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All right, my piece. So now, this is going to be part two, pertaining to the disintegration of the relationship between LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers. And when I say the Cleveland Cavaliers, I don't just mean the organization, I also mean the rest of his teammates. So now, let's see what they have to say.
Where the Cavaliers lost in embarrassing fashion yet again. That's hard. This time, blowing a 21-point lead and losing by 18 to the Orlando Magic. Harsh. Cleveland is pretty much in freefall since Christmas, and Isiah Thomas was blunt about their struggles after the game. "We hit our birthday, we go our separate ways. I started go one-on-one offense, and then defense is every man for yourself. First half, we well, as if unfortunately on defense, we can't even say every man for itself because you don't got anybody. It's basically five on four, and then if you count LeBron, it's like five on three and a half because he's only playing 50% on defense."
I mean, look, the thing is, what Isiah Thomas says, he feels like he has nothing to lose because the worst that can happen to him is that he gets traded. And if he gets traded, he's happy because that means that he gets to leave that environment. He is obviously very unhappy to be there. He does not seem to like anyone on the team. He didn't even like the coaches. So that pretty much has given him free rein to speak his mind and most likely also act as an informant to Dan Gilbert. Well, lord knows you need a lot of help.
"Sharing the ball, the ball is moving side to side. Offense revert back to what makes us lose games. Yeah, yeah, play you put you on the court, messes making out lose games. Cavaliers attract our, yes, I agree. Trash. Absolutely trash with a capital T."
Starting with LeBron. Trash. Does this diminish LeBron's legacy? First of all, do you remember Pippen's Houston years, or Favre with the Jets, or MJ with the Wizards? Well, the difference is that in those three situations, all those players that you're speaking about are about 38 years old and upward. LeBron James is supposed to be in his prime still. He's supposed to be better than Michael Jordan. That's what we're, that's what we're told incessantly. When I say we, I'm speaking about the people who follow the sports world to whatever degree you choose to follow it. LeBron James is a name that everyone is inundated with. So, of course, the expectations would be that he would not be the captain or the commander of a team that would be giving up on the season, possibly with him leading the way.
In regards to giving up, we don't remember "tragic" Johnson, which he was for a year. We celebrate, remember Favre with the Vikings for an hour. Well, the thing with the "tragic" Johnson stuff is that that happened to Magic after he'd already won two championships. He lost the one in '84, but he was only 24 years old. It wasn't like he was 33, 32 and expected to be the mature leader of the team. He was not really the leader of that team. He was a co-leader. That 1984 Lakers team was a team that was in the midst of a transition from the leadership of Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, which was more silent and stoic, and also the leadership of players like Jamal Wilkes and the, the players of the early '80s like Bob McAdoo and Norm Nixon, over to the newer players that were just coming in like James Worthy and Scottie Pippen after they had removed Norm Nixon and some of those older players. So, there's, there's a lot that went into why the '84 Lakers lost. In '85, they were able to truly understand who they are a little bit better, and that's one of the reasons why they slowly started to transition over to being Magic Johnson's team. But the "tragic" Johnson stuff, there was a lot that went into that.
Either way, just to get back to the point, the comparison really does not pertain to LeBron James because he's 33 years old. He's supposed to be in the fullness of his, of his career right now, physically and mentally. This is the time period where there's supposed to be some form of a synchronicity there. And the Packers for years, it's not gonna be the lost year. I'm gonna find it. Just like in 2011, they'd love to make you think that that was the lost finals. No, I found it. I saw LeBron James average about 13 points a game in the 2011 finals. And I'm sure somebody's gonna jump into comments, "It was 17 a game, not 13 a game." [Expletive] why you always had no LeBron, no. Is he my head explode when I stand a lot? I figure Ben was going exploding. You'd be a damn stomach. I'm not surprised about that.
People have to understand something about the plus/minus. Yes, it is certainly is meant to denote who's the most effective player on the floor. But when you have players who play more minutes, they're always going to lead the league in plus/minus, either for or against, because they're the ones who are going to determine the flow of the game the most. So yes, LeBron James is leading the league on the negative side in plus/minus. Not only that, an indicator of the fact that he's not playing well and the team was not playing well, but also that he's one of the, the league leaders in minutes. So you would expect that you do have to skew that. So when you say, "Well, he's leading everybody," well, of course he's gonna lead, you know, the person who doesn't even get off the end of the bench. You would expect that because that, that is, it's cumulative as well as being, as well as being indicative of a player's impact on the floor. So I can definitely see its relevance and its pertinence, but you do have to put it in proper context. The last man on a team is never going to be a factor in plus/minus in regards to who's leading the league in plus/minus. Michael Jordan ever did? Magic Johnson ever? Larry Bird ever? No, no, and no. And that's why all three of those players are above him on my list. That's intentional.
