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The crown is yours today is Wednesday, July 1st and PFT. LeBron James has informed the Lakers that they can look elsewhere. He is not fired. He quits and now is going to be a free agent for what we think is the last time Late decision 2026. I can't believe we're here, but we're here Yeah, I mean he's also maybe the best dad of all time because he waited until the day after Bronis contract was guaranteed To opt out and say hey, I'm not gonna be back next year. So looks like you're stuck, baby, sitting my son.

Sorry, there's nothing I can do legally.

He now belongs to you guys. So if nothing else, we can report that LeBron James is all star dad. First team NBA dad, LeBron James. Yeah. So now Rich Paul is going around. He's talking to every team that will pick up his phone call. and then Rich Paul is going to present all the offers to LeBron

and then there will be lead decision, 2026.

And... He's talking to every team that will pick up his phone call and then Rich Paul is going to present all the offers to LeBron and then there will be lead decision 2026. And it feels like yeah, we're back in like 2012 all over again. This is like, will he won't he just won't stop? And I guess you want to power rank the places that we would like to see LeBron play next year. Okay. Yeah. Last Golden State, which seems like the favorite. That's such bullshit, by the way. Like, if we got mad at Kevin Durant for going to Golden State, this would be pathetic. Pathetic and listen. It feels like it might be Golden State. It feels like Golden State or Cleveland. Cleveland is the one that would, I think we all can be like, you know what, that's actually a good ending for LeBron, incredible career. Second best player of all time, he's done it for two, two decades plus to finish it, where he started it, you know, close to, you know, Akron, everything, you know, everything that is involved in that, I think would be very cool. And I would be like, that's a cool move.

Golden State, and Golden State feels like it's a strong possibility because win horse is by the way, cooking right now. Win horse, I know you don't like him, PFT, but win horse is cooking. I think sometimes he just gets over his skis on a take that he doesn't have enough time to think about. So win horse said he's like, who acted? who acted here? Who acted with information beforehand?

Did the heat know, did the Lakers know? Did the calves know? Did the Golden State Warriors, when Traymond Green opted out and opened up the books a little bit, yes. If he goes to Golden State, come on man. Like I get it, he's going for happiness. He can do whatever he wants. It doesn't matter.

And Winhorse also made a good point.

LeBron James has every single place he's gone.

He is delivered a ring. Every place he's gone is a free agent. He got drafted by the Cavs, didn't get Winner Ring, went to Miami-1-2, went back to the Cavs 1-1, went to Lakers 1-1 that we don't count, but still.

But it's Steph's team, it's Steph's franchise.

It's the exact same thing that everyone said about when Katie went there. And it's like, it would just be weird. I don't know. You just can't, you can't, even the strongest LeBron fans, the bronze sexuals would have to say that this is weird. Yeah, I don't think that bronze sexual was a like it because they've also spent the last, what, like,

seven years saying that LeBron and

the Lakers, that's their team, that's what they're going to be rooting for, and then to go to the Golden State, I don't think they'd be able to make that switch. And yeah, they did have an information. I guess because Dremont What do you do? He opted out and now he's gonna come back for less money.

Yeah, he said that he's been there for a long time. He's one franchise. He doesn't want to go anywhere and he wants to help them try to make one last run to it. LeBron wants AD there. The problem with that is that I don't think that the Golden State Warriors have enough stuff to give up for AD. As much as LeBron wants stuff to happen at his back in call, it doesn't always work

out on paper.

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