[Game Over] Rich Paul whiteboard session for LeBron’s next team: Cores of Sixers, Heat, Wolves, Nuggets, Cavs prominently featured. Warriors, Mavs, Celtics, Spurs, Knicks secondary.
Just go back to the cavs and make your documentary
It’s clear he’s going to play at least one more year. He’ll almost certainly retire as a Cav, can’t see it ending anywhere else. My guess is there’s a stopgap between.
I think winning a series against the rockets which he lead reminded him of competitive basketball. The Lakers have been in the mud the last few years and not legit contenders. Sometimes due to injuries sometimes due to terrible roster construction.
He’s going somewhere he can play with guys who really want to compete out there and also won’t look pathetic on defense in the playoffs. Harden is the biggest obstacle to going to Cleaveland (and mitchell isn’t great on D either, just not awful). 76ers looking like the prime choice now. Especially after hearing the Knicks were the automatic go to if only they hadn’t won the title. So clearly LeBron was not deadset on the homecoming narrative.
this knicks thing is rp blowing smoke up everyone’s ass.
No I think this is the last year. Documentary in second to last year is kind of pointless.
He’ll draw out all kinds of behind the scenes drama over his decision, then announce in January that it’s the end. Spend second half of season on a big farewell tour. All of this is filmed.
So either OKC or Denver since it’s in the middle of LA and Cleveland.
It’s crazy that people think the other teams are gonna happen
I’m sure this’ll get posted to one of those hindsight threads when it’s wrong, but Cavs feel like the only realistic team
Not a sports betting proponent, but the comments on the Kalshi page for the LeBron free agency is pure comedy
Idk man, I just don’t know how much he wants to spend a bunch of time in Ohio. Don’t forget when he trashed Memphis this year he said “I feel the same way every time I go home” I just feel like he loves warm weather and rich cities more lmao
Warm weather…lists Philly, Denver, and Minneapolis…👀
Last I checked, Denver is closer to the sun than any other NBA city.
He’s here now and lives here in the Summer
Right, but as we know, the NBA season is not in the summer lol. Of course he’s here when it’s nice! He’s a Ohio snow bird at heart
it’s like 109 degrees in Cleveland today, does it count for the rest of the year or just the day the contact is signed?
the rich city part I have no comment on
Yeah to me it’s Cavs and Heat. I don’t see it being anyone else
cavs, heat, and I don’t think you can rule out 76ers now.
I hope it’s them. The final season should be someone he’s already played for. It would just be wierd seeing him on a new team that too just for one season.
They didn’t even spell McDaniels correctly, we’re so cooked
He wants a championship in the documentary, not a playoff sweep loss lmao
I think it’s the Harden piece that’s stopping LeBron from returning to Cleveland. I can’t see him wanting to play that style of ball in his final season(s).
he only brought up that because garland is a klutch client lol thats why there’s a star for maxey too
Ant leaving Klutch 3 years ago certainly decreased Wolves’ chances to get LeBron.
This is why I’m holding hope for Miami return. Gets to play with Giannis and Bam, a coach he is familiar with that plays his style of ball
Why is everything a god damn theatrical performance with this man?
Cause he’s good at what he does. How many clicks have the nba got the last week cause of him? The nba is seriously gonna miss this dude.
Let me believe for another 72 hours…
personally wolves is the best destination imo. idk why it’s so underrated. Also this is Rich’s opinion on teams, not bron’s
This is all apart of it. You’ll see next spring, if you have the right streaming service.
Sometimes people really want to self-fulfilling prophecy rather than completing a fairy tale
Yep.
LeCeltic sit in the corner n shoot ur 3s
Could Celtics fans cheer for a man who caused generational sports trauma there?
There’s no way in hell he’s going to Boston. Rich just put that there to fuck with people lol
Idk man White, Bron, PG, Tatum, Mitch/Queta is a lineup straight outta the Olympics. I can see Bron fucking with it. He also thinks way too much about legacy stuff and going from Lakers to Celtics adds a ton more conversation about it.
