LeBron James makes it VERY clear he wants a Las Vegas team; NBA fight club; Roger Goodell must be furious over Joe Burrow's concussion comments (Episode 674)

Nothing Personal with David Samson

David Samson

Sports, Baseball, Business

4.7 • 3.1K Ratings

🗓️ 6 October 2022

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Today’s word of the day is ‘royal flush’ as in poker as in King James as in LeBron James as in Las Vegas as in LeBron James used his postgame presser to communicate his wanting of the Las Vegas NBA franchise. He wants a team. He wants ownership. The NBA is going to expand. But, was this the right setting? (11:55) Draymond Green got into a fight with Jordan Poole in practice. What is happening? Coming of an NBA title. (19:55) Joe Burrow continues to speak out when he sees an issue. He was asked about Tua and concussions. Burrow said he’s played in games where he doesn’t remember the 2nd half. Oh boy. (28:40) Review: The Beach Bum. (32:35) So You Wanna Talk to Samson!? Someone asked me about the Los Angeles Angels. My favorite. Mike Trout spoke at season’s end and had some things to say. The Angels brought the interim manager Phil Nevin back for next year. The team is still for sale. Ohtani may still leave. (39:45) NPPOD. (43:15) The regular season is over! Remember the lockout!? Remember the doom and gloom!? We have reach the postseason! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:20.0	Royal flush is the nothing personal word of the day. Royal flush.
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0:34.0	Royal flush is the king James. Royal king flush. When you get ten jack queen king ace of the same suit in the hand of poker.
0:42.0	That's a royal straight flush. Royal flush is any five consecutive numbers in a deck of cards all of the same suit while playing poker.
0:51.0	That's a good hand. Royal flush is what LeBron James is in the NBA. He's the king of the NBA in every way.
1:00.0	Yesterday or the day before he met the media and what he said fascinated me.
1:07.0	Did you know that he wants to own a team in Las Vegas?
1:11.0	He just signed a two year ninety seven million dollar extension with the Lakers. So he's with them for two more years.
1:16.0	He meets the media on media day with a Laker jersey on my day ad.
1:23.0	And makes it extremely clear that he wants to bring a team to Vegas.
1:30.0	He said it. It's not as though we had a read between the lines. He said I would love to bring a team here at some point.
1:36.0	That would be amazing. We know he wants to be an owner. He said it from the beginning. He wants to be Jordan.
1:41.0	He wants to be better than Jordan because he'd like to maybe win a game or two.
1:46.0	He wants to play with his son on the court trying to figure out how to get whatever team he's on to draft his son and manufacture that.
1:52.0	Maybe he wants to become the first ever player owner.
1:56.0	You have to change the rules for that to happen. I'd like to see those owners meetings.
2:00.0	Does that mean the same player gets to go to the union meetings and the owner meetings?
2:04.0	I think that's probably why you don't see player owners.
2:07.0	But LeBron James is the king.
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