0:00 — Intro 0:45 — Spurs Need A GOON On Hartenstein 2:50 — Lakers, LeBron & The Real Summer Story 4:05 — Harden's Postseason Narrative 5:35 — NBA Playoff Format Debate 6:35 — Big Men Who Could've Shot 3s 7:55 — Tucson Memories & Wine Talk 9:30 — Austin Reaves In The Playoffs 11:25 — Toughest Guys He Had To Guard 13:25 — When He Knew He Was D1 15:10 — What He'd Tell NBA Rookies 17:15 — Where Kobe Ranks All-Time 18:55 — The Richard Club Story 20:25 — Jaylen Brown Trade Talk 23:15 — LeBron Back To Cleveland 🏀 Download the Fanatics Sportsbook app - https://fanatics.onelink.me/5kut/ROADTRIPPIN New customers who sign up and Bet $5, receive $100 in FanCash* 📺 WATCH on YouTube: https://youtu.be/PIx_IMsfd-g 🍷 CHOSEN FAMILY WINES: GET 10% OFF wine with code: ROADTRIPPIN10 - https://tr.ee/MS4yqT 📱 FOLLOW The Road Trippin' Show on socials: Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/roadtrippin TikTok-https://www.tiktok.com/@roadtrippinshow X-https://x.com/roadtrippinshow 📺 WATCH The Richard Show: https://tr.ee/EQfbwv 🥚 Richard - https://www.instagram.com/richardajefferson/ 🍟 Channing - https://www.instagram.com/channingfrye/ 🔌 Perk - https://www.instagram.com/kendrickperkins/ 🐸 Allie - https://www.instagram.com/al.clifton/ 🎙️PRODUCED by Rain Delay Media - https://www.raindelaymedia.com/ *New customers in AZ, CO, CT, DC, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, MI, MO, NC, NJ, NY, OH, PA, TN, VA, VT, WV, or WY. Must toggle on this promotion in your bet slip and wager $5+ cash on any market (min. odds -500) within 7 days of account opening to receive $100 in FanCash. Promotional FanCash expires 7 days from issuance (at 11:59pm ET). Terms, including FanCash terms apply-see Fanatics Sportsbook app. Use FanCash on bonus bets, profit boosts, team gear on Fanatics.com and so much more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	What species of giraffe am I?
0:02.0	The type of species your mom loves. Some of his teammates got a hit Hartnstein for grabbing on his teammate. Somebody got to step up and be a goon. Richard is a crappy rap. I saw it live. He was dudeing. He was nervous. Go back to Cleveland. That's what I want to see. Last year, let's get it done. When I went to say
0:20.8	Marys, I started to realize that putting in work equated to playing good and damn near killing
0:26.6	myself in workouts made me play even better. What's up? Welcome to Channing's Mailbag,
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0:47.8	Can we talk about Game 2 last night a little bit?
0:50.0	What do you think, OKC adjusted and...
0:53.3	Oh, man.
0:54.9	Here's... Okay, Game 2, talking about OKC Spurs.
0:58.4	One, we talked about it on a podcast.
1:01.1	You got to scratch, claw, punch, grab, whatever you got to do to Wemby all game long.
1:09.4	And I know, I think you have, have what 20, 30 and 20 or something
1:12.3	again, but they won. And Hartinstein is like, I don't care, like his floaters were just death,
1:21.0	death darts. If you can make those floaters over him, you give yourself a chance. Two, if you're
1:27.4	grabbing, holding,
1:29.0	it's just going to wear on him. And you see Wembe is being emotionally like this, and I appreciate it,
1:35.7	but some of his teammates got a hit Hartnstein for grabbing on his teammate. Somebody got to step up
1:41.8	and be a goon and say, this is not acceptable.
1:45.1	Also, they got to stop turning the ball over.
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