NBA players finally drop brutal truth bombs on WNBA stars: 'It should be common sense'



It seems some male basketball players are tired of having their skill levels compared to WNBA players.

After a former NBA player said the 2025 WNBA champions could beat an NBA team, a group of ballers decided to set the record straight with brutal honesty about how a matchup between the two sets of pros would play out.

'I wish this would stop being a conversation.'

NBA players Michael Porter Jr., Lonzo Ball, and former pro LiAngelo Ball brought up the comparison of NBA players versus WNBA players on a recent episode of the "Ball in the Family Podcast."

In just the second episode of the show's existence, Porter decided he would contribute to its newsworthiness by asking the panel if they had heard that WNBA star Paige Bueckers claimed she could beat an NBA player head-to-head.

"Did you see when she said that she would beat Josh Hart one-on-one?" Porter asked.

"No chance," the panel unanimously agreed, stating there was too big of a skill gap between Hart, who has averaged more than 10 points per game in his career, and a female pro.

The group then discussed what the age-appropriate matchup between a male and female basketball player would be, prompting the panel to drop brutal truths.

"Probably eighth grade," Porter theorized, revealing he had actual experience playing against female college players as a teen.

"My sisters went to University of Missouri, and I was still a young dude, and they had me playing on the scout team, and they had a few WNBA players on their team, like Sophie Cunningham and a couple others. I think I was in seventh or eighth grade," Porter continued.

He noted that he did indeed crush his female competitors at that time.

"It's just a difference. I wish this would stop being a conversation because it should be common sense. But like, it's just not," he said.

Any viewers who thought the other panel members would jump to the defense of female players at this point were sorely mistaken. Particularly Lonzo Ball pulled no punches.

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"I mean this as respectfully as possible, but ninth-grade Lonzo Ball in the WNBA is going crazy," he said, speaking in third person.

Ball then brought out the measuring stick:

"In ninth grade, I was over six feet and dunking. I'm coming through the lane. No girl in the WNBA is doing that. I'm going backdoor, 'Throw it up!' I'm looking like Jordan out there," he said.

Ball is no slouch in the NBA, and his 11-points per-game career average gives him the basis to make these claims.

"I mean this so respectfully. Middle school [and] down," he added.

Earlier in the podcast, Porter outed his pro team for having reprimanded him in the past for talking about the differences between male and female players.

He explained that even within the Brooklyn Nets organization, "We've had conversations. They would appreciate if I stayed clear of certain topics, you know what I mean? That's why the WNBA thing, that's just a topic that kind of — it's so sensitive nowadays. So I try to be aware of that."

According to OutKick, Porter had previously strongly implied that if the WNBA All-Star team or the women's Team USA basketball squad played the best male high school basketball players in the country, the boys would easily beat the women.

"It's one of them things, bro. You can't dance around it. In high school, when I was in high school ... if we played the WNBA All-Star team, that, no disrespect, bro. No disrespect. I'm not even gonna say it," Porter reportedly said.

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Las Vegas Aces holds up the championship trophy after winning Game Four of the 2025 WNBA Playoffs finals at Mortgage Matchup Center on October 10, 2025, in Phoenix, Arizona. Photo by Chris Coduto/Getty Images

In early October, 12-year NBA veteran (now retired) Pat Beverley said in an X post that the WNBA champion Las Vegas Aces could give an NBA team a run for their money on the court.

"Idk if it's the [wine] but i really believe this Aces team could beat a NBA team," Beverley wrote.

The recent podcast panel reacted strongly to that claim with multiple guests simply responding, "That's crazy."

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LeBron James' closest allies now in the spotlight for shocking NBA gambling probe



Two members of LeBron James' inner circle are being investigated as part of the NBA's ongoing inquiries into gambling and insider tipoffs.

It's been nearly a month since the FBI released the shocking indictments of an NBA coach and player, along with a former NBA player.

'That player was not named in the team's injury report at the time. James did not play in that game.'