He’ll experience the fullness of basketball history
I agree, Lebron also famously dislikes Boston fans
It might honestly be the most surprising choice he could make, I think I would be less surprised if he chose something like the Kings or Grizz.
Lebron is not going to opt into getting booed at home games in his last season he isn’t an idiot
You’re crazy if you think the fans won’t immediately 180 and cheer him like crazy lol
I’d be shocked, but it’s a perfect situation. Deep well coached team full of role players and everyone plays defense. Not crazy that it’s on the board.
“Generational sports trauma” might be overselling it a bit. Boston fans are like the least traumatized fan base of the 2000’s.
And despite all the times he eliminated them, 2012 is probably the only time he stopped them from winning a ring. There’s 2017 and 2018 ECFs were just a battle to see which team would get the opportunity to lose to the Warriors in the Finals.
Exactly why he’s coming here
Boston and generational sports trauma don’t belong in the same sentence. -Minnesota
Generational trauma? This man ring chased on super teams his whole career because of the Celtics idk how that’s generational trauma
Since when were those Cavs teams he dragged to the Finals super teams? Or the bubble Lakers?
No lol
Pierce and KG used to whip his ass so bad he had to run to Miami
I mean they also were the ones that forced him to leave Cleveland. I’d say we got our pound of flesh
Fuck yeah .
TBF, 2012 was the only season where he potentially stopped them from winning a ring. There’s no way the 2017 or 2018 Celtics beat the Warriors in the Finals.
LeBrockton
Leshot 31% last year 🙃
we don’t care about ur %, ur gonna shoot ur 3s
shot 38% the year before, and 41% the year before that. He was dealing with injuries early in the season and then I think kind of checked out at some point. Strange year and he probably never felt they really had a chance.
Philly would be perfect for Bron, he would just focus on playmaking.
And in the playoffs? These east teams have PTSD from facing Bron.
It’s crazy to think that the majority of NBA starters next season will be too young to have ever played against Eastern Conference LeBron.
Beauty of the knicks being so ass in the 2010s. They don’t have that PTSD
Tbh the fans have ptsd but barely any leaders in the east have ptsd atp with brons longevity lol
We literally need a pass first point guard, LeBron could play point forward and rotate out with Dean Wade
His role might get a little secondary. Not sure if he loves that but maybe he’s fine w it
Is that what he said he wanted?
Until Embiid’s injury issues mess up the plan and force Bron to play the 5 more than he’d like to during stretches in his 40’s…
I respect what Rich Paul has done with his career and his story but good lord I am tired of the guy, he’s become unbearable last 5 years or so
Yeah he can be annoying but something about this interview and Rich Paul with his fit + pointing stick is hilarious to me
More people will get to this point soon. He knows how to get his players paid but he’s just a little bitch.
This whole thing and how he’s going about it is super fuckin corny
Glad to be mentioned!
Oil, Africa
Death, taxes, and the Mavericks being listed as a free agent destination even though everybody knows there isn’t a snowball’s chance in hell he’s going to sign there.
Kyrie definitely isn’t
Is kyrie still in the league😭
This is like a Charlie Kelly conspiracy board.
The Knicks are not a secondary. They even said why. Lebron would want to be seen elevating a team to contention instead of riding a champion’s coat tails.
He’s 41 if he’s the second option on any team they aren’t a true contender. Obviously I’m biased but winning another ring not matter who with elevates him more, the first team this decade to repeat would be a pretty decent stat to pick up
After watching last playoffs i really think lebron is still good enough to be a second option on a championship team
I listened to the whole podcast (it was annoying I don’t recommend it).
If I knew nothing else but what I heard on this podcast, I would guess Rich Paul prefers the 76ers.
He brought them up first, spent the most time discussing them, sounded the most excited about them, brought up how much he loves the Sixers owners while discussing another team, and mentioned them when making his final points about them still having assets they can use to improve the roster.
That said, I think Paul might be higher on them if they didn’t have Embiid, as he repeated “health and habits” whenever he was brought up, which was the closest thing he did to expressing a concern about any of the options
So why would he want the warriors to get Anthony Davis though if health was a concern?
