00:00But here we are again, wondering if Clutch, the LeBron James Rich Paul agency, is going
00:13to be the swing factor in this decision.
00:20To make that clear, I think every single second of LeBron to Golden State was tied to AD going
00:29to Golden State, Clutch, I don't think that deal is happening.
00:34I don't think the Warriors are legit threats, personally, to land LeBron unless they make
00:40the AD deal.
00:42Tyrese Maxey is the third Clutch star.
00:47You could argue he's above AD, but just in terms of the understood status across the
00:53league, LeBron is in his own category.
00:55You saw the whiteboard had the star next to Maxey.
00:59Rich Paul does like to have deep tentacles throughout an organization.
01:08Philly becoming the Clutch team doesn't sound like a bad idea.
01:13I don't think the Sixers are the favorites for LeBron, but coach, I believe they are real
01:20deal threats, a top three threat to land LeBron this summer.
01:25I think they're a top two threat.
01:27To me, the top two threats are Cleveland and Philadelphia.
01:31I mean, there's immediate playing time.
01:36You could easily put LeBron on the team in Philadelphia, move Dean Wade to the bench where
01:41T has played.
01:42And I think he'd be very valuable off the bench.
01:44You could send him to Cleveland and he just takes Dean Wade's spot in the starting lineup
01:49as a small forward, right?
01:50With that big, big lineup with Jared Allen and Evan Mobley.
01:54It's a big two.
01:57I mean, if you want to say third is Miami because of Giannis, but to me, LeBron's a legacy guy.
02:07That's why if the Knicks didn't win, he was going to the Knicks because he goes to the Knicks.
02:11They win a championship.
02:12That's his legacy.
02:13Like if he went to the Knicks and won a title, then he would have, that would have cemented
02:20him over Jordan.
02:21Probably in my eyes as well.
02:24But if he goes to Philly, another team, 1983, right?
02:29They're more than 40 years, 40, I think 43 years, 44 years Kevin went out of the ring.
02:33They haven't made the finals since 2001.
02:37If he goes to Philadelphia with that team and he gets Embiid a ring and he gets Maxie a ring
02:46and gets Nick Nurse a second ring in a second franchise and elevates his status as a coach
02:54all the time in the NBA, that's where I think he's going to go.
02:59Cleveland may be the favorite, but for a legacy perspective, he's done Cleveland twice.
03:06You go to Philly and win there, that's something different.
03:11I think what has stood out to me is there was a moment where Brian Windhorst suggested Cleveland
03:22Cleveland would go try and land Jalen Brown to then pair with LeBron.
03:29And obviously that didn't happen, but it told me there may be some LeBron interest in playing
03:36alongside Jalen Brown and thinking that that could be a good fit.
03:41So I don't think JB being in Philly is any type of turn off.
03:45I think it's a plus on the side for Philly.
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