Portland Trail Blazers coach Chauncey Billups, current Miami Heat player Terry Rozier, and former NBA player Damon Jones were indicted. Rozier was accused of sharing insider information to gamblers, while Billups was allegedly involved in illegal poker games hosted by Italian mob families; Jones was reportedly involved in both.

Now as the NBA continues its investigation, disaster could be around the corner for the league as Los Angeles Lakers personnel and those in close contact with James have reportedly surrendered their cell phones to an inquiring law firm hired by the NBA.

According to the Athletic, firm Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz has been contacting NBA teams to ask for cell phones, phone records, and other items. The firm has reportedly sought information from 10 Lakers employees, including assistant trainer Mike Mancias and executive administrator Randy Mims. Both have very close ties to James and reportedly gave up their cell phones voluntarily.

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Randy Mims (L) and LeBron James attend a quarterfinal game of the 2018 NBA Summer League between the Lakers and the Detroit Pistons at the Thomas & Mack Center on July 15, 2018, in Las Vegas, Nevada. Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images

Mancias, 48, has reportedly been training James for around 20 years, while 50-year-old Mims has been associated with James since he was in high school in Akron, Ohio. James was drafted out of high school at 18 years old in 2003. Mims was described as James' uncle in a 2003 Sports Illustrated article.

The player connection

The following information reported by the Athletic is circumstantial in nature, and it is important to note that neither James, Mancias, nor Mims have been charged with any crimes.

As part of his alleged betting scheme, former player Jones is accused by law enforcement of selling information about the injuries of two Lakers players to bettors on at least two occasions. In his indictment, Jones is labeled as a coach or teammate of a "prominent NBA player," described as "Player 3," whose relationship he abused to sell information to professional gamblers.

According to prosecutors, Jones found out on February 9, 2023, that "Player 3" would not play in a game between the Lakers and the Milwaukee Bucks and told someone to place a "big bet" on the Bucks based on Player 3's absence. That player was not named in the team's injury report at the time. James did not play in that game.

Furthermore, on January 15, 2024, Jones allegedly sold his knowledge on a "Player 4," who was allegedly injured. Jones was accused of passing on knowledge that Player 4's performance would be impacted by the injury in a game against the Oklahoma City Thunder.

Federal authorities reportedly said that Jones "claimed to have learned from the trainer for 'Player 3' and 'Player 4' that 'Player 4' was hurt."

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The Miami Heat's LeBron James gets stretched by trainer Mike Mancias during practice for Game 3 of the NBA Finals at American Airlines Arena in Miami, Florida, Saturday, June 16, 2012. David Santiago/El Nuevo Herald/Tribune News Service via Getty Images

More connections, more charges

James' business manager and known business partner Maverick Carter reportedly told federal agents in 2021 that he bet on NBA games with an illegal bookmaker. In November 2021, Carter told federal agents he "could not remember placing any bets on the Lakers" and also denied placing bets for others, ESPN reported.

Carter revealed he put down about 20 bets on football and basketball games over the span of one year, ranging from $5,000 to $10,000. The bookie Carter used, Wayne Nix, pleaded guilty to participating in a large, offshore betting ring.

Carter was named in the aforementioned 2003 Sports Illustrated piece as one of those "closest to James on a daily basis," along with Mims. At the time, he was described as a former high school teammate who was three years older than James and employed by Nike to "take care of their $90 million man."

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Former NBA star Paul Pierce tells men to CHEAT on their girlfriends



Former NBA star Paul Pierce is handing out free advice from his podcast “The Truth After Dark” — but it's advice only a fellow millionaire could take, not regular guys who listen to his podcast.

“If you really want to know if a girl love you, you need to go out and cheat on her,” Pierce said on “The Truth After Dark” podcast.

“Go cheat on her and see how she reacts. Now we going to see what’s real,” he added.

BlazeTV host Jason Whitlock and BlazeTV contributor Shemeka Michelle are not impressed with the wisdom Pierce has chosen to impart to his audience.