Klutch client
That flair is gonna trip me out for weeks.
It’s definitely a concern but still think him being excited and knowing as much as he knows ab the Sixers through Maxey, is worth something
That’s interesting. I was thinking Heat or Cavs for him.
Surprised the Nuggets are on there. Did he even have anything nice to say about them after this recent playoff performance?
Paul had little to say about most of the candidates. The discussion on the Heat, Nuggets, Wolves, and Warriors was basically Rich Paul simply listing a couple of guys on the team, the owner, and the GM. Then Kellerman talks for the most of the time giving takes like “James Harden can’t win a championship” or stories about Aaron Gordon living in the gym. I feel like it was almost intentional to help Paul to avoid saying much himself and he mostly doesn’t react to what Kellerman says. So that was why I found the whole thing annoying while trying to listen to the thing for actual information.
On the Nuggets, Paul basically only says this: “Kroenke, family we’re close to, so ownership” and then Kellerman talks the rest of the time about playing at altitude and how Jokic and Lebron would be amazing as two basketball geniuses together.
So that’s also why it stood out to me when Paul was actually doing most of the talking in the Sixers segment. Obviously, there’s a possibility that’s all misdirection and the team he’s most excited about is the one he says the least about or isn’t even on the board
Bron ending his career in philly feels weird i feel like he wants to stay at 3 teams played for and go back to cavs or heat
Lebron to the Sixers then. If Maxey wins the chip and gets the super max, Rich Paul stands to earn $10M+
this is a whole new level of attention whoring by lebron and his camp
Gotta milk that doc for everything it’s worth. It’s one thing that is annoying about LeBron is how manufactured everything he does is. Even down to the smallest details, and crap like this. It just never ends.
He’s not even in this clip… free agency just started lmao
one interesting thing related to the warriors was that there is zero mention of jimmy butler whether on the board or in the interview
feels like no AD = no Warriors. wonder what this leads to (do the warriors overpay for davis?)
He also said something like the team you have in October isn’t the team you have in April. He was speaking in general here and was more so talking about GMs you can trust to make changes.
he is going to Minnesota
I can already imagine the reporters asking Ant & Lamelo, what it’s like to finally have LeBron as your parents?
The shit ant would say, bro.
LeAnt and LeMelo
LeAnthelo Jedwall
“What kind of parental role has LeBron played for you and your teammates?”
Potential Lavar Ball involvement bout to end all Minnesota hope
He would be such a perfect fit and would make them good enough to contend with SA and OKC. So of course he’s going to Cleveland
Basketball reasons aside, I desperately want him and Bronny to come on board just to see the documentary of Ant, Lamelo, and Bronny hanging out. Plus, we would probably get something from Ant’s team and Lamelo’s team for their own shows. It might be the new Coach Carter with Bronny showing up prim and proper only to find his teammates are acting the fool.
It’ll be his Rocky IV moment. He’ll have a montage training in the snow
Wow they are really going to milk this for every last drop. Wake me when LeDecision is made.
wait, why is oil a factor?
Oil? Who said anything about oil? Bitch you cookin?
on the board under Dallas
LeBron is trying to get into the oil business after he retires
*knocks over water glass, scrambles*
Got that yellow cake and it’s delicious
Really dude? Why would the guy who cared about being a billionaire since he was young care about oil now? Hm.
Come to Philly my beautiful king
This all feels so manufactured
No way… not LeBron!!
Heat just makes too much sense imo
They have the best defensive starting in the league imo so Bron won’t have to play that hard defensively and all he will have to do is pass and shoot
Best coach of the bunch and one LeBron has played for before and at the Olympics
Best coach and player imo
Agree on Miami being the best for bron as he won’t have to do all the shit he usually has to
Paint gonna be clogged
Yeah but where is the offense coming from on that group? Not sayin Giannis and Bam are scrubs but what about the other 2 guys in the starting lineup? After Bam and Giannis the Heat don’t have a ton of depth.
