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<v Speaker 1>All right, let's talk about Bronnie James lastly. He's still

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<v Speaker 1>in high school and we've talked about him multiple times before,

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<v Speaker 1>but he's lighting the basketball world on fire and his

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<v Speaker 1>play is getting better.

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<v Speaker 2>But I'm not really talking about that. I'm talking about.

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<v Speaker 1>All of the where is Bronnie James going to school rhetoric?

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<v Speaker 1>And now he has narrowed his choices down to three schools,

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<v Speaker 1>Ohio State, Oregon, and USC probably now just Oregon in

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<v Speaker 1>Ohio State. But the Athletic just dropped a massive think

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<v Speaker 1>piece I think it's their third one this year on

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<v Speaker 1>Bronnie James. So they know where their bread is buttered.

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<v Speaker 1>They know that Bronnie James moves the needle, but they

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<v Speaker 1>are detailing the dilemma that he faces in picking a college.

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<v Speaker 1>The problem, as the article points out, is that if

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<v Speaker 1>you get Brownie, you probably get the whole circus. There's

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<v Speaker 1>no like you just don't get Bronny and then nothing else.

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<v Speaker 1>You're not getting him as a player. You're getting every

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<v Speaker 1>game on national TV, all of the media in the world,

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<v Speaker 1>all of the scrutiny on Earth. It's catch twenty two.

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<v Speaker 1>As for me, as an Oregon fan, I have zero

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<v Speaker 1>interest in Bronnie James. We are not ready for that

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<v Speaker 1>level of smoke. We are not ready for every single

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<v Speaker 1>game on national TV. What if he doesn't perform well?

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<v Speaker 1>What if your team doesn't perform well? What if his

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<v Speaker 1>season is a train wreck? What if you're not playing

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<v Speaker 1>him and your losing? And how many games is Lebron

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<v Speaker 1>James going to go to? How many is he going

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<v Speaker 1>to show up to? How is that going to impact

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<v Speaker 1>the fans that go to that game? Probably a lot?

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<v Speaker 1>Is Lebron James Junior worth the headache? The Athletic surveyed

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<v Speaker 1>eight anonymous college coaches, and one of them had some

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<v Speaker 1>real things to say. The expectation doesn't match the talent level,

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<v Speaker 1>or at least not yet, and that is where it

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<v Speaker 1>gets messy.

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<v Speaker 2>Hmm.

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<v Speaker 1>The expectation doesn't match the talent level, and that is

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<v Speaker 1>where it gets messy. One coach said he couldn't even

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<v Speaker 1>get on the phone with Bronnie James because it was

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<v Speaker 1>going to take an incredibly long time in order for

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<v Speaker 1>him to be able to even reach out to his

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<v Speaker 1>mom or his PR team in Bronnie James, let's be honest,

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<v Speaker 1>is a top forty player.

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<v Speaker 2>He's improving, but there are probably.

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<v Speaker 1>Ten players at his position in his own class rated

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<v Speaker 1>higher than him. All eight coaches said, as it stands,

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<v Speaker 1>the ones that were pulled, he would not start on

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<v Speaker 1>their teams or any likely twenty five top twenty five

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<v Speaker 1>program in the country. He can ball, but he is

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<v Speaker 1>not a starter, according to those eight coaches, and it's

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<v Speaker 1>probably too much to ask an all American play style

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<v Speaker 1>from a freshman. Right, You're probably going to sit him

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<v Speaker 1>at least a little bit, But he's not going to

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<v Speaker 1>be a four year player. So what are we really

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<v Speaker 1>talking about with Bronnie James. We're not getting Kad Cunningham

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<v Speaker 1>out of Bronnie James. Another coach said this, Bronnie is,

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<v Speaker 1>in essence, a four star player with a five star name.

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<v Speaker 1>If it were a no brainer, he'd be signed by

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<v Speaker 1>Duke by now. It would be done or Kentucky. There's

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<v Speaker 1>a reason he's not going to Kentucky. I don't know

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<v Speaker 1>if that's true. Honestly, I don't know if that's I

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<v Speaker 1>actually think that's one hundred percent wrong. I think if

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<v Speaker 1>Bronnie wanted to be at Kentucky, he would be at Kentucky.

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<v Speaker 1>I think Bronnie is trying to find the best branding

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<v Speaker 1>place for him where they trust the coach and that

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<v Speaker 1>the coach will prioritize him being on the court. They

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<v Speaker 1>will allow him to make mistakes early and play through them,

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<v Speaker 1>rather than being like Dan Hurley and benching his players

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<v Speaker 1>every time they do something wrong. There programs that would

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<v Speaker 1>concede something like that. Yes, we just said, there's three

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<v Speaker 1>programs that are on his list. Now that he's narrowed

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<v Speaker 1>it down, USC, Ohio State, and Oregon, which happens to

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<v Speaker 1>be my alma mater. I can feel that. Or he

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<v Speaker 1>will be an Oregon Duck. In my bones, I can

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<v Speaker 1>feel it. He's already a Nike athlete. It makes already

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<v Speaker 1>so much sense. And Bron said he's already spoken to

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<v Speaker 1>Dana Altman and he knows that there is mutual interest.