“That’s just dumb. You know, I don’t know what his religious affiliation or his beliefs are, but the Bible tells us that love is kind. It doesn’t dishonor others. It’s not self-seeking. And it always protects. How are you protecting her heart, her mind, her spirit, just to go out here and cheat?” Michelle says.

“It’s crazy that his podcast is called ‘The Truth.’ Where’s the truth? There’s no truth in that. And Satan is the father of lies. It’s unfortunate that all of his sons and daughters have this access to the airwaves to just push foolishness,” she continues.

“This man said, intentionally, pretty much, is what he’s saying: Go out here to cheat,” she adds. “Why would you do that to her?”

Whitlock points out that while this strategy may work for Pierce, it will lead most men’s lives to ruin.

“Most men that would live the lifestyle that he’s talking about will be so plagued by women who hate them and stalk them and try to create chaos in their life. Women that have some sort of support check that they have because they’ve had a stray baby with this person,” Whitlock says.

“It’s just bad, bad advice,” he continues.

“You start thinking you’re your own god and you did all this, and so you start passing on your level of wisdom, and it’s, you know, an inch deep at best,” he adds.

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Hot take: Michael Jordan's new show is HURTING the NBA



While Jason Whitlock respects and celebrates Michael Jordan, he thinks the six-time NBA champion is actually doing more harm than good to the league right now. “Jordan is the black shadow that hovers over the NBA like a dark cloud, and he's a constant reminder of how things suck right now,” he says.

Jordan, who has mostly stayed out of the public eye since his 2003 retirement, has recently re-entered the NBA as a special contributor. His new show, “MJ: Insights to Excellence” — a prerecorded miniseries of interviews where Jordan shares basketball wisdom and personal reflections with host Mike Tirico — airs weekly during certain NBA games in the 2025-2026 season.

Fans and players have been soaking in Jordan’s wisdom and the tidbits of information he shares about his personal life, but Jason says this focus on the NBA’s “good ol’ days” when Jordan was the face of the league isn’t doing anything positive for the already hurting association. If anything, Jordan’s show is a reminder of how “lazy” today’s NBA players are.

On Tuesday night during the postgame show following the New York Knicks vs. Milwaukee Bucks game, episode two of “MJ: Insights to Excellence” aired. Tirico asked the GOAT his thoughts on “load management” — the strategic practice of resting healthy players during games or limiting their minutes to prevent injuries, manage fatigue, and extend careers.

Jordan, who was notorious for playing through injury and fatigue all 82 games of a season, pulled no punches: “[Load management] shouldn’t be needed ... I never wanted to miss a game because it was an opportunity to prove.”

“You have a duty that if [fans] are wanting to see you, and as an entertainer, I want to show,” he added.

While Jordan’s work ethic and commitment to the game will forever be admirable, the fact that it remains unmatched over two decades later only highlights how far the NBA has fallen.

“This is not a criticism of Michael Jordan. It's really a criticism of Adam Silver and the executives and ownership in the NBA. They can't come up with a solution for what's wrong with the NBA, and so they're allowing Michael Jordan and the media to mostly drive the discussion about what's wrong with the NBA,” says Jason.

NBC, which recently inked an 11-year, $76 billion media rights deal to broadcast NBA games, is “using the greatest player of all time to basically subtly take a dump on the NBA,” he explains.

“Fearless" contributor and basketball aficionado Jay Skapinac agrees that Michael’s words are true — load management is a reflection of how soft NBA players have become — but the NBA highlighting this is only “undermining the current product.”

If the NBA wants to move into a new era, where grit and passion define the league again, it needs to ditch LeBron James, who he says “is the only player that has left the game worse than the one that he inherited,” and “move forward with these new, bright, rising young stars in the NBA” instead of “focusing on the greatest player that ever existed in the sports history.”

To hear more of the conversation, watch the episode above.