Like a coward face can't even know what to say. And it might be intentional. It might be intentional. As I've already stated, it's very obvious to me that LeBron James is content to make sure that when he leaves the Cleveland Cavaliers, that they're a house burning down. His mentality is that you didn't want to help me, so now I'm gonna knock. Now, not only am I not going to help you in regard to requesting a trade, but whatever happens here is what happens. You have me here playing with these bums, so I'm going to become a bum. I'm just gonna make sure that I get my numbers in the process. I agree with that. I think that a lot of things are gonna come out in the aftermath of this, especially if Kevin Love gets traded. That man might write a book. That's not some fluke in the stats. That's a man who watched this team to be trashed. He's sabotaging his old team and he'll use his legacy. Go ahead, what? Like, tell him how you really feel. Goddamn.
First of all, Thomas actually was dead-on accurate with his assessment of the team. They were playing really, really well, and I flipped the channel. And then I turned back and I said, "What was going on?" And then they started playing iso ball and very selfishly. The crazy thing about it is, he's the only one speaking the truth in the room because he doesn't have the sweat equity with everybody else got. A lot of that's also because they probably got off to a fast start, and LeBron James said, "Okay, well, by 20 now, it's time to get my stats."
Well, this is layers. I, I do think in the short term, it does. But in the long term, it does not. Because I agree with that as well. For this year, people are gonna look at LeBron and they're gonna start to grade him in a little bit better context. But in the long run, especially if he's able to get a couple more championships later on in his career on another team, a lot of that madness about whether or not he's as good as Jordan's gonna pop back up again. But those of us who remember and can gauge his entire career, he'll be evaluated properly by certain people. Because here's what happens: when he left Cleveland last time, they were terrible. When he left Miami, they were terrible. When he leaves this team, they'll be terrible. And yet he'll have been to all these NBA Finals. What's the argument against Michael Jordan as opposed to LeBron James? It's that when he left and he goes someplace, baseball, they go to the Eastern Conference Finals anyway, right? Yeah, that's the argument that is utilized by a lot of idiots who don't really understand what was occurring during that time period. People who did not see that era.
Once again, the reason why the Bulls were able to win even after Jordan retired in '93 was because they brought in a certain, a certain crop of incoming players who were serviceable and who were willing to perform their role and who could spell many of these starters on that team who had gotten the championship experience through Jordan. The '93-'94 Bulls, they brought in Kukoc and Luc Longley and Steve Kerr and many of the players who will become more known on the second three-peat team to combine with many of the more known role players from the first three-peat team, that being B.J. Armstrong and Horace Grant, of course, Scottie leading the team with Bill Cartwright, John Paxson, etc. Had Jordan not retired, that probably would have been their best team. The '94 team would have probably been their best team because it would have been their deepest team. But you know what's so funny? Everybody talks about how well they played that year after Jordan retired, but nobody talks about the fact that in '94-'95, the year after the year that Jordan retired, they were barely, they were barely in the playoff hunt. They were around the 50 or 60, they were floating around 500. And then Jordan comes back and not even in game shape, they go 13 and 4 and they're able to get to the second round, after which they got beat by the Orlando Magic, a precocious team that was probably the most talented team to never win the championship. And then, of course, the Bulls went three more championships. Jordan retires again, and then the Bulls fall off the map. But nobody mentions that because it doesn't fit the narrative. And Stan, it doesn't fit the narrative. The '93-'94 Bulls fit the narrative better than the '98-'99 Bulls. And I always say this, and brothers who remember that year will attest to it. The '97-'98 Bulls got off to a very bad start. They were something like seven and eight or eight and nine, something like that. And Scottie Pippen was injured, he couldn't play, and he was running his mouth, talking about how he was gonna sit out the whole season, he was gonna demand a trade because he hadn't gotten the respect that he deserved from the Bulls upper management. And then, of course, Jordan got the ship, you know, righted. They started to win, and they had gotten something like 15 games or 16 games over 500. And then suddenly Pippen rushed to come back and said, "Line up." Why is that? Because he was losing value as a free agent. The more the Bulls won, the more it looked like they didn't need him because Jordan was winning games with Kukoc and Dennis Rodman and those guys. So that's what I mean when I say you have to understand history in the proper context.
