Max: “Does Market Matter?” Rich Paul: “As long as there is indoor and outdoor golf, Max, I think he’ll (LeBron) be fine.” Max: “They got indoor golf in Minnesota, right?”
How many teams can currently offer:
Golf High-level players with playoff experience Title contention Willingness to add LeBron
Zhejiang Lions are going kinda crazy
I genuinely wonder what the number to get LeBron to China would be 100 mill a year…. 200?
Chinese championship means nothing,I don’t think there’s a number high enough
What if they throw in Spotify premium as well
Gotta be family plan so lil bronny can be included
He can go do tours over there for insane money after he properly retires anyway, if what he’s already made just isn’t enough for some reason lol
Yea,it just doesnt make sense.
He’s already a billionaire and if I had to guess he’s invested in a way where he will make another. Money is covered another championship is primary drive.
Chinese Endorsement alone would reach a Billion Dollars. They can even offer him a statue in Beijing.
I heard they gonna sign Jaylen Brown too!
The Spurs lol
Tottenham trying to get everyone to prevent relegation threats
fernandes secured and tonali soon… with bron they can definitely compete for europe slots this season
Didn’t expect to be catching strays in /r/nba but here we are COYS
I’m on your team bro. It’s been a good offseason so far. In RDZ we trust COYS
He didn’t mention Big Ol Women or a dirty creek as requirements.
How you eat them churros, Chuck?
Miami
Without a doubt they qualify but Bam Giannis LeBron Wiggins feels very clunky to me
Bam and giannis alone is clunky
Golden States knees are clunky
True, but Point Bron is a lot less clunky than Point Giannis
I don’t think LeBron is interested in running point heavy minutes in the modern NBA for any team and even if he did run point that creates a whole different set of spacing and defensive issues for the Heat
I’m not saying he wants to, I’m specifically saying the Heat are already going to look clunky as fuck offensively, and that LeBron would be a major upgrade at the point position.
I’m definitely not suggesting the team would be great or he’d be happy. Just pointing out it’s an upgrade despite, yes, being extremely clunky.
Extremely. Especially because James has been playing in the PF slot.
Cavs
this makes the most sense to me for LeBron to go.
Perfect storytale ending to return home
love me a storytale ending
I’m fucking dying rn. Can’t wait to tell my story godmother about this.
I think it’s more fairybook than storytale
Nuggets
My cousin in Denver is always saying Denver is the sunniest city in the USA. (or maybe just one of the sunniest) And, Denver is a short flight back to Los Angeles.
The Suns have 3⁄4
Minnesota but our outdoor golf is only available half the year.
You have curling. The winter golf. And the best facilities in the country for it.
Fuck, could you imagine a post-retirement career LeBron dedicating himself to Curling and becoming the 8th athlete to medal in both Olympic Games?
Top Golf has heaters if he gets the itch for outdoor golf in the middle of January lol
We also have indoor simulators everywhere now too.
Minny!
We are the best state in the country for a reason, we have it all.
People will laugh but they’ve never been walleye fishing and had a 34” pike hit like a freight train.
warriors
“Title contention”
shhhh
It’s debatable and they’re old as dirt but Steph Draymond Horford Porzingis LeBron Podziemski Lendeborg Santos and Moody, with Butler either eventually joining them or being flipped for major pieces…easy enough to see how LeBron could convince himself that they can contend
steph lebron butler is a crazy big 3 ngl, add in proven winners with draymond, horford, porzingis, gp2
nice young guys in podz, santos, yaxel, moody(maybe)
Pacers
Diehard Pacers fan here…it’s the perfect roster for him…but of all the things in the world that ain’t happening, LeBron to the Pacers is ain’t happening the most.
This is the perfect take. He would fit so nicely :(
Raptors.
Spurs!
Michigan is a top 5 golf state with a golf sim place every street corner.
Cade
I hope we are title contention
Trajan would add LeBron
I can’t say they have zero chance, but on the court I think Cade is similar to Luka, and I’m not sure LeBron wants to do that again. The balancing act of having to ‘defer’ to a younger franchise player and all of the behind the scenes jockeying and power plays, I just don’t think he wants to deal with that anymore. He can go to the Dubs and just play and not have to worry about any of that.
Charlotte has the golf part down and everyone loves Kon, add LeBron at PG and we would surprise alot of people.
Sorry but Hornets don’t have title contention or high level players with playoff experience
If LeBron wanted to win a championship if he would go to Minnesota that team would be insane with him but he won’t tho
Have ownership take him out on Lake Minnetonka, he won’t say no. It’ll be a bit of a shock when it’s -10 in January but we’ll cross that bridge when we get there.
