Was that the last of LeBron in a Lakers uniform? Pistons FURIOUS about free throws! Giannis is really getting traded! Maybe! Probably! Who knows! (Episode 1454 Hour 1)

Nothing Personal with David Samson

David Samson

Sports, Baseball, Business

4.7 • 3.1K Ratings

🗓️ 12 May 2026

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

Today’s word of the day is ‘alphaville’ as in forever young as in LeBron James as in the Lakers as in the Heat as in the Cavaliers as in a legend. The 41-year old was eliminated from the playoffs on Monday night. Swept by the Thunder. Where does LeBron go now? What does he do? What a career. (14:00) The Cavaliers have tied the series against the Pistons. Donovan Mitchell had a historic run in the 2nd half. Pistons head coach JB Bickerstaff was FURIOUS over the free throw shooting disparity. (23:40) Wemby did NOT get suspended. One ejection was good enough for the league. (26:30) Another show about Giannis. Another trade rumor about Giannis. Just more and more about Giannis. (35:20) Review: Lorne. (40:40) NPPOD. (44:10) Let’s talk a little NFL and Trump. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	The
0:07.0	The Alphaville. That's the Nothing Personal Alphaville.
0:40.0	That's the nothing personal word of the day for Tuesday, May 12th,
0:43.8	2026.
0:46.3	Alphaville, I want to be forever young.
0:51.2	I was thinking about that song as I was watching the sunset on what may be the greatest
0:57.2	career in the history of the National Basketball Association. The subject of every great debate
1:05.7	about the goat involves Michael Jordan and LeBron James. And I had a moment to be wistful as the Lakers were swept away by the thunder.
1:17.6	Thinking back to his time with the Cavaliers, the fact that he as a young player, like a teen,
1:24.1	with all of the pressure on him, comes into the NBA.
1:33.3	What he did with the Cavaliers, the decision to come to the heat, the four straight finals. Two rings with the heat, then going home again after his jersey had been burned in effigy.
1:41.3	One of the most memorable sporting events I ever attended was LeBron's first
1:46.8	game back in Cleveland as a member of the Miami Heat as I walked through the parking lot, as I walked
1:53.4	into the arena, the visceral anger that only comes with the emotion of an athlete, beloved athlete, who you've never met,
2:04.2	who you know nothing about.
2:07.7	What possibility could there have been at that moment of a road to a championship with that
2:14.1	very team?
2:15.1	And that's what LeBron did.
2:17.3	He went home again and won a title with the Cleveland Cavaliers
2:20.8	and then left again for the Los Angeles Lakers,
2:24.8	took his family west, not in a paddy wagon,
2:29.3	and managed to play the most consecutive years with one team.
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