To make a long story short, LeBron is a great player. Kobe is a great player. Tim Duncan is a great player. But their exploits have to be evaluated in proper context. Now, I will say this about the '93-'94 Bulls, and many people come on YouTube like to talk about rigging and this and that. That series that they had in the second round against the Knicks, that call that Hugh Hollins called on Scottie Pippen was certainly very, very uh, fuzzy to say the least. That was definitely not a foul that was called on Scottie against Hubert Davis, I believe it was. And I think that it was in Game 5 of the semifinals. But it is what it is. It happens. And Hugh Hollins has always had it out for the Chicago Bulls, even when Jordan was there. You haven't sent it out for the Bulls, right? So I think long-term, people have a short-term memory. Jason, they did. You're right. But they will forget about it. I'm sorry. Let me take it. Whitlock, very prisoner of the moment. Yeah, okay. Since Christmas, we're talking about a seven-week stretch, and you're talking about his legacy. Hold on. Information. He said the worst in the league. Your understanding this is the problem, right? All wrapped up in social media and being a prisoner of the moment right now. Last night, you go on social media, "Oh my gosh, Orlando crushed the Cavs." You guys remember any Michael Jordan losses when he came back from baseball, or any at all? Yep. Well, many of the LeBron James superfans talked about how the Bulls lost to the Atlanta Magic in '95. So they do bring that to people's memory. What I said, I didn't talk about their loss last night. I talked about a man that's gonna have on his jacket, "The worst plus/minus since Christmas of anybody in the league." And you're comparing Michael Jordan? No one is going on the back of his jacket. You know what's on the front? Down 3-1 against the greatest regular-season team in NBA history. And then the NBA built a mount, they suspended Draymond Green, and then fortunately for him, Andre Iguodala is back, locked up. Andrew Bogut got a torn-up knee. Steph Curry got, got his chips switched off, and also had a debilitating knee injury that cropped up throughout the playoffs. And he was able to take advantage of it because Kyrie Irving hit the game-winning shot in Game 7. That was going to be remembered about that series. Once again, LeBron is the Wilt Chamberlain of the modern-day era. Freakish physical specimen, but did not have the wrinkles that many other greats had. If you don't think about Wilt Chamberlain, he was known for being quirky, especially in pressure situations. And he brings them back in as a triple-double in Game 7 with a bigger point. Which is, I didn't think about it, but it's interesting that he's sabotaging the year. Thank you. No, no. I would generally not buy into that conspiratorial nature. That's not my nature. Okay. I go home to a loving family. You see, you go on to these crazy ideas. You, you can be that white or right sometimes. But I will tell you this, from a source I trust, I was told today that the Gilbert-LeBron relationship is awful. I mean, it's like we have sinned. And of course, it's awful because Dan Gilbert made him look bad when it was revealed that the reason why they traded Kyrie was because LeBron did not want to agree to sign an extension. In LeBron's mind, that was Dan Gilbert's way of trying to win in the court of public approval by putting the onus on LeBron James as being the reason why Kyrie left. You know, and in all reality, LeBron is the reason why Kyrie left because Kyrie did not want to play with him anymore. He was tired of LeBron's emotional mood swings, his capricious nature. He really didn't want to deal with that anymore, and I don't blame him. And LeBron had the opportunity to force the Cavaliers, did not trade him, by signing an extension. He chose not to do so, and that's fully within his right. But now he must suffer the consequences, just as anyone does when they're given the power to exert control over other people. It is what it is. And LeBron knows damn well that he was thinking about signing that extension if they were able to pull off the trade for Eric Bledsoe and Paul George. But he didn't want to do that. So it all ended up how it was supposed to end up in the long run. That's all that matters.