Lake Minnetonka absolutely slaps, they don’t got that in LA
Minnesota has the lakes, LA has the lakers named after said lakes
In a sense, it would be the ultimate “OG” move: Lakers to the lakes. The team could play in the Armory for a couple of nights.
Shrug. However this plays, it’ll be interesting to see him move for a last lap of the NBA. Personally I find the Wolves angle to be pretty sketchy, but wherever: It’ll be entertaining, which is all I ask.
Liar. Why else would they call them the Lakers?
Time to bring the Fred Smoot and the Minnetonka Queen out of retirement
Yeah shock a 42 year old with cold weather in January. I dont think hes getting fooled this time
He’s 41, not 81.
Sure he’s got some aches and pains but people are acting like he’s a senior citizen with chronic joint issues. Guy grew up 40 miles from the Great Lakes; I’m sure he can cope with snow even if he grumbles about it.
In january he can just do his cryogenic recovery on the roof of Target Center.
Wait until he finds out about the polar plunges.
Its just a hypothetical preference that a lot of people have. The implication isnt that hes “too old” for the cold, just that he would be too old to fool with 2 days of good weather in July
Also, rich guys aren’t really gonna suffer in the cold, lets be real. They are parking in heated garages to drive to a different heated garage
Brother, if you think he is actually gonna be in the cold, I don’t know what to tell you. He will go from a heated garage in his mansion in the suburbs (that he rents for the year), drive in his heated vehicle, into a heated garage at the arena.
Hell, he can even walk around Minneapolis if he wants, we got a skyway system so he doesn’t even ever have to touch the snow if he doesn’t want to.
(this is cope, he isn’t coming here)
Because of the implication?
This is the answer I was looking for.
Brother. He’s from Akron and spent time in Cleveland. He’s used to lake effect weather and cold as shit winters. That’s not the failure point.
Ohio is cold but Minnesota is freezing
Ohio vs Minnesota is like Bronny vs LeBron.
We don’t talk about January.
February. February is the longest month of the year, in disguise.
And then March comes and it’s the same as February. Will this ever end?
It’s the implication
Because of the implication
purify him in the waters of lake Minnetonka
Is LeBron in danger?
Have ownership take him out on Lake Minnetonka, he won’t say no.
Because of the implication.
He won’t say no, because of the implication
They’ll take him out on the water and he’ll say yes
I mean with that logic he could just go to the spurs
Minnesota, Spurs, Cleveland make the most sense. He would be a huge contributors to all 3, play meaningful basketball but also wouldnt be overtaxed and needed every single game.
Spurs would be insane, that’s where he should go given a free choice. He’d be like Super CP3 as a Wemby mentor, and he’s obviously much better as a player.
Yep, their biggest hole is at the 4 for defense and rebounding, someone who can throw lobs to Wemby, and someone who has a steady hand in the fourth quarter. LeBron playing 15 minutes per game could make them a 70 win team.
Minnesota got the best coach of the 3.
LeBron wanted Spo fired. Players have 0 idea whats a good coach and whats not. See: Doc Rivers.
There is a difference between pushing to have a then unproven coach fired for potentially Pat Riley then the way you’re portraying it
I don’t think he can control the narrative if he went to SA which is why I don’t think he’d go there. They just went to the finals, it’d look like piggybacking.
If he went to Minnesota and got them a chip, damn near all credit would go to him narrative-wise.
We would love LeBron forever and ever
Honestly, the maximum legacy boost would be if he helped another ringless franchise get one, it makes sense
I think it’d be cool to see him in Minnesota. The OG Lakers too.
I would go back and delete all my LeBrick comments from here and Facebook.
Just to make this clear, i am not just talking about you. Whats ironic (and quite funny to me lmao) is that all the people who have posted negative stuff about lebron as a basketball player, for whatever reason, are now desperate to have him on their team. Kinda just shows they know how good of a player he still is that even his haters want him on their team (again, no hate to you bro, just read your comment and realised this and just commenting on it)
I can’t believe we’re actually debating this. He’s either going to Golden State or Cleveland.
yes, in actuality, but we can all dream until that notification hits
2 weeks ago I thought he was staying in LA lol
This is my maximum copium pitch to him. Imagine bringing a title to a ringless franchise that’s been close but could never get over the hump. Even Ant is our best player LeBron would get all the credit and it’d a 4th team his name and number would go up in the rafters for. Ultimate legacy move.
hell even the knicks, back to back with them. I do hope its Minny tho lol
Imagine Lebron ending a 35yr title drought in MN…
GOAT
Is it a drought if they’ve never even been to the finals?