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The game was fixed long before the bets were legal



The integrity of sports is in trouble again, or so the headlines say. The FBI last week arrested more than 30 people in a wide-ranging gambling probe that ensnared Portland Trail Blazers head coach Chauncey Billups and Miami Heat guard Terry Rozier.

A former Cleveland Cavaliers player, Damon Jones, was also charged in two separate cases — one involving sports betting improprieties, the other tied to Billups’ alleged participation in an illegal poker ring linked to the mafia.

Cheating is illegal. Addiction is tragic. But gambling itself isn’t a sin against the republic.

Given the timing — amid public debate over legalized sports wagering since 2018 — the FBI’s sweep might look like vindication for critics of betting. It isn’t.

Millionaires behaving badly

When federal agents arrest millionaire athletes and coaches for gambling crimes, it raises an obvious question: Is legalized sports betting really to blame?

Rozier’s salary cap for the 2025-26 season is $26.6 million. His career earnings total more than $160 million. Billups made $4.7 million during the 2024-25 NBA season. Disgraced Toronto Raptors player Jontay Porter, 25, had earned $2.7 million before his ban for sharing medical information to steer bets.

When people earn sums that most Americans can’t even imagine, they often invent new ways to ruin themselves. The average NBA salary in 1991 was $800,000; today it’s more than $8 million. As David Cone of Crain and Company observed, “Even if you’re just on a roster, you make more than doctors make. There’s no excuse.”

There really isn’t. This scandal is less about gambling and more about human nature — about greed, self-destruction, and the moral rot that wealth alone can’t fix. The Supreme Court’s decision to legalize small wagers didn’t make multimillionaires betray their sport for a few illegal dollars. They did that on their own.

The moral lesson that hasn’t changed

When infielder Fred McMullin went down in the 1919 “Black Sox” scandal, he earned $3,500 a year — roughly $67,000 in today’s money. Those players were underpaid and easily tempted. No one can say that about professional athletes or coaches today.

Legalized betting didn’t create this corruption, and FBI Director Kash Patel said as much during an interview with Laura Ingraham on Fox News.

Critics overplay their hand

A video clip from ESPN’s “Get Up” made the rounds this week after producers hastily removed an on-screen ad for ESPN Bet during coverage of the scandal. The network’s discomfort spurred an online feeding frenzy from the right’s new morality police, who pounced on the moment as proof of hypocrisy.

Saagar Enjeti circled the ad and captioned it, “Spot the problem.” But the real problem isn’t the ad; it’s addiction and bad character. Billups apparently got hooked on poker. Rozier and Jones broke the law and got caught in an era when every transaction and text leaves a trail.

Enjeti calls this “uncontrolled.” Tell that to the players facing federal indictments. Gambling today is more visible, traceable, and regulated than ever before. The temptation hasn’t changed — the surveillance has.

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Americans were always betting

Critics say the explosion of legal sportsbooks has opened new avenues for corruption. Maybe. But it has also pulled a massive shadow economy into the light. Americans didn’t wait for the Supreme Court’s permission to wager; by 2015, they were already betting an estimated $150 billion a year on illegal offshore sites.

Yes, the sector’s growth has been explosive. And yes, it’s unsettling to see leagues, networks, and sportsbooks growing so intertwined. But that doesn’t make moral crusaders the saviors of integrity.

The real vice

Take Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker, who reportedly won $1.4 million playing blackjack in Las Vegas last year — less than 1% of his net worth. Critics didn’t call that a moral crisis.

The point is simple: People should be free to spend their discretionary income as they choose. Cheating is illegal. Addiction is tragic. But gambling itself isn’t a sin against the republic.

The latest pro sports scandal offers a moral lesson, but not the one the prohibitionists want to hear. Legalized betting didn’t corrupt sports — people did. And no law can outlaw greed.

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Is Michael Jordan’s NBA halftime series a flop or a gold mine of insight?



