LeBron James 2018 Movie - The Legacy V - Full Movie _By Valdemar Surel Dahl_

LeBron, at age 33, after 15 years in this league, he just plays little to no defense. And it sets no tone for the rest of the team. The addition that were brought in to fill Kyrie's spot has yet to be filled. The roster's not good enough. This is why I didn't pick the Cavs to get out of the East. Just had lots of words, actually. You know, we got to play good ball, and we get our butts kicked every game. We play on national television, so just had lots of words. LeBron's basketball is more than a game. It is business. And to his deepest desires as a free agent, he can elect to stay in Cleveland or move on. Only he knows what he will do. You know, you look at the film, and it almost seemed like it was written by somebody in Hollywood. And, you know, they turned it into a movie. Because you have success, and then you have downers. For LeBron, it is more than a game. It is business. It is probably beyond money. There is the love of doing what one loves to do. I've done so many great things for that team. They've done so many great things for me. But I feel like it's time to change. He was born, raised, and still lives in Akron. It's always a struggle growing up in Akron. But we maintain it. LeBron grew up in the projects that was at the bottom of the hills. Like, if someone's from Akron asks you where you're from, you say the bottom. Today, it's known as the home of LeBron James. You talk about a guy that grew up in the inner city to a single parent. My mother was definitely number one on my list. No matter what I was going through, she always kind of kept the outside away from me. I grew up on every side of town. Every part of town seen a little bit of LeBron growing up. We had pressure as far as where the hell we're going to sleep at, how we're going to eat from day to day, night to night. You know, it's hard times. You see everything from crackheads to drug dealers to gunshots every night. Learning how to be a man on the fly. The game of basketball kept us together. When I was little, I just played basketball because I loved to do it. I loved to be there with other kids just having fun. You know, I just got to keep working every day and not let nobody pass me and stay above the top of the rankings. There's no reason for me to waste time and go look for my father because, you know, right now I'm in a situation where I'm comfortable with what I'm doing. You know, I don't need no help from no father figure. I was afraid of the top. You know, that's what made me who I am today. It kind of just gave me that structure. What is your individual right now as a 16-year-old? What's your long-term goal? To get to the NBA. We always thought everybody wanted us to lose. Nobody really wanted us to win because, first of all, we were African-American kids. Do you want to be the best? Yeah. I mean, everyone always see the finished product, but if it wasn't for the times before from age 8 to 15, those years when I had no cameras around, those are the years that really made me become who I am today. They use basketball as a vehicle to get to where you want to go. Let me tell you this. If you were starting a team and you wanted one guy, I want a guy with a winner's mentality, a guy that can win, guys that know how to win. And that's LeBron James. And that's LeBron. Because LeBron James, he has done it. He's a winner. When I know my jumper is on tonight and at the minute game, I feel like I'm in style. Trying to not be selfish. We're just trying to play a team game. You know, thankful that we're up by 12 right now. What do you think? Is this too much or is it too much pressure for you? Well, I think it's no pressure for me. I think if I come out and play my game and get my team involved in the game, I just go out and play my game every night and give it our all. And if we give it 110% like we did tonight, no, it's no pressure for us. LeBron James is now the third biggest name in the sports world. And if he smiles and he takes that game like magic in Jordan, the cash register is going to go ding-a-ling-ding. What do people get when they buy into the LeBron James brand? You want to buy in? With the first pick in the 2003 NBA draft, the Cleveland Cavaliers select LeBron James. You know, this is a long-time dream to finally accomplish this, and it finally shows that the hard work has finally paid off. You will most certainly be the most scrutinized rookie in the history of the NBA. There has been some talk that they might want to play you at the point guard. What do you think? I think I'm going to be ready for it. You know, for anything that Coach Cyrus needs me to do for my team to win, I think I'm going to be happy about it. Well, the team wears this jersey on the road, LeBron. Here it is. Enjoy it. He signed a deal officially today with Nike, $90 million endorsement deal. How does a guy like you hit the pillow tonight, knowing that you have as much money as you would ever want the rest of your life, yet you still have to be motivated to perform on the basketball court? He has the weight of a franchise on his shoulders this year to turn them around. Is the 18-year-old from Akron truly the savior? I don't think you can really just bring a high school player in and really