What you're saying is, listen, bro, I'm gonna make this painful for you. And I do believe it's got a basketball intellect. And so when he checks into a game, I come on. Last night's game, there was a game a couple weeks ago, they were up 16 points or something in the fourth quarter. He checks in, and they magically lose the game because he was coming back in again. Stats doesn't make sense. It goes against it. Against which I normally think LeBron comes in and you have a lead. Years where, look, he knows this before he did the last time he was on his way out. Only was Monday, right? Look, but, but, okay. I look at the, I know the real Kobe Bryant, the one they took 26 shots in Game 7 on our test. Had to bail them out. Thank you, sir. Yes. Game 7 against the Boston Celtics. The man was horrific. He thought more bricks than the dam construction worker. Fortunately for him, crazy-ass Metta World Peace saved him and saved his legacy. Because had he lost to the Boston at home, his, his entire career history would look different. He would have been the guy who led the Lakers to one championship against the Orlando Magic and rode Shaq's coattails to three more. Now he gets to be the guy who won five titles and he was an equal partner to Shaq, even though Shaq won all three Finals MVPs in those first three, in those first three championship seasons. That's how much a performance in one finals can change how your career's viewed. Look at LeBron. If Ray Allen does not hit that corner three, he's a guy with two championships. All right? He beat a precocious Oklahoma City team, and he was able to come back from down 3-1 on a Golden State team that outran everybody for 98% of the race, and then the last 2% of the race, they caught cramps. That's what happened to Golden State. On his team, we've seen Kobe absolutely quit against the Phoenix Suns when he, when they gave up a 3-1 lead. It's funny, all the super Laker fans, they don't mention that. Kobe quitters team. LeBron quitters team. But for whatever reason, when these guys retire, you're talked about legacy and this is all-time. Whatever reason they become Teflon because the number of rings, the points that they scored, and also it doesn't benefit the NBA to talk about their athletes warts and all. Their gods, meaning their Hall of Famers, it doesn't behoove the NBA as a business to view a Tim Duncan or a LeBron James or Kobe Bryant with the light illuminating every wrinkle on that face. How does that help them? You want to glorify your gods, your idols. That's just how it goes. Nobody, nobody really wants to have it revealed what many of these athletes are like behind closed doors or how they conduct themselves or certain theatrics that they went through or took their team through in the locker room. It doesn't help anybody. Here's what I'm talking about. It builds up again. I'm not talking about like, "Oh my God, we're gonna lose all respect for LeBron." I'm, the, what I'm talking about is, don't put his name in the same sentence with Michael Jordan. Thank you, sir. I totally agree. All right, because Michael Jordan would never have done this. Absolutely. And again, what he'll run into, Jeff Hill, is someone like me. "Si never done this to crap." Thank you, sir. Will lock you on a roll, brother. Good job, man. Once again, my top 10 NBA players. Number 1, Michael Jordan. Number 2, Kareem. Number 3, Bill Russell. Number 4, Magic. Number 5, Larry Bird. Number 6, LeBron. And once again, I think you could throw Magic, Larry, and LeBron in a hat or in a bag, shake it all up, whoever you pull out of that bag, you pull out. But I would take Magic and Larry over LeBron. That's just me. Instead of being number two or three or four, I'm backing up to six or seven. That's all I'm saying. I'm not. Kevin Love gets hurt, he's out. We can't blame him. We can't make him the punching bag. Yeah, let's go after LeBron. We've been back for seven weeks. Well, you have to go after LeBron because had they been winning, you would be glorifying him. So conversely, when they're not winning, you have to go after him and castigate him. That's how it works. LeBron is a big boy, he could take it, and he loves the attention. He doesn't care.
Argument for LeBron James is, "Hey, he scores." But he's not a scorer. His team always wins. Team. Thank you, sir. I guess I'll stick in that [expletive]. LeBron is a pretentious ass. Gets behind a microphone, okay? Believe our school 30,000 points. The point of not even, it's cooler, dude. You score. You scored 30,000 points. I might prefer to see my teammates score. If you must prefer to see your teammates score, you would have averaged double-digit assists at least one season. You've never even come close. This is the most assists that you've ever averaged in a season right now. I believe you're somewhere around eight, eight and a half. You've never even averaged double digits in assists. But you love seeing your teammates score so much. It would have made more sense if you, somebody like a John Wall or Rajon Rondo, to say something like that. Now, you're a jack of all trades, and that's part of your appeal, as part of the greatness that you do so many things well. But don't say that you not score because quite frankly, scoring is what LeBron does best. What is plus/minus? Four plus y. Is your team better or worse when you're in the game? They attack. That's his fault, right? He has the worst in league. Worse than Isiah Thomas? All right. Well, what said he cut? Worse? You got a worse plus/minus than Emmanuel Lewis, aka Isaiah Thomas, anyway?