I’m talking the 4 major sports. Last time a team from MN has been to the finals/championship was when the Twins won it, in 1991
Number 2 reason to follow the Lynx tbh
The last men’s pro sports title in Minnesota was the Twins in baseball in 1991.
Spurs and Minnesota genuinely make the most sense for Lebron. Young Cores with talented players on both sides of the ball that can handle defensive and offensive duties much better and take a huge load off of him while he can play meaningful minutes.
Those teams make the most basketball sense IMHO.
Why wouldn’t he go to the spurs in the scenario lmao they’re a better team
For optics Knicks spurs and Thunder are off the table. He doesn’t just want to win he wants to get the credit.
If he loses with those teams he would just be the scape goat
Why not just go to the Knicks then
Optics. Minnesota he helps them make that next step. Spurs is just riding coattails time
This sub just told me how much LaMelo sucks the past week tho?
LeBron was actually in Los Angeles for the lakes, but after 8 years of searching he finally realized where they actually are.
Plus he owes us. The Mayo Clinic treated Bronny when he had his heart condition so he should sign with the Wolves as a thanks. Only logical solution.
He could also go to the Knicks
It’s pretty crazy that his agent is on a podcast just talking about all this no? It’s 2026 so it’s normal now but imagine this happening in 2018 or 2010.
The podcasting epidemic has gone too far with this one lmao. Like why does everybody need to do their job with a microphone infront of them now.
I think you’re missing a bit of what podcasting replaces—talk radio.
If you are younger you have no idea how much talk radio used to exist. There were local, regional, and nationally syndicated shows on a daily weekly and monthly basis.
It’s not surprising st all that with contemporary communications/media, talk radio was replaced with podcasts.
Bro when was it common place for NBA mega-agents to pop up as regulars on talk radio during the peak of NBA FA lmao? Maybe I’m just unaware but sports agents are normally just hiding in the cut.
The President and former President goes on podcasts.
I think that’s the entire allure of having Rich Paul on this podcast because it’s not common at all. He’s also not popping up as a regular on this pod, it’s literally him and Max’s own show. But, can you name another mega-agent in the NBA? I can’t! Rich has gotten more media attention than like any NBA agent in history because of his affiliation to LeBron and his engagement to Adele, so makes sense why he’s the agent to be on a podcast show. He also just levitates a level above in terms of fame / name recognition. RP and Klutch are basically household names to NBA fans, other Agents are kinda just a bunch of suits that are much less interesting to the general public.
But talk radio wasn’t replaced by podcasts. Even as pervasive as talk radio used to be, it couldn’t hold a candle to the current podcasting atmosphere.
Whip em out Wednesday, baby
its not that crazy, everyone is talking about everything on podcasts. we have leaders of countries going on podcasts talking about negotiating active ceasefires and deals.
it’s been this way for a while now mate.
Lebron to Indoor Crazy Golf
He said indoor. Because in Cleveland you gotta play indoor golf during basketball season when it’s cold 👀
He got money and the means to go golfing whenever he wants. He is just a plane ride away from golfing whenever he wants.
My dudes
Have you seen the new indoor golf simulators?
Literally can golf anywhere in the world from home
I don’t care how much money you got, that’s still I convenient as hell.
San Antonio has warm/not very cold sunny winters. That would be the best time to play outdoor golf there in fact
Te courses aren’t that good though, unless he’s just gonna play TPC over and over again.
Someone do that James Harden / strip club study except with Lebron and golf courses instead.
LeBron’s golf obsession is still pretty recent so there the sample wouldnt be very large
Hazeltine National Golf Club in Chaska Minnesota has hosted the Ryder Cup, PGA Championship and U.S. Open.
So from an outdoor golf perspective the Timberwolves have a shot.
Our golf courses here are actually great. The issue is the timing of the nba season. If he was a twins player, or even a Vikings player he’s be totally fine with the weather
Basketball being a late fall/winter sport lines up perfectly. He can play all summer, into the fall.
Rounds of golf while not strenuous would take away from recovery during the season. They are already dealing with games, travel, practice, endorsement obligations, etc. I don’t see a guy who cares so much about his body skipping recovery mid season. I could see him just hitting his own simulator he has installed in the basement though.
He’s not spending his summer and fall in Minnesota even if he joins the team. And yes nba players want to play golf even during the season. If he truly cares about indoor/outdoor golf where he goes that eliminates Cleveland and Minnesota.
He can play all summer
He can (and probably would) just live in LA and also travel around during the summer. He wouldn’t be living in Minnesota during the offseason, especially if it was just a one year deal.
Rich Paul the podcaster/content creator is about to milk this LBJ free agency tour for all it’s worth
and why wouldnt he lol. People are eating all this up
This has to be Bron final season right?