just think your team is going to really turn around like that. I just hope that they accept me as a basketball player and as a person. I just hope that they accept me for who I am as a basketball player, especially as a person. We have better players than him in his position already on our team, though. I'm not coming into the team right away trying to be a leader, but if they get that to me, I know how to be a leader. If he come, you know what I'm saying, he can just hop on our bandwagon. So what? Be it. I don't care. There's a lot of pressure on you, maybe more so than any other number one pick because of all the endorsement deals. How do you handle that kind of pressure? Well, pressure been following me my whole life. They're counting on him to be a leader. A powerful jam by LeBron James, who weighs 240. Once LeBron gets on a roll like that, you know, it's just unstoppable. And, you know, you just got to sit back and let him go. Can you deliver an NBA title to Cleveland? I'm just trying to get my team better every day. I can't promise NBA championships to no one, you know, but I can make sure that my teammates will get better every day. I'm not going to guarantee no championship, I tell you that. I'm just going to guarantee that we get better every day. Anything that I have to do to take the pressure off of me, and that's just playing my game, and that's not hard at all. Are you ready to contribute right away in the NBA? I think so. Guess who? LeBron James. One of the best parts about him is his athleticism. With my abilities, my God-given talent, I feel like I can contribute. You got all this money now. What are you going to do with your first million? I'm going to buy my mom a house. In Cleveland or Akron? In Cleveland. For LeBron James. And there, the young fella gave the crowd what they came to see. It's no different for me. I know how to play the game of basketball. I'm not saying that to be cocky. I just think I know how to play the game of basketball, and I don't change my game when I'm playing against anyone. There's no pressure. There's no pressure at all. I've been getting pressure since I was 10 years old. I don't think there's no pressure for me because I'm doing something that I love to do, and that's play the game of basketball. I'm doing the same thing that y'all love to do, and that's y'all like to watch me play basketball. If I ask y'all that question, y'all going to say the same thing. I mean, is there any pressure to ask me these questions? There's no pressure because y'all know how to do what y'all do, right? I hope I can put a lot of smiles back on the people's faces in Cleveland. LeBron has given this city and this region much. Cleveland prospers. Eagles is not just on the court. I'm a leader. I always want to win. I always want to lead the team. Fatigue makes a coward of us all, and LeBron James was asked to do so many chores for this Cleveland Cavaliers team. Asked to lead the team in scoring, rebounding, assists, do all of the interviews, get to the free throw line, and also sell tickets. Looked like he lost maybe some of his legs. Looks like fatigue may have set in. He wasn't even LeRobin James. He was Alfred James. This was just pathetic. Ultimately, that's too much of a responsibility for one player. It has nothing to do with the ego because I don't feel like I'm better than anybody else. I don't. I don't see how you can't have doubts. He's got to deliver. He's got to deliver. Everyone thought the Cavaliers were the better team going in. That game was on the table for the taking. The matchup that so many people anticipated, LeBron and Kobe Bryant, not going to happen. LeBron used as his excuse here, I'm a winner. I don't think he's a winner, but he hasn't won anything in six years now. I don't see that he has winners intangibles. Do you know in order to get better, you got to go through the ups and downs, you got to go through the bumps and bruises. How's Zach been doing these days? Maintaining, baby. I think with the free agency in 2010, every team is going to try to get better. If you guys want to sleep right now and don't wake up to July 1st, 2010, then go ahead because it's going to be a big day. Learn from what I did wrong. Learn from all the stuff you've seen Allen Iverson do wrong, that rubbed everybody the wrong way. I always let LeBron know off the top, dawg, they love you right now. They love you right now, but please believe me, the first incident, the first time something happened, they are waiting, man. They're waiting, man. They're waiting. They're waiting, man. Well, everybody is on pins and needles across the country. Do you have any doubts about your decision? No. I don't have any doubts at all. Would you like to sleep on it a little longer, or are you ready to make this decision? I've slept enough, or the lack of sleep. Are you still a nail biter? I have a little bit, not of late. Well, you've had everybody else biting their nails, so I guess it's time for them to stop chewing. The answer to the question everybody wants to know. LeBron, what's your decision? In this fall, man, this is very tough. In this fall I'm going to take my talents to South Beach and join the Miami Heat. LeBron James is the most hated man in Cleveland. How arrogant to get on national TV and slap the city in