Well, with the Cavs in disarray and the trade deadline just 24 hours away, speculation's been heating up that LeBron could waive his no-trade clause and force a trade out of Cleveland. But after yesterday's game, LeBron said he's not even thinking about it. "This season right now, which I forgot ways we can still compete. That's not the long haul. That's the LeBron haul. Yeah, for yourself. So that dang Coble won't get anything for trading you. Let's be for real. But I just can't do it. No, it's my teammates to, uh, to finish the season out, no matter how it ends up." So, all right, Whitlock, been a lot of drama in that locker room. Are you, uh, are you buying LeBron is actually devoted to his teammates? No, because he is doing it. He's not giving them a fair effort. Tyronn Lue seven weeks ago about agendas, and he wasn't just talking about Isiah Thomas. He was talking about LeBron James. Absolutely. I don't even know if he was talking about Isiah Thomas at all. He very well may have been. But he certainly was something about LeBron. And LeBron, oh, he was talking about him too. That's why he looked at the reporter who brought it to his attention sheepishly and he said, "Well, I know I don't have any agendas." So, oh, and I want to be clear on this about LeBron James, like every other human being, flawed and has moments, weeks, days, hours, months where they do a lot of petty things. And it doesn't, you know, he's got a 34-year life to examine, not just these seven weeks. But in these seven weeks, I think he's been selfish. I think he hasn't cared a damn about his teammates. I think he's exercising a personal agenda of revenge against Dan Gilbert, and that takes precedent over doing what's best for this team. That's what I've seen in this seven-week stretch. I think that LeBron James is a, as a brother who means well, but he's never been taught about about administering. And those are things that you learn when you've had a strong male figure, and I mean a father in your life. This is why I give LeBron credit. And I have certain people come to my channel, or would you like LeBron or not? Do my channel is not about liking and disliking. And that's what I like cats with all that female energy that many so-called black males have. Unfortunately, this is where a lot of things get lost in translation. When I give assessments of people, it's never personal. I can't give a personal assessment unless I know you personally. All I can do is communicate what I see. And LeBron James is a, you know, he's very indicative and symptomatic of many of the issues in the so-called black community. He wants to be a leader, but he doesn't really know how to be a leader because he does not know how to establish proper conduct within himself that will, you know, that will encourage his teammates to follow after him. That's why, yeah, that's why he had to go down to Miami in the first place to team up with Dwyane Wade so that they could put their heads together and figure out how to lead. But the true leader of that Miami Heat team was Pat Riley, quiet as kept, because Erik Spoelstra was basically just a representative for Pat Riley. That's why LeBron had to get out of there because he could deal with male authoritative energy. He had to be somewhere where he felt like he could call the shots and promote a lot of the, that female energy that's within him that he got from his chaotic mother. He can do that in Cleveland. That's why Kyrie wanted out because Kyrie was raised, was raised in a home that was dominated by male energy. So Kyrie can't deal with all that. He can't deal with that chaos and that havoc. So in LeBron's mind, he truly believes that he's being supportive of his teammates to a certain degree. That's why I call him delusional. But there is a certain portion of his mind, his mental framework, I have little doubt that knows that what he's doing is truly self-serving. Because if he was not trying to be self-serving, he wouldn't waive his no-trade clause and he would leave the team if he was truly looking for a way to win championships as he claims that he is. Because family said that he's there for the long haul. If you were truly there for the long haul, you would sign the extension already. Bro, must be for real. You're not there for the long haul. You're only there for the rest of the season, and then you're most likely going to leave. Now, if he really stays in Cleveland at the end of the season, then I'll be proven wrong. But I doubt it. So we'll see and we'll judge all of it. But in this seven-week stretch, and I think for the rest of this season, I haven't liked this LeBron James.