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<v Speaker 1>And I believe two things. One, Bronnie James is won

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<v Speaker 1>and done. He's not going to sit around and wait

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<v Speaker 1>for Lebron James to collect dust while he's seasoning in

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<v Speaker 1>the college realm. I think he's going to be in

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<v Speaker 1>and out. And Lebron James is set a timetable right.

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<v Speaker 1>The most important thing of all for Lebron is to

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<v Speaker 1>play with Bronni. Bron's contract with the Lakers is up

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<v Speaker 1>the same year that Bronni is eligible for the draft.

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<v Speaker 1>Do you think Lebron James is going to extend with

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<v Speaker 1>the Lakers and Bronn is just gonna hang out at

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<v Speaker 1>Ohio State for.

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<v Speaker 2>A second year. No, absolutely not. The athletic thinks.

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<v Speaker 1>No one thinks Bronni is actually a one and done player,

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<v Speaker 1>nor does his current recruiting rank. Only one college freshman

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<v Speaker 1>selected in last year's NBA Draft ranked below twenty third

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<v Speaker 1>as a high school prospect, Baylor's Jeremy Sohan, who played

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<v Speaker 1>high school ball in Europe because of COVID, and as

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<v Speaker 1>stephen A said, always says, and I get all that,

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<v Speaker 1>but that also brings me to my second point. It

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<v Speaker 1>doesn't really matter what his ranking is. It doesn't matter

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<v Speaker 1>one bit. He's a first rounder because his dad is

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<v Speaker 1>included in this first round package.

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<v Speaker 2>That's it.

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<v Speaker 1>If he was not connected to Lebron James in any way, yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>he'd probably be Josh Hart. But if he gets drafted

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<v Speaker 1>by the Rockets, call Lebron the next Kakim Eliju one,

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<v Speaker 1>the next Rocket. Great, the circus will come to town

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<v Speaker 1>and it will be big dump trucks full of cash.

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<v Speaker 1>We've never seen a duo like this in NBA history before,

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<v Speaker 1>especially one really revolving around Lebron James, the greatest player

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<v Speaker 1>of his generation, most popular NBA player on the planet.

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<v Speaker 2>And I don't even think we can probably predict the

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<v Speaker 2>ra Meeks right.

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<v Speaker 1>Could you imagine a sponsored prop bet for Lebron and

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<v Speaker 1>Bronni James.

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<v Speaker 2>That'd be chaos. Could you imagine the ratings?

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<v Speaker 1>Can you imagine the features that they're going to do.

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<v Speaker 1>He's not the ordinary recruit because we've never seen a

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<v Speaker 1>situation quite like this before. I cannot end the show

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<v Speaker 1>without talking about Lebron James Senior. I can't if I

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<v Speaker 1>talk about Junior. I have to talk about Senior because

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<v Speaker 1>that's how he wants it.

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<v Speaker 2>Well.

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<v Speaker 1>On Tuesday night, Lebron pulled a malice in the Palace

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<v Speaker 1>in Los Angeles. He was ready to scrap against a pedestrian,

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<v Speaker 1>a random civilian sitting in the stands. Things could have

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<v Speaker 1>gotten ugly.

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<v Speaker 2>What happened.

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<v Speaker 1>So he's walking off the court at halftime and Crypto

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<v Speaker 1>dot Com arena and a guy heckles Lebron. What does

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<v Speaker 1>he say to Lebron James. He says this, Hey Bron,

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<v Speaker 1>Hey Bron. He says it from a floor seat, by

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<v Speaker 1>the way, which is crazy. You better get your shit together,

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<v Speaker 1>and then he hits him with that, with that receding

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<v Speaker 1>ass hairline. You better get your shit together, with that

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<v Speaker 1>receding ass.

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<v Speaker 2>Hairline of yours. Oh my god, Oh no, Bron stopped.

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<v Speaker 2>You could see it.

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<v Speaker 1>He lets it sink in, and then he rushes the

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<v Speaker 1>heckler with blackness in his eyes like the kind that

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<v Speaker 1>my dog gets when she's ready to attack me in

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<v Speaker 1>the middle of the night because I pet her the

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<v Speaker 1>wrong way, like Bron had to get held back from

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<v Speaker 1>coming after a pedestrian. And then the as this heckler

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<v Speaker 1>is ushered out, he goes, yeah, look him, he mad

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<v Speaker 1>you sick right now. There's there's only one thing that

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<v Speaker 1>one can gather from this.

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<v Speaker 2>One. Barkley has a good idea. He said this.

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<v Speaker 1>He said that every player should get a hall pass

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<v Speaker 1>and beat one fans ass. And that's probably one of

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<v Speaker 1>the best ideas that I've ever heard.

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<v Speaker 2>But what we know is also the Lebron has a

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<v Speaker 2>sensitive area.

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<v Speaker 1>He has a touchy spot, something that gets him riled up.

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<v Speaker 1>And unfortunately that sensitive area just keeps moving back and

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<v Speaker 1>back and back every every year, just a couple more inches.

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<v Speaker 2>That's all the time that we have for the eat check.

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