the face like that. His name is now right there with Art Modell in the Hall of Shame in Cleveland sports history. They frauded the city of Cleveland. We're going to be better without you. They hate you. You know, family stays strong, and you don't leave your family no matter what. How do you explain this to the people in Cleveland? I mean, it's heartfelt for me. You know, it's hard to explain, but at the same time my heart and the seven years that I've gave to that franchise, to that city, was everything. Not two, not three, not four, not five, not six. I'm not just up here blowing smoke at none of these fans because that's not what I'm about. I'm about business, and we believe we can win multiple championships if we take care of business and do it the right way. So are you even aware of the mocking that's going on right now of you? For me, I mean, I'm aware of it, but I don't see it. I try not to get involved in it. I'm aware of it because I know it's me, and I know I'm the easiest target that we have in sports. I can't wait to see the heat when they come to the Q and take on Cleveland. It's going to be a great game. I dare you! You really believe that, the easiest target in sports? Yeah, I believe that. One of the early parts of the season was, of course, you coming back to Cleveland. Right. Give me some behind-the-scenes that we didn't see from that day. The fans had their say tonight. What would you like to say to them, if you could? Seven great years. Loved every part. Loved every moment. I got the utmost respect for this franchise, utmost respect for these fans. Those fans definitely deserve more. I have nothing to say bad about the fans or the organization. I could have handled it a lot differently. I was young. I really didn't understand what it meant. Do you think you're ever going to be able to mend those fences? No, I'm not sure. The Dallas Mavericks are NBA champions. A stunning ending to one of the more compelling seasons in NBA history. How would you say you played in the NBA Finals? Not great at all. Your stomach hurt? Absolutely. Did you watch tape of the Finals? I watched it over and over, and what still kills me is Game 2. Up 15, four or five minutes left in the game, and we sucked away that lead. I give a lot of credit to the Dallas Mavericks team. I'm going to work ten times harder this year to try to get back there, but this time I won't be playing to try to prove anybody wrong. I'm a better player than I was last year. I got to this point by playing this game a certain way. You know, getting back to me loving the game and having fun with the game. I play the game fun and joyful. When LeBron James is coming at you, don't bother to debate. Just get out of his way. Are you any place even remotely close to your peak? I don't want to say I got a long way to go. I don't think I got a long way to go. I'm a better leader now. I'm more vocal. My leadership is definitely at an all-time high right now. Now you can call LeBron James MVP. I witnessed him rise above his Finals demons of a year ago, rise above these NBA Finals, and deserve without question the MVP. And whether anyone out there believes this or not, I am happy for LeBron James. It's back-to-back titles for the Heat. The 2013 NBA Championship resides once again in Miami. And you take great pride in being a professional athlete, and it's not something that you take lightly or take for granted. You can't. I don't believe you can take it for granted because there's not that many that make it. That's what's amazing about this. When you look at this guy, the kids that see him, that are inspired by him, how cool is that for kids to see that, to have that superhero? LeBron's been that for a long time. He's very, very special. We should all be very proud that we have somebody like that. As a role model, I just try to do my part to help understand, help these kids and the youth understand how important their lives are. And no matter the negativity that may be going on around them, there's always a brighter side because I know exactly what they're going through because I was one of them at one point in time. I admire LeBron James, and he's probably about to find out. I used to talk about him all over the FBI and say, he illustrates what the endless pursuit of excellence looks like. But every offseason I've read, he tries to find a part of his game to make better, which is crazy because he's already better than everybody else. It's because he measures himself not against the others, but against himself. So I used to say inside the FBI, look, this is a great organization, but it's not good enough. It can't ever be good enough. We have to find parts of our game to make better. Look at LeBron James. And so that's how I've used him as an example. You're going to have to make a choice coming up with your contract. I mean, what's going to go into the decision-making process of what you decide to do? I'm happy right now, but when that time comes upon us, I'll be able to tackle that. But happiness and life and what you do makes it easier to show up every day. LeBron James is a real free agent, and he's had time to think about this, even though he's been on vacation. The scenes that I'm seeing from LeBron's house outside Akron, where there is almost like a religious experience