Well, I would say this is that someday we're gonna look at this whole thing and the big mistake was he went home again, and it made no sense. He left Pat Riley, Aqua Water, he left Nick Harrison. No, sir. One day you're gonna look back at LeBron James's move to Cleveland and you're gonna understand it. It was the perfect career decision for him because it was based in business. It was based on commerce. As I've already stated, the reason why he went back to Cleveland, in my view, was to recreate himself with that Midwest demographic. Now, imagine if he had spent the remainder of his career in Miami, and then 10 years down the line, he wants to buy a team. Do you think that Micky Arison is gonna sell him the Miami Heat? Absolutely not. That team belongs to Dwyane Wade. That is Wade County. He knew that he had to go back to Cleveland, finish what he did, get a championship there, so that it could establish some form of a foothold or precedent for him to come back later on down the line and reclaim his throne, his proverbial throne, as the owner of the Cleveland Cavaliers. So I have little doubt in my mind that it was a move that was made to precipitate things that are going to occur 20 years from now, 25 years from now, assuming that this society is still around in 25 years. Wasn't gonna let him have all his guys. Well, that's kind of what Phil Jackson got about him. He has to have it his way. He couldn't have it his way, and so he went to somewhere where he could. Exactly. He had a daddy figure tell him no. That's why I stated Pat Riley was the true leader of that Miami Heat team. LeBron can't deal with that pressure of having that masculine energy coming down on him and holding him accountable and telling him no. Couldn't deal with that. He was too used to growing up in a house with his mother while she's running around doing drugs and sucking random rods and breaking into people's houses. He's being raised on basketball and AAU coaches that had given him whatever he wants and providing a little bit of stability, but not what a real father brings, which is discipline. They all do, but they don't put their friends ahead of everybody else. Well, I'm Brady. I don't think, I don't think. Well, but the NFL tends to be more coach-driven. The NBA is about me. Golden. How about this? Steve Kerr comes out Saturday, he says, "My team is fried." Oh, 19 months together, best record, and I lead their fried. Is it possible? 14 years of being the spotlight of the league, LeBron's fried? No, you cannot synchronize him with the Golden State because Golden State has been the epitome of success for the last three years now. One can say, well, LeBron James has also reached the finals. You can say that as well. But Golden State has a reason to be fried this year. They still have the best record in the NBA. They are expected every season coming into the season to win anywhere from 67 games and up. No one expects the Cleveland Cavaliers to even win 60 games, and they supposedly have the best player in the NBA. So what is he fried for? He didn't win the championship last year. He should be galvanized. The Golden State Warriors won the championship last year. They actually have a reason to be bored by the regular season. What is his reason? They lost their allegedly second-best player, Kyrie Irving. They brought in a new staff, a new roster of players. He's supposed to be totally focused and pinpointed on this season. The first two months, he was having the best offensive season of his career. Even I acknowledged that. And now he's totally fallen off. So what, what is the excuse? Whatever LeBron's fried, he's fried emotionally. He's angry. He's burnt out. He's tired. He's bored. You sound like his therapist. Isn't that reasonable? No, it's not reasonable, sir. It's not reasonable for a guy who claims that he wants to catch Michael Jordan. Those are his words. He's chasing that ghost. Those are his words. So you have to measure your observations by his words. He's all came into the season saying that he was in the best shape of his career, and then when they started off slow, he said, "We're not in shape." That's LeBron James 101. No, it's not. Humiliated by a team like the Orlando Magic. Okay, this is not just the Houston Rockets coming in and beating you. You're getting humiliated. Like the only thing worse than Orlando, right? The land uniforms. They're awful. No, they're not great. There's that's not their colors. And it's not the land. You're off on a tangent. Okay, that's a fair point. The point is, is the fact that they're getting embarrassed by bad teams. And no one wants to get embarrassed. Well, maybe they're just getting embarrassed by teams that are on their level. After you've been bad long enough, it's not that you're getting embarrassed by bad teams, that you are a bad team. I agree with Jason that there is some sort of personal agenda. He's trying to make a point here, and it's hurting his team. And look, LeBron is one of those guys that is selfish in an unselfish manner. He wants you to succeed, but he wants to help you succeed. He wants you to make the game-winning shot. He wants to make the pass at the game-winning shot. He's one of the most unselfish selfish players, maybe