Earlier this year, the NBA announced a new halftime series with Peacock streaming services: “MJ: Insights to Excellence,” featuring the one and only Michael Jordan. The news was shocking for the sports world, as Jordan has largely avoided the public spotlight since his retirement. For him to step back in front of NBA audiences again, this time ready to share his wisdom, has had basketball fans sitting on the edge of their seats.

On Tuesday, October 21, the first episode of Jordan’s new series aired during halftime of the Oklahoma City Thunder and Houston Rockets game. The NBA legend revealed that he hasn’t picked up a basketball in years and shared a memory of feeling “the most nervous I’ve been in years” when asked to shoot a free throw in front of kids during a stay at a rental house for the Ryder Cup.

Many were charmed by Jordan’s candor, but Jason Whitlock says his “insights” flopped.

He was expecting basketball analysis, not personal anecdotes.

“This is [Shai Gilgeous-Alexander] and the Oklahoma City Thunder raising a banner, getting championship rings — the future of the NBA versus the past of the NBA in Kevin Durant, and we had time to go hear stories about Michael Jordan shooting a free throw?” he complains.

Jason doesn’t understand why the entirety of sports media is “genuflecting” to Jordan and treating him “as an idol” when all he did was share some personal stories. “Michael Jordan did nothing, and we shouldn't be celebrating it,” he says, calling himself an “iconoclast” who wants to “tear down icons.”

“Fearless” guest Jay Skapinac, host of “Skap Attack,” agrees: “I was led to believe that this was going to be Michael Jordan kind of as an NBA analyst, not regaling us with stories of what he's been doing for the last 25, 30 years outside of the NBA.”

His fear is that “MJ: Insights to Excellence” is actually just a long pre-recorded interview that the NBA is going to chop up and slow-release throughout the season.

T.J. Moe, however, completely understands the hype surrounding Jordan’s series. “When people don't speak very often, people's ears perk up when that person speaks. The first time we heard Michael Jordan say virtually anything since his retirement was ‘The Last Dance,’ and people were captivated by that. I don't think we should be surprised that people are somewhat captivated by just seeing inside of a guy's life that is a total mystery,” he counters.

But Jason’s opinion is set: Jordan’s “insights” are a distraction from the game. “NBC screwed up here.”

To hear more of the debate, watch the episode above.

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NBA coach, former player arrested in Mafia-tied nationwide gambling bust



Current and former NBA coaches and players were caught up in a massive FBI operation that resulted in dozens of arrests.

The arrests involved not only illegal gambling on NBA games but also illegal and rigged poker games allegedly put on by the Italian mob families of La Cosa Nostra.

'We're talking about tens of millions of dollars of fraud.'

Current Portland Trail Blazers coach and NBA champion (as a player) Chauncey Billups, current Miami Heat player Terry Rozier, and former NBA player and championship-winning coach Damon Jones were all named by the FBI in unsealed indictments on Thursday.

In both the betting and poker cases, there were three overlapping suspects, one of whom was Jones.

FBI Director Kash Patel and U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of New York Joseph Nocella announced the criminal enterprises, which included wild cases of extortion and fraud, resulting in 31 arrests.

According to Nocella, six defendants participated in brazen sports corruption schemes that involved insider sports betting conspiracies and included confidential information about NBA players and teams.

"Betting on inside, non-public information about NBA athletes and teams," which included "when specific players would be sitting out" or when they would be taken out early for injuries or illnesses, the gamblers "relied on corrupt individuals, including Jones and Rozier," who abused their long-standing friendships with players and coaches to get inside information.

"In at least one instance they got their information by threatening a current player, [Jontay] Porter, because of his pre-existing gambling debts," Nocella revealed. Porter, who played for the Toronto Raptors, was banned from the NBA for life in 2024 after disclosing information to a bettor that resulted in a $1.1 million bet.