Wiggins and Mitchell aren’t exactly scrubs
Still have a few guys after that.
Feel like depth is really an issue with all the teams mentioned.
I just don’t see him going to a new team with a year or 2 left, doesn’t really seem like something he’d do.
I think Heat make the most sense in terms of not having to do as much and being on a contender but I still think it’s Cavs, especially if it’s his last season
Honestly think its Cavs vs Heat with Sixers as an outaide shot.
Just saying. 🫣
This shit weird
Purely basketball wise, Wolves are the best fit.
I think the Sixers will be the best tbh. That team needs a facilitator lol.
No wonder Rich Paul said they are an X factor after the Brown trade
Talent would be crazy, but the fit is kinda bad IMO. Not a lot of defense and a lot of guys who need the ball.
Not really, to be honest. We’re not contending for anything until Maxey is playing off-ball.
It’s funny with waves hands around everything going on, but Maxey’s insanely low TOV% is a great analytical edge.
my super duper woke me take is that it won’t work out, lebron or not
maxey is already a high usage guy, same with brown. if embiid is healthy he’s just flat out better than both of them. how effective are brown and maxey off ball?
theres also a severe lack of playmaking. a lot of possession ends here guys.
Maxey is much more efficient off-ball. I would say more effective, but he’s got the best ball handling and passing chops on the team. Ideally he could switch in and out of being on ball and off ball.
We don’t have a true point guard. He’d slot right in as a point forward
Not a lot of defense but not exactly cones either. Could be like average. Plus Dean Wade off the bench as a defensive specialist and Philon may revert to a defensive first guy like he was his first year at Alabama. Also Bona if he eases up on the fouls. Not to mention VJ hopefully improving.
Kind of like the Warriors+AD option of the East where you’re just praying for fitness come playoffs.
The Sixers defense is going to be an issue with losing, and Joel Embiids health is too volatile for that to be the best fit
so what does Melo do without the ball? I doubt Bron wants to spend his final season babysitting.
LeBron played without the ball a ton last season with Luka. I think that’s a non-issue.
Julius Randle had essentially the same usage percentage as LeBron.
Lebron and Luka were far from an ideal duo and I think LA was probably somewhat relieved he left so they could try to build a team that compliments Luka. Lebron is best surrounded by high IQ guys who can shoot and defend. Knicks are prob best fit since they could use a secondary ballhandler/playmaker… and they have a ton of high IQ guys, shooters and defenders but i doubt he goes there. GSW too but they are so old and injury prone they might end up overrelying on Lebron.
Are we really comparing Luka and LaMelo Ball now?
No. I didn’t say anything like that.
I’m talking about usage-wise.
Idk , the Spurs look like a pretty great fit too.
At this point the speculation is almost as entertaining as free agency itself.
well he’s one of the best players in the league willing to sign for the minimum. bare minimum he gives you a shit ton of jersey sales
Obvious bias but the Wolves are perfect. He’s got Jaden, Gobert and Ant to make up for defensive shortcomings. Then Ant, Lamelo, Green, & eventually DDV to create 3 point shots for. And he doesn’t need to be the primary ball handler very often. Wolves would also have 2 guys that could exploit pick & rolls/lobs with Gobert after having basically 0 the last few years.
The Cleveland connection keeps getting stronger every time new details come out.
If he wants a ring then he goes to the sixers. That’s the best super team since 2017 warriors
Pelicans only team who didn’t call because their roster is untouchable.
Bron you can end your career in Minnesota with a ring as a Wolf or you can end your career in Minnesota game 6 round 1 as a Nugget. The choice is yours king
Minnesota fans have a couple good seasons and start talking like they run the league, lmao. Makes it that much sweeter to watch every Minnesota team flame out eventually
we run your team
We have a ring. And the Avs own the Wild in the “state of hockey”, lmao. It’s good to be a multi sport fan in a city with 3 SBs, 3 Stanley Cups, and an NBA title
Edit: silly me, I forgot about the 12 D1 hockey chips
Am I missing something? Why does it say no garland?
