Stephen A's Take: Isiah Thomas rips LeBron James for warming up shirtless.

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🗓️ 15 April 2025

⏱️ 7 minutes

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0:00.0	What's up, everyone? It's Greg Rosenthal, and I'm teaming up with the King of Spring.
0:05.2	Daniel Jeremiah, he requires me to say that. We're going to be bringing you 40s and free agents,
0:09.6	the only podcast you'll need this NFL draft season. From DJ's mock drafts to my top 101
0:14.7	free agents, we'll have it covered for you with all new episodes every Thursday, keeping you
0:19.6	up to date as we head to the NFL draft.
0:22.4	Listen to 40s and free agents on the IHeart radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcast.
0:32.7	Let's stay in the NBA for a quick topic that raised a few eyebrows this weekend.
0:36.3	That's because Hall of Fame of Isaiah Thomas called out the one and only LeBron James himself for being, quote,
0:43.1	unprofessional, end quote, for wearing no shirt during early shoot around on on Friday.
0:49.4	This is what Isaiah Thomas had to say about LeBron while NBA TV rolled the warm-up video.
0:56.0	Y'all got to see this. Take a look at this.
0:57.9	I just totally 100% object to this.
1:00.9	If I was the GM or coach, I would never let one of my players walk out on the floor looking like this.
1:05.8	The professionalism in our NBA league has diminished so much.
1:09.3	I like LeBron.
1:10.5	But to walk out on the floor before a game with no shirt on and shoot,
1:14.2	I mean, come on, man, where are we at?
1:17.6	What we doing?
1:18.8	Adam Silver, if you want to find somebody, find that.
1:23.2	Put a fine on that, end quote.
1:29.0	Isaiah Thomas is 100% right.
1:32.6	It's just a bad example to use.
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