developing. People are pilgrimaging there and gathering. This, to me, sums up the LeBron experience in Cleveland. I mean, and they are waiting, expecting good news. My gut feeling tells me that he's probably going to stay in Miami, but I am a little optimistic. I just want him to come back home, come back to Cleveland and Akron, Ohio. It's people that came to me and said, LeBron, you got to do what makes you happy. I thought about that, and I was like, I'm going to do what makes my city and my state happy. And that's why I came back. I love you. I'm back. He's happy to be home. He misses his friends, his family. We have no excuse not to keep working on our game and working hard. We got to do double the load. If it ain't quick, I'm going to be spacing. It might be too much for this Cleveland Cavaliers, character-wise, to overcome. As Kevin Love's shoulder popped out. You know, LeBron was really good in that movie Trainwreck, and now he is starring in Trainwreck 2, because he's the center of this one. And the dream season is now complete. The Golden State Warriors are the 2015 NBA champions. LeBron has to show up, because everybody's coming for him. I will take all the pain that comes with competing for a championship at the end of the day. I'll take all the bumps and bruises. I demand excellence out of myself first, and then out of my teammates, and I want nothing less. So, it's fun after the fact. You get a win, and I'm happy. It's fun. I don't think they can overcome Golden State. I think Steph is a little mentally tougher than LeBron James. I've boiled it down to that. Many people have now declared Steph Curry as the best player in the world. Steph's the best player in the world. He had become the face of the league, or however you want to define that. It's no longer King James, it's King Steph. It's his world and his league. You know, it's a man's league, and I've heard a lot of bad things in that court, but obviously people have feelings, and I guess his feelings just got hurt. I don't believe in pressure. I think pressure is created by what you do out on the floor. I know how to play the game of basketball, and that's what I will fall back on. Always believe something, Cleveland. It's always us against the world. Always us against the world. Cleveland against the world. Let's go! Spectacular bucket. Oh my goodness! Wow. It's just not fair. Oh my! Oh my goodness! I'm just 6'9", 260, and just so happen to be very good at playing the game of basketball. That was terrible. Oh my goodness gracious! The iron is still intact! And Nadala to Curry, back to Nadala, up for the layup! Oh, blocked by James! It's over! It's over! Cleveland is a city of champions once again! The Cavaliers are NBA champions! Cleveland's long sports nightmare has ended. In Northeast Ohio, nothing is given. Everything is earned. You work for what you have. I'm ready to accept the challenge. Cleveland! This is for you! I set out a goal when I came back to bring a championship to this city. I gave everything that I had. I put my heart, my blood, my sweat, my tears to this game. We're here tonight because the sports person of the year lived up to, and in most cases succeeded, our very high expectations of him. We're here to honor LeBron James. Being in an all-star game with the whole Warriors staff and Draymond and Klay, I just felt like they just mesh so well together. They just seem effortless. This isn't about me. This is much bigger than me. To move in here is a big change, and I'm excited about a new challenge, man. Well, I'm viewing it as the weakest move I've ever seen from a superstar. You depart for the team that beat you? And I don't want to hear any comparisons to that of LeBron James when LeBron James left Cleveland for South Beach. This is the year they simply don't have enough. There's not enough talent on the roster, even for the great LeBron James. If the Cavs look like this, they've got no chance. The Cavs just don't have enough. They just don't have it. Does it bother you that so many people are happy to see you fail? James trying to harass Curry. Curry! Congratulations to the Golden State Warriors, and especially to Kevin Durant. He didn't wind up chasing a ring in Golden State. He wound up leading Golden State to a ring. Durant for three. It's good! Kevin Durant from downtown! Reflect, if you can, on these last three years with LeBron. Some people would say that he's on the toe, like he's on the line of greatness, but that man, that guy is way over. He's freaking awesome, and as a student of the game, it would be a disservice to myself if I didn't try to learn as much as possible while I'm playing with this guy. That's the type of guy that I want to be with every single time I'm going to war. Boston and Cleveland are getting close on a deal that would send Kyrie Irving to the Celtics. The deal is done, as we mentioned, Kyrie Irving to Boston for Isaiah Thomas. Obviously, I wasn't part of the communications and know what exactly went on between the two sides, but I just felt like it was bad to be able to trade away our superstar. You actually made a phone call and said, I don't want this trade to happen. Yeah, yeah. Ownership decided to make the trade anyway. What is the relationship with you and Dan Gilbert right now? Well, I mean, our relationship has always been a working relationship. I try to put this franchise at a level that is always seen in a positive light. When you see the Cavs logo, I want you to think of it as a very prestiged and great organization. I think Boston could beat the Cavs. Celtics may have the second, third, and fourth best player. You'd like to see a team giving their best effort, and that's what the Celtics have been doing. You know, nobody on Cleveland is playing as well as those guys. LeBron has been more and more dispirited over the last couple of weeks. His effort level tonight was unacceptable. He was as equally culpable for the Cavs' issues tonight as anybody else. His play and his effort level over the last several weeks has been as low as it's ever been in his career. He just really had a loss for words tonight. Only thing that he said with definition was, I'm not the GM of this team. If I'm not the GM, I don't make those calls, so it's not my job, so I can't control that. I thought he was a little timid, and he could have done a better job of being aggressive. This roster is not good enough to beat Golden State Warriors, Houston Rockets. Well, the odds have not been with us all season. Why can't I be comfortable? I'm never comfortable. I'm never comfortable. Three shots. LeBron has a chance to win MVP in any and every court he's on. I've always talked about the best teacher in life is experience. We're not satisfied. We look forward to even more of a challenge. When you look at the Cavalier team, you realize they're not a team that plays hard. Whoa, he jammed it. He jumped like Dr. J. You're talking about flexing your muscles, Barton. He thought the party was in the basement, but it's on the top floor, Neal Funk. What I can't control is how I show up to work every day. Try to put my hard hat on and go out and play. Show me that one again. Are you kidding me? I mean, inside, he crushed it with two hands. Oh, what a two-handed slam. With some thunder. Oh, my. With the stylish finish. We have a nominee for the Dunk of the Year. How serious was that move? Come on. Hammers it on the run. This is truly dreamlike. It's so weird that people kind of categorize individuality and then team and then take away one individual and say, okay, well, if you're that good, you should be able to beat that team. And I think a lot of that conversation kind of, that bothers me a little bit. Why do we jump on LeBron so much? You'll blame anything, Stephen A. It's not about this team. If you want to ask me about this team, I can answer it good, bad, or ugly. But please, for the rest of the season, don't ask me about nothing else, no other team. The thing about it is that right now in the Cavs locker room, there's a lot of guys who don't trust each other. If you've spent any time with this team or watched them, that's very clear. It's no secret we're starting games off awful, terrible. But the Cavs right now, they don't like each other. Yeah, it's embarrassing. It's not acceptable. There's some guys on this team that don't like each other. It's an absolute drama no matter which way you turn. I mean, we're at the all-star break almost now. I don't know. Jason, I don't have an answer for you. I don't know. I don't have an answer for you. They have a trade deadline coming up in five days, and LeBron is very frustrated. And meanwhile, the Cavs organization is looking at LeBron and saying, well, we have a hard time making a change in this roster when you won't commit to us for the future. The biggest issue that's hanging over the team right now is the adversarial relationship that has developed between LeBron James and the front office and ownership of this team. It's the most engaged I've seen him in a long time. He knows how to use maximum effort. Shout out to him because he's indestructible, really, physically. The quickest to get to 30,000, LeBron James. This is my whole thing. I just never go against LeBron. I never will. History tells you not to go against him. I can't put anything past the guy anymore. He might be able to survive a plane crash. I think it's just knowing what the main thing is, keeping the main thing the main thing, and foresee what we need to do to execute offensively and defensively to be better and try to win the ball game. Isaiah Thomas, he has been traded to the Lakers. Isaiah Thomas had not connected with his teammates. This is an older team. They've got to get younger. They did that with the trade today. What Cleveland gets in Jordan Clarkson and then Larry Nance, both players can help them start to defend. That was death defying right there. Click, click. It's just not fair. A little show and go. So graceful. Oh, my. Oh, what a highlight. His first field goal is an emphatic one. They're the favorites immediately to come out of the East. Cleveland is back in the driver's seat in terms of being the favorites in the East. If I get into the postseason, no matter if I'm a 1 seed or an 8 seed, or in this case a 4 seed, I believe that we can do something. This is going to be his toughest challenge to get to the finals. Postseason 18, man. Get this thing cracking. Yes, sir. That is going to be the toughest for him to get through with. They're not a super team. They miss Kyrie Irving. People forget how effective he was playing alongside LeBron James. They had an NBA Finals roster. They didn't lose Kyrie. They traded Kyrie. The Cleveland Cavaliers were playing against a team that seemed to be more enthusiastic about being in the playoffs, a team that's hungry, and obviously Oladipo is virtually unstoppable. I don't know what we showed them. I really honestly don't care. This is not a good day to be somebody who proclaimed that the Cavs would come out of the East. If the Cavs look like this, they've got no chance. They ain't getting out of the first round. They look absolutely pathetic. I can't say they have a second best player right now. He's got the average 40-plus. Mr. Highlight reel. How about that? Anywhere he wants on the floor. Oh, with the hammer. Indiana comes down the court for the game-winning shot. Out of nowhere, the King pins the ball against the backfield. Pulls the ball down in his hand. Now there's three seconds left in the game. There's a silence. Top of the key three-point. Throws it up. Two seconds. One second for the win. LeBron James delivers. Jumps up on the scores table. Celebrates with the fans. This is just one of the game's greatest players of all time taking over. What a play! It's like he's working this clutch and he just knew when to release it. Right at the moment where the team was losing confidence, when people started to whisper, this might be the year that the Cavs fall off, he knew exactly when to, as you say, engage. So, at the end of the day, we can look at LeBron's been consistent. I mean, he might be the most durable sports superstar. This version of LeBron James, outside shooting LeBron James, carrying his team, 80% LeBron James. Oh, LeBron! Sizzling! LeBron James! LeBron James knocks it down! He got left by Kyrie Irving. He's got this narrative of this team that's sort of falling apart around him. Hey! Hey, to the locker room. Don't say nothing. Don't say nothing. We've just been waiting like a half hour. Gotta go through custom. Wrapping it up, man. Game two. Very successful trip for us. From St. Vincent, St. Mary High School, in Equin, Ohio, number 23, LeBron James! It's crazy impressive. He really can remember exactly what a player has done against him every time they have played. The Cavs have run into a smart, talented team that executes tremendously. The Celtics are a very good team. You are not going to beat them. The Cavs just don't have enough. They just don't have it. Will LeBron James get out of the East? Nope. No, he's not going to get out of the East. They have grit. They're grimy. They're tough. They're hard-nosed. You gotta know when and how to stop the bleeding. It damn near looked like a game of horse the second half. The Cavs don't want that type of fight anymore. They don't. The Celtics deserve enormous credit. I mean, it's the playoffs. So, I mean, we expected for it to be physical. For Cleveland, I believe that there's a switch for them. As long as they have LeBron James. Even though I don't think LeBron has the help, he's good enough. When greatness is in your way, it has a way of reaching another level. I show up to work every day. I bust my tail every day. I'm one of the first ones to get to the gym and I'm one of the last ones to leave. You come at the game, you best not miss. You can't put nothing past greatness. When you see it at the level that it's going at. Goat. G-O-A-T. And put periods after each one. Greatest. O-O-A-L-T. Time. It just seems like he's perfecting the game. I mean, I'm seeing no weaknesses in this game. The sky's the limit for LeBron. What an incredible display by LeBron James. Mama, there goes that man. You go out and you lay everything on the line. I recalibrate as far as how I can help this team continue to be successful. Puts it in as the shot clock expires. Grabbed from behind. Counted. Goal 10 and 1. Putting his team on his back. You get all the doubters and people who've never stepped in an arena, who's never played basketball, who's never put on a tank top and shorts, who's never played anything organized, always want to try to kill my teammates. And it's unfair to them. But I'm always staying true to the game of basketball because the game of basketball always stayed true to me. And that's why we're going to another final because my teammates played the hell of the game. You know, I could care less about a finals record. I could care less if I don't play well at this game or if my teammates don't show up because I know how much I put into the game. And nobody can ever take that away from me. Congratulations to the 2018 Eastern Conference champion, Cleveland Cavaliers. It's eight straight for LeBron. It's a blessing to be able to be a part of the big stage. And this is the biggest stage that you can get in our sport. I can't sit here right now and say that the finals was a part of my thinking. It was not. Being a part of the finals for eight straight years, I know with playing this team now for the fourth straight years, how much havoc and how much anxiety they caused. For Cleveland to win this series, or even win game one, they're going to have to control tempo. And we know in this building, Golden State does a great job of increasing the pace. I think his leadership will be on display. More pressure been following me my whole life. I can't watch the NBA