Because the Cavs traded Garland, who is someone LeBron likes and is a Klutch client, therefore hurts their chances
What the fuck even is the point of this
Will Klutch survive after Lebron retires?
Where the pelicans bro I know he wanna play with Zion and DeAndre Jordan 😭😭😭
This content is exactly why I wouldn’t want LeBron near the Knicks
Garland? The guy who Rich Paul told “Its going to be your last year in Cleveland” a year ago?
GMs watching this jaws ajar
God this is lame
“LeBron LOVES my other clients!” - agent
I thought bron would have learned from the Decision with how annoying this kind of stuff can be but gotta get content for the documentary.
Come to Boston, so JB’s trade doesn’t sting as much. He already owns part of FSG, might as well.
Wtf do they even gain from all this bullshit? He will obviously go to Cavs for the documentary. Any other team would look weird as fuck
Heat make just as much sense as Cavs
i mean besides the klutch propaganda at the end it sounds like more realistically cleveland after this no? lol. I assume its them and philly probs
I wonder which teams didn’t
He won’t go to any of those teams on the board. It’s just for the content.
Beautiful theater.
Sixers would be the weirdest but also the funniest decision
The sixers lineup is easily the most impressive, that would a clear preseason chip favorite with him (and maybe without him).
But I think he really wants to play in Cleveland, and I look forward to him and Harden chucking step back 3’s and losing by 10 every night.
Tatum and Brad lol
Cavs or Minny are his best shot at a Chip
Just pick the Cavs and say you’re coming home
Maxey the only one with a star next to his name, if he doesn’t come here when we’d have the best starting 5 in the league it won’t be for basketball reasons
Where can I watch this interview?
If he want to win one last ring doesn’t he focus on OKC or Spurs? I know the Knicks just won, so that is the only reason I am not putting them on here as well
If LeBron joins Denver on a vet min I’ll nut
LeFossil Fuel in Dallas
LeDecision Part 4. - One Last Ride
He’s going to Philly bro. Why wouldn’t he? We keep saying embiid this, embiid that but think about this for a second… with LeBron, Maxey, edgecomb and brown neither he or LeBron wouldhave to play 30 min+ a game which means fresh legs and less injury long term.
Here is the other part is that he would fit seamlessly and that n this lineup… Maxey, edgecomb, brown, lebron and embiid… that’s just scary af. He just slides in the 4 and helps facilitate and doesn’t need to worry about playing 30+ min either and stays fresh for playoffs.
Here is the other thing: him and Maxey share the same agent (rich paul)
Lebrons favorite player is AI
He’s got ties with Mike Gansey (sixers GM)
What else do you need???
Why is there an asterisk next to maxey
Celtics mentioned is pretty insane…
I get the idea for Denver, I don’t think the roster depth is as good as what Philly has in disposal right now. Obviously health is a large issue with Philly, but talent wise with LeBron they’d be stacked
Spurs or Knicks are the only real choices. Everything else in that list is a joke.
Denver or 76ers if he wants a chance for a ring . Cavs or warriors for vibes
End of the list
They’re just fucking with everyone at this point. I kinda love it. I’m gonna miss this.
Lebron learned a lot from the decision huh
LeMe
Rich Paul don’t know ball like that
The only two that make sense to me if bron wants another shot at a ring are Philly and Minnesota
I love that the first thing listed under the Mavs is “oil”, gotta know how local resource extraction factors in!
I think there’s low interest for LeBron and this whole thing is to just make it seem like there are all these options.
No mention of Raps sadly
him and his agent are insufferable
There’s no fucking way he’s going to the prominently featured teams. Literally none.
He would not have allowed Rich Paul to go even remotely break the options down.
Fuck man we just ended Giannis and his stupid thing now we have this
He already told Brad Stevens he’s signing with the Celtics. It’s the only way this all makes sense, right?!
(let me cope in peace)
Man if mavs didn’t trade ad they would be on the top of the list with ad, kyrie, and Flagg
Warriors secondary in order to pressure them to get (Klutch client) AD.