I feel like he has either 1 or 2 left
Bron farewell tour is going to huge distraction for a team trying to win a chip.
That’s why I asked
No way he’d go into the season without announcing it. There’s too much money to be made for both sides.
I agree, but the media circus would be crazy. So if a team is trying to contend, it would no doubt be a huge distraction.
I could see him going for the nice round 25 seasons
He has a simulator in his mansion in Bath Ohio. I think he will be fine coming back home.
Cleveland actually is pretty underrated for golf courses. Great prices too and you know lebron is cheap as hell
I lived on the east coast for a while and felt like a goddamned king visiting small town midwestern family. Seeing single digits on a food menu.
Definitely man. I played Pine Hills for the first time a few weeks ago for $62. Freaking beautiful course. for that price, i felt like i was stealing
I would love to see him on spurs. Him Replacing fox on spurs would be epic. Also spurs are stacked defensively so he can just coast on defensive end while playing PG.
LeBron feeding wemby lobs would be fucking nuts
Not even Lobs but in position to score. Fox and Castle are solid passer but Bron is on a whole nother level putting players in positions to score and where to be at on the floor. With him on the ball or off the ball dictating
The Spurs have the roster and salary space to afford him without dealing Fox (I am fine with trading him for the right package).
I mean spurs should deal fox if they get LeBron. Get assets in return. Spurs win three straight if healthy with Lebron running point.
Idk if Fox can be dealth for assets. They probably would have to attach picks for anything meaningful, or trade him for crappy expiring players.
I don’t see any indoor golf in San Antonio. Unless Top Golf counts.
You guys can build one for him
I mean you can pretty much golf outdoors year round lol. Not too much of a need to play indoors.
Sure it gets chilly, but not like the Midwest or north where you physically cannot play outside due to snow or sub 0 temps
I think it’s Cleveland it makes the most sense for his legacy and you can still compete for a championship
Cavs just don’t seem that close to a title. Yes they made the ECF but they were not even competitive and no guarantee they will be that good again even
Yeah I do agree as currently constructed but they could make some moves to get there
I will personally sign you up for both Braemar indoor winter leagues, Lebron. I’ll even cover your sign up fee myself.
Time to play for the REAL Lakers
They most telling part is when Max says, “He probably doesn’t even know where he’s going”, because the way Rich reacts makes it seem like “actually he does.”
My wife’s boyfriend’s cousins personal trainer said he asked him if he’s coming back to Cleveland and LeBron just flashed his 2016 championship ring and winked.
Indoor golf! Top golf right next to the Cavs training facility! It’s all coming together.
Portland is the perfect NBA semi retirement city.
Owner is too cheap to sign Lebron
If the Carolina Hurricanes are any indication he has no problem spending on players he just won’t pay coaches or staff.
He said indoor AND outdoor. Not just one. Sorry Wolves fans.
i mean we do have Hazeltine for outdoors
if he was okay with only being able to play on it 1-2 months of the season
We will build geodesic domes over some of the courses for Bron. The BronDome.
Both top golfs in the metro are open year round. Other golf bubbles are open around the metro. On the courses by early april.
Guys, is LeBron James. He goes to any team and he can play any role except center, so you guys will say any team really. He will fit perfectly with any contender. What makes him so special at this point is that he can fit any roster, if Miami needs PG play, he can play PG better than almost anyone in the league.
But then you look at Minny and they are missing a 4, so he can slot in too there.
You can do that excercise anywhere in the league.
Toronto
Can’t believe this show had more than one episode
He definitely not going to Minnesota. Lol
Athletes are so weird about weather. If someone was going to pay me $2 million more I’d adapt to whatever weather the new place had.
the offer needs to be a chance to play second fiddle. he doesn’t want to play third.
Didn’t he kind of already do that in LA? I thought he was pretty good about that.
He can play second here while they Clockwork Orange LaMelo into a model citizen and teammate
If it weren’t for LaMelo, Minnesota might have been a top destination.
Everything being said, it’s sounding like Miami
Does LeBron got like a 18birdies account or something? I’d love to follow this man’s golf career
Going back to the Heat or Magic confirmed
Semi outdoor? Topgolf ok?
Rich Paul is fuckin annoying
Houston 👀?
The accessibility players have makes it all meaningless with their private jets and helicopters
LePuttPutt
Sounds like LeBron wants to play for a team in Florida
Rich Paul. 2026. Wired headphones. Makes sense why he gets along well with LeBron.
Feels like something you say when your client already knows where he’s going
Phoenix has some great courses… 😂
LeBron to Atlanta confirmed
Atlanta is the obvious answer here then