The U.S. attorney said that hundreds of thousands of dollars were made through fraudulent bets on the Charlotte Hornets, Los Angeles Lakers, Trail Blazers, and Raptors. Most of the money was made through prop bets, both online and in person at casinos. Those involved placed the maximum bets possible, and most of their bets were successful. The money was allegedly laundered through wire transfers and cash exchanges.

Things get even more complex and strange regarding the illegal poker games, which utilized obscure technology and even robberies.

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Dozens were arrested in a nationwide scheme to rig illegal poker games put on by the Bonanno, Gambino, and Genovese crime families of the Italian mob.

As early as 2019, poker games in the Hamptons, Las Vegas, Miami, and Manhattan lured high-rolling players who were excited at the idea of playing cards with well-known former NBA players like Billups and Jones. These victims, Nocella noted, were known as "fish."

The superstar athletes were referred to as "face cards."

"Everybody else at the poker game, from the dealer to the players, including the 'face cards,' were in on the scam," Nocella explained.

Once the game was under way, the defendants "fleeced" the victims out of tens or hundreds of thousands of dollars per game. The organizers also used a variety of complicated technology. For example, they used off-the-shelf shuffling machines that had been secretly altered so that they could read the hands that were dealt and relay that information to an off-site operator.

The operator would then send that info to a person at the table via cell phone, who was known as the "quarterback."

The "quarterback" would then signal to others at the table who had the best hand.

Other technology included poker trays that read cards, special contact lenses or glasses that could read premarked cards, and an X-ray table that could read cards.

Crimes related to the card games included robbery at gunpoint in order to obtain the rigged shuffling machine and extortion to ensure that gambling debts were repaid.

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Chauncey Billups of the Detroit Pistons. JEFF HAYNES/AFP via Getty Images

While the mob families were already hosting non-rigged but illegal card games in New York, they allegedly became involved in the high-tech games by organizing them, taking cuts of the winnings, and ensuring that debts were collected.

Director Patel called the indictments a result of "an illegal gambling operation and sports-rigging operation" that has been going on for years.

"We're talking about tens of millions of dollars in fraud," Patel added.

Charges related to the NBA gambling included conspiracy to commit wire fraud and conspiracy to commit money laundering

For the poker games, wire fraud conspiracy, illegal gambling, money laundering, Hobbs Act robbery, and extortion were examples of the charges.

Rozier will appear in front of a judge on Thursday after he was arrested in Orlando, Florida, whereas Billups will see a judge in federal court in Portland.

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LeBron’s ‘Second Decision’ leaves basketball fans FURIOUS



On Monday, October 6, Los Angeles Lakers superstar LeBron James teased a big announcement. Pitching it as “the Second Decision” — a parody of his infamous 2010 ESPN special where he revealed leaving the Cleveland Cavaliers for the Miami Heat — NBA fans held their breath in anticipation that the 40-year-old basketball veteran would either announce his retirement or a change in teams.

But no.

It turns out the big reveal has nothing to do with basketball at all. LeBron’s big announcement turned out to be a promotional campaign for a limited-edition Hennessy V.S.O.P cognac bottle collaboration, which will feature his signature “crowning” gesture.

Needless to say, basketball fans are infuriated. The manipulative clickbait marketing left them feeling emotionally exploited, especially considering LeBron’s recent hints at an impending end to his NBA career.

But Jason Whitlock is frustrated by something else: LeBron is yet again leaning deliberately into black stereotypes for marketing gain.

“If he was going to lean into a stereotype, at least he didn't lean into watermelon,” he scoffs.

“This is maddening,” says “Fearless” contributor Steve Kim, who was excited at the prospect of LeBron finally retiring or leaving the Lakers.

“He just won't go away, Whitlock. We're stuck with this guy,” he sighs.

Jason is ready for the LeBron mania to fizzle out, too, but for him, it’s less about basketball and more about LBJ’s impact on culture. He’s tired of the “Bronsexuals” — James’ most ardent, overly defensive fans who exhibit an intense, almost obsessive loyalty to him — “[pretending] like