LeBron takes on Morey over China, NBA award predictions, Buddy's threat and Beal's deal
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🗓️ 18 October 2019
⏱️ 69 minutes
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Summary
On Today's show, Ben Golliver and Rob Mahoney pick up their jaws after LeBron James's pointed criticism of Daryl Morey on the Hong Kong/China issue. Did LeBron have a point about Morey's bad timing? Should activism be convenient? What did this episode reveal about LeBron? Did the controversy prove that Kawhi Leonard made the right decision to join the Clippers rather than the Lakers? Then, Ben and Rob shift gears to make their picks for MVP, ROY, DPOY, COY, SMOY and MIP. The usual suspects (Giannis and Zion) make appearances, but so do some other big names (Embiid, AD, Luka). Finally, they close with why context matters in Buddy Hield's negotiation standoff with the Kings, and the different levels of winning baked into the Wizards' new contract extension for Bradley Beal.
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| 1:39.6 | What's up open floor globe. This is Ben Galver with The Washington Post. I am joined on the |
| 1:44.3 | other line by Rob Mahoney of Sports Illustrator. Now Rob, we're going to dig in and make our |
| 1:49.6 | predictions for all of the major NBA awards and we're also going to do some contractual discussions |
| 1:55.5 | because Bradley Bill got a new extension and Buddy Heald is out there strongly advocating for |
| 2:01.3 | his own financial interests with the Sacramento Kings. But before we do all that, I need to get |
| 2:07.3 | your take on the latest chapter of the China saga with the NBA. Of course, I'm referring to LeBron |
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