Is "ring culture" ruining sports discourse especially in the NBA?
The Kevin Sheehan Show
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🗓️ 18 June 2025
⏱️ 19 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | But we also know you three kings came down here to win championships. |
| 0:05.0 | Not one, championships. |
| 0:07.0 | Not two. |
| 0:08.0 | LeBron, tell us about that. |
| 0:09.0 | Not two, not three, not four, not five, not six, not seven. |
| 0:15.0 | Hey, and when I say that, and when I say that, I really believe it. |
| 0:26.3 | LeBron James, this summer of 2010, when along with Dwayne Wade and Chris Bosch, they put together that super team in Miami and that famous line from that incredibly pretentious press conference, |
| 0:43.7 | that just ill-fated attempt at generating attention for the Miami Heat. |
| 0:52.5 | Championships were very important to LeBron back then. They |
| 0:56.6 | were a measuring stick for sure. They apparently are not anymore. So, LeBron James was, |
| 1:04.2 | James was on a podcast that he does with Steve Nash. It's called Mind the Game. |
| 1:13.1 | And I guess earlier this week, they started talking about championships |
| 1:19.6 | and how players in sports are kind of measured at times |
| 1:24.3 | based on how many championships they've won. |
| 1:29.2 | Here's what... |
| 1:29.7 | Oh, they can't be talked about or discussed with these guys |
| 1:33.3 | is because this guy won one ring or won two rings or one. |
| 1:37.3 | Like, it's just weird to me. |
| 1:39.0 | It's like Sam Payton Manning can't be in the same room with Brady or Mahomes because he only has one ring. |
| 1:46.3 | They don't never discuss that in a sport. |
| 1:48.6 | Or telling me that Damarino is not the greatest slinger of all time. |
| 1:53.5 | Or he can't be in the room with those guys because he didn't win a championship. |
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