the most unselfish selfish player we've ever seen. And he wants to be the guy who fixes this thing as well. He will crank it up, they will start playing better. I don't think they'll ever get to the level that LeBron's teams have in the past. But I look, I look at this thing, and I do think LeBron is a bad teammate because he's trying to control and manipulate the situation. Well, he's a bad teammate because he doesn't want to acknowledge that he wants to be the puppet master. And that shows that he's truly embarrassed about what his real motivations are. If what you were doing was on the up-and-up, you wouldn't be so embarrassed about what you're doing. Don't act like you have no say on player personnel and who the coach is and the system that's being ran. Don't say that you don't. When you do, the reason why you're saying that you don't is because you don't want to be held accountable when things don't go well. That's part of the problem. When you're running the LeBron James system, you have to take it for what it's worth. He's worrying about things he can control, like he can't control the roster. He didn't train Kyrie Irving. He didn't bring in these old guys who can't defend. Yes, actually, he did get Kyrie Irving traded. He got Kyrie Irving traded when he refused to sign the extension. That's what he did. He got Kyrie Irving traded when he alienated Kyrie, when he pissed Kyrie off to the point where Kyrie could no longer stand being around him. So yes, he did get Kyrie Irving traded. When he heard about the deal that would have brought Eric Bledsoe and Paul George to the team, and he was ready to greenlight it, and then Dan Gilbert said, "Yeah, well, greenlight it when you sign the extension." And he said, "No." And that was the reason why it didn't happen. It wasn't that, "No, I don't want to lose Kyrie." Yes, he got Kyrie traded. All right. So he was directly involved with that. He has to deal with the repercussions of that. Yeah, he's talking about he brought in all these old players that can't play defense. He's one of the old guys that can't play defense. He didn't get involved with any of this stuff. He's saying all the right things publicly. "I'm not gonna let my teammates down. I'm here for another three months." That's it. Go back, go back through the list of guys. Okay, Kyrie Irving left because he'd had enough. No, Dan Gilbert. No, no, no, no, because he had enough. And LeBron was the one who wanted them to go out and get Chris Paul. Kyrie Irving got wind of it. Up the world championship, and I forgot about that. Yes, yes. LeBron was trying to get him traded for Chris Paul. But you know what? I've said that in the video months and months ago when that rumor first came down. When LeBron was stuck, was talking about this is last season, near the end of last season's regular season, when LeBron was talking about how we need another ball handler. It was obvious what he was talking about. He was talking about getting rid of Kyrie, because, you know, the word around the campfire was that Chris Paul was unhappy with the Clippers last year, and LeBron knew about it, and he wanted to get Chris Paul. It was obvious to me. I don't even have any connections in the NBA. I just go by what I see and just by reading people, and that's normally enough for me. And I was able to figure it out. And then Rob Parker eventually confirmed it after the finals. So of course, that pissed off Kyrie, as it should. Like, I'm the reason why you wanted the 2016 finals, and you're trying to get me traded for this do Chris Paul guy who can't even keep his composure? And Chris Paul wouldn't have matched up well with LeBron anyway. They wouldn't have been a good match. Right? Tristan Thompson, who's this rep? Rich Paul. Why was that deal done? Colin to say, like LeBron came back and it didn't work. He won a title. He brought the city of Cleveland joy that the city hasn't felt in a decade. And now they're gonna do more painful things. They're very realistic. Doesn't it? I'd rather have the net stick if I'm a Cavs fan. They're all saying that. Who's their coach? Tyronn Lue. Who was a handpicked by LeBron? And he won't let him cook. Did they not win a title? That's why I hand-picked him. Doug, Doug Gottlieb, he picked Tyronn Lue because in the time, Lue was gonna be a guy that he could check if he wanted to. He knew that he was going to be a coach who knew how to run the LeBron James system, which is basically just an AAU system, borderline playground system that LeBron runs out there when he gets to act like he's Magic Johnson. LeBron is a great passer. He probably couldn't be the best passer in the NBA, even though he's not really, he does not really have conventional point guard skills because he won't allow himself to be traded. I mean, part of me, he won't allow himself to be coached well outside of being traded either. But it, Tyron was definitely handpicked by LeBron. But Tyronn Lue has a backbone that I think LeBron underestimated. T.O. with titles. That's not a bad one right there. You're going to roll always with titles. But anyway, we'll see how this goes with LeBron. Yeah, LeBron is like the, the Susan Lucci of the NBA, you know, he's like a big, big drama queen piece.