And now, Jalen and Jacoby

On ESPN Radio

Where I pop the trunk

Head to death You get a stupid I pop the Trump I pop the hood Now that's stupid I pop the phone to the phone He is Jalen Rose. I'm David Jacoby. We are Jalen and Jacoby on ESPN Radio.

Jailene, what are we going to do?

We're going to start every single show the exact same way with the biggest piece of news in the NBA.

And what is that, Jalen Rose?

It's not just the biggest news in the NBA. It's the biggest news in sport.

Biggest news in sports. LeBron James is still a free agent. Does not have a contract.

At this point of the summer. Doesn't have a salary. Doesn't have a contract. Has no obligations to any NBA franchise still at this point. However, as we've always said, we think he's kind of holding out.

We think that he is waiting for a couple chips to fall, one of which is signing Ty Lou, one of which is

signing J.R. Smith, and then he will sign. Well, Ty Lou has signed a five-year deal, fifth-year team option worth $35 million.

$35 million, Jalen.

The exact contract that Scott Brooks, who coached a contending team in Oklahoma City, made it to one NBA final,

got rewarded once the Oklahoma City Thunder

went through the season

and blew about 14 to 15,

fourth quarter end or overtime leads,

and people looked in the rearview mirror and said,

hmm, I guess it wasn't Scott Brooks fought after all.

So he got a deal in Washington.

Now if you Tyrone Liu, you walk into the office, you have that contract in your hands.

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