ESPN has invested heavily in AI. They had a couple article titles that made no sense.

My bet is AI created the title and a complete lack of care from ESPN published it.

That video of Kerr saying Warriors got LeBron and to not leak it to Twitter would be hilarious now if Bron does go to Warrior

Probably placeholder text.

When we will we learn that major publications always have backup descriptions, headlines, stories, etc. written for possible news and sometimes they just accidentally pick the wrong one

why would they not reveal it instantly

ESPN is garbage and nobody should take anything they say seriously

In this episode, OP discovers clickbait

If it was true, ESPN would just publish it. There would be no reason to hold it back if it’s an actual story.

Also, there is no way the news doesn’t come from Rich Paul or Lebron first. There would be no reason to tell anyone, much less ESPN, when the value of the story would be higher if controlled by Lebron’s camp.

The “?” would suggest it is hypothetical.

It was just a prepared headline. Dude news prepare whole articles for the case something happens. Major newsoutlet have memorial articles for every celebrity prepared in case someone suddenly dies. This headline means nothing except that someone pressed the wrong button.

Would be cool tbh

you think the writers for ESPN would know before shams?? come on bro

No, LeBron’s notoriously tight lipped crew did not leak anything to PTI

Next!

Do you really think those jabronis know what is happening in general?

Why the FUCK would ESPN know his decision?

Come on bro.

Golden State makes the most sense from a logistic standpoint. Can keep the family a short flight or decently long drive away and in the same time zone. Still nice weather all the perks of California. If it’s the final year for sure, I could see Cleveland being the top choice, but who knows. He might always wonder what if if him and Steph don’t play together.

You are delusional if you think ESPN knows shit.

espn won’t know where lebron will go until everyone knows.

He’s not going to Warriors… He’s going to be in the East. Warriors don’t have a good roster.

Nigel, reset the board.

If they had that news confirmed, they would break it immediately. ESPN is not in the business of keeping secrets

First game LeBron career ending injury after all this would be LeAnticlimactic.

< waves hands >

Illuminati.

Lebron isn’t telling ESPN before he announces it. He wants the attention. He’s not letting ESPN leak it.

ESPN goes for any clickbait title they can come up with.

The question mark means you got baited.

I am just waiting for LeBron’s The Decision 4 to see which team he chooses to play for. I would not be much of a shock if he retires and stuns the basketball world.

It’s clickbait. Tony will likely briefly cover Steph’s public comments and maybe read too much into them. They couldn’t even spell Kawhi’s name correctly in the description so it’s either an intern misstep or AI.

Yes they did. Now the world knows.

PTI doesn’t have inside info.

Nah, it’s accurate reporting, it’s like, “whenever Lebron makes his STUNNING decision about the Warriors, Steph Curry will definitely be a big factor.”

It tracks if you ask me.

I think LeBron is going to the Cavs and he knew all season long he would be going back to the Cavs. This is all for show.

I don’t think ESPN would be trying to keep Lebron to the Warriors a secret and then accidentally leak it in a podcast title. They would be plastering it everywhere and doing nonstop coverage of it.

My goodness people are stupid

As a former journalist I can guess this is just boilerplate headline text.

So far 10 teams have legitimate conspiratorial claims to LBJ.

Labors james

Yes I believe so. Good catch

Damn, y’all are thirsty and desperate as hell

I just wish everyone would stfu and realize he’s going to Cleveland and any conversation beyond that is just trolling at this point.

Meanwhile I am wondering how Nike, that is paying LeBron a billion dollar lifetime contract, isn’t somehow part of his decision.

Curiously, of all the other contenders, it seems only the San Antonio Spurs have a lineup whose stars seem to all be Nike clients, even the very young potential superstars.