Has LeBron Already Made His Decision? Miami Heat Accidentally Revealed Everything?

We're still on LeBron watch Ron watch the final decision whatever you people want to call it We're all still waiting around to see where LeBron is gonna call home next So let's head on over to the west coast and talk to our California Post Lakers Beat reporter Kobe price to get his thoughts on where he thinks the king could end up next Kobe appreciate you hopping on with this my man. Let's talk about the hot story in this whole LeBron watch thing That's going on the Miami. He posted a link to a scheduled live stream titled LeBron James Introductory press conference for July 27th on this YouTube channel, then they took it down and said it was a mistake Do you think this was actually a mistake or is it a lot that LeBron is going back to the 305? Well appreciate you having me on first off. I do not think it's a lot that LeBron's going back to Miami now I also will say that does not mean he cannot or he will not go to Miami. I just don't believe that that Mistake mishap whatever you want to call it that flub has anything to do with LeBron's actual decision Look the reality is and you know We can emphasize or empathize with this as people who work in the business or around these teams These teams have things lined up beforehand just in case You know LeBron does choose them or any marquee free agent chooses their team these things You know people have stories prepared people have YouTube videos prepared like these things are in place Just in case and I think this honestly also Illustrates just how in the dark Most teams are because yes, it was you know scheduled for July 27th If my math serves me correct if I'm good enough for the calendar, that's Monday There's no guarantee LeBron's making his decision by Monday and even if he does make a decision by Monday You're going to work There's gonna be an introductory press conference for him within the matter of you know Six days when it within it being released five days from today That also just doesn't pass the smell test just in terms of the actual details of the video So not to say you cannot go to Miami or he will not go to Miami But I do believe it was an honest mistake And now I've also seen the Internet since this morning that he had been posting, you know, YouTube director job so I also do worry about you know, the people who were you know in charge of that what happened with them because That is a pretty significant mistake, but something that I do believe is a mistake. Nonetheless All right, maybe not a fireable offense But at least a slap on the wrist because I've scheduled a tweet I've even scheduled an uber but never a introductory Press conference for one of the biggest names in basketball right now. So all right Definitely don't have to call HR after this one when it comes comes to that All right Let's talk about three of the teams that everyone keeps talking about that could be a possible finalist for LeBron Cleveland Miami Philly you've watched this man play over the years out throughout the course of LA you saw him last year So with where his on-court game is at 41 years of age and of course is off the court life Which one of those three teams makes the most sense? makes the most sense probably Cleveland For for the for the combination of it I mean look I know Cleveland's the basketball fate can be kind of wonky just in terms of already having you know James Harden diamond Mitchell in the backcourt, but they have a very clear Very clear need for a player like LeBron, you know someone who can create great opportunities for James Harden for his diamond Mitchell No, the other thing about LeBron is, you know, even at this advanced stage in his career, you know entering a unprecedented 24th NBA season He's a Swiss Army knife. We saw with the Lakers last season when he was in a third option role He couldn't do it all especially offensively So any team from the on-court standpoint there will be a fit and LeBron will adjust and adapt to whatever ecosystem He's in now the off-court part of it now, you know the three teams you mentioned Miami Philly and Cleveland at least in terms of proximity again if my Geography is correct. Cleveland is the closest to LA and I know that he's from Akron, Ohio 40, you know, 35 40 minutes outside of Cleveland but Cleveland is still quote-unquote the closest to LA even if it's not that close to LA There's also the matter of that's you know His hometown or he grew up, you know, and I get an Akron, Ohio not too far away from Cleveland So there's also the comfort of you know, he knows though knows the organization. He knows the area Of course, I know the family part of it has been a significant you know a significant part of the decision-making process, but there Seems to be a little bit more again familiarity and just opportunity to bridge That aspect of it in Cleveland as opposed to Philly, which is a completely brand new environment hasn't played there It hasn't lived there and a Miami. Yes He you know he obviously played there for four years, but Not the same familiarity even though obviously the same president and same coach as when he played last played there 12 years ago so Cleveland still feels like at least to me the place that makes the most sense amongst those three, but Miami sneaky because I Mean they could use Get their roster. They could they need a lot They need a lot more than what they have but it's also like throw them Brown and there's like, oh, okay That roster makes a lot of sense some other reports that are out there right now surrounding LeBron's weight or Lockett decision is holding up one the NBA Scheduled to be released and two were guys like Draymond James Harden and Jonathan Kominga sign LeBron's right-hand man and business partner Rich Paul said that his decision won't be rushed So one what do you think is the actual hold up and two? And what do you think that that what do you think of the fact that everything in the NBA is on pause? until the decision Well, first off we've been talking about this We've been calling it the decision obviously that came in 2010 We may as well just call this the indecision and so actual choices made that's where I'm kind of feeling right now Especially if it goes on the rest of this week going to next week I think the indecision is where we should be You know where we should be navigating to where we should you know adjust to but for LeBron I mean this says a lot about him again Unprecedented entering 24th season in the NBA and he's still the face of the league. Yes other moves have been made You know again Yonatan straight to the heat Shannon Brown trade to the 76ers two teams interested in LeBron by the way However, the league is mostly just on a house described to me by multiple sources over the last couple weeks It's in a holding pattern There are a lot of players who have you know A lot of marquee players James Harden Ramon green down the line who DeMar DeRozan another one Everyone's just kind of waiting to see what does LeBron do of the teams who are in the running for LeBron? You know, we talked about 76ers the heat the Cavaliers throw Golden State in there as well You know, these teams are they have roster spots or they have options to fill those spots They're holding off on any other potential moves before LeBron makes a decision because even if they're you know regardless of how they feel these teams don't know these teams don't know and that kind of illustrates that these teams don't know because the Bron from my understanding does not truly know where he's gonna play his 24th NBA season, which I know can be hard to believe But just based on my understanding he does not know fully where he's gonna go Or he has not made that decision for himself yet. So there he can't inform, you know others about it yet Even we talk about this you asked me about know the best fit the fact that there's not a clear Oh, it should he should definitely go to Miami or he should definitely go to Cleveland or she difficult or whatever team I think that's part of what could be, you know, what makes this again go back to the indecision That's part of it. Just because there are so many factors and at least to me. There's not a clear-cut number one option That's gonna be a Netflix special talking about LeBron's offseason the indecision streaming Streaming July 27th. There we go. We'll leak that information out there right now. Hey Kobe appreciate you hopping on with this my man No, appreciate you