championships in no way. I'm not going to guarantee no championship. I'll tell you that. James drives on him, layup, banks it home. James pull up jump shot. That's good. James sets and fires and nails the three-pointer. James drives past Livingston and throws it down. James drives and finishes. James drives and it's fouled. Got hit in the face. And he went down quickly. James drives and finishes. James again from downtown. James fires a three. That's good. James drives. Shot blocked. Count it. And one. LeBron James puts the Cavs up one with a free throw coming up. Cross over the drive. Stripped. Ball knocked loose. And a late whistle. Now the Cavs are furious. You don't make a call like that. You don't reverse a call like that against LeBron James. The NBA needs to change that rule now. Fuller State has one timeout left. J.R. Smith brings it back out. Throws it to Hill. Hill shot blocked. And we'll go to overtime. You get the feeling J.R. Smith thought they had the lead. He didn't know the score. I think exactly. One of my best quotes or favorite quotes of all time is Theodore Roosevelt. It's called The Man in the Arena and I suggest everyone read this. If you never sweat or bled or been in an arena and had the dust go up on your face, then you have no idea what it takes to be in the arena. It is not the critic who counts. Not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles. Or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena. Whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood. Who strives valiantly, who errs, who comes short again and again because there is no effort without error and shortcoming. So that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat. There's the buzzer. There's a new dynasty in the NBA. The Golden State Warriors champions once again. Back-to-back titles three and four years. And the latest with a sweep. LeBron James' free agency is now rushing at them. LeBron James is expected to opt out of the final year of his deal and become a free agent this offseason. You think LeBron is re-signing in Cleveland? Only one person knows what he's thinking and that's Bron. I think at the end of the day we would love to have a long run. I think we got to let him go. I think he came back. He gave us all he had. We ain't put the right stuff around him. He bought us a championship. Here's the best thing I can say about LeBron's free agency. Everything is on the table. There is no scenario that he will not do. There is no pathway he will not check out. If he wants to do something radical, he'll do it. I've done so many great things for that team. They've done so many great things for me. But I feel like it's time to change. We've got breaking news. LeBron is a Laker. LeBron James is a Los Angeles Laker for what ought to occupy the final act of his NBA story. Four-year, $154 million, a max deal. That's what he can sign. LeBron, welcome to Los Angeles. This is so exciting to be coming to the city of stars. LeBron is a Laker! LeBron in L.A. makes L.A. relevant again. And anytime a big market like L.A. is relevant, that is a beautiful thing. That's what this is about. That's what this needed. That's what was needed so desperately. He's going to do his thing on that court. He has a very high IQ. My son has the same thing. This is going to be the best play. Don't give the Lakers, my son, the best player in the game. Don't think he's going to win no championships. That's why we got LeBron. Everything lines up for this, and it's going to be perfect. Everybody thought that I was going to stop. Well, I kept it going. Bring that excitement. Bring all of that passion and love that he has for the game to the Lakers. Not many people can relate to being LeBron James. The unique thing is, Obie Bryant can. And to have those gentlemen as outlets, that's going to be a big-time thing for him. Now you come to L.A., you got Kobe that's like big brother. You got Magic that's like the older brother. Now we're adding interesting pieces. Aaliyah Stevenson and JaVale McGee, Rajon Rondo. Does it make sense on paper? These guys that through set, they're going to play hard. Veterans that under the leadership of LeBron and Magic Johnson and Luke Walton can help the young guys. The Lakers are a great brand, and it's just great for our fans who've been patient, emulated, and just can't wait to get back to work. Give me something for the motherfucking low rod. LeBron James, the entrepreneur, the mogul, the empire. Eight years ago, he changed how free agency was by saying we're going to control where we go, and we're going to control how it's announced. Magic Johnson pulled it off. Of course Magic Johnson got LeBron to come to the Lakers. He's Magic ******* Johnson. He does magical things. Congratulations. Other than Elgin Bailey, every star that has ever worn the purple and gold is going to deliver the championship. Every one of them, all right? So LeBron's going to have to do that too. You want to ask me what was the greatest achievement of my life? If I won the same court as my son in the NBA. That's pretty cool. That would be number one in my lifetime as an NBA player. I thought about it because my son is about to be 14, and he might be able to get in there a little earlier. Play together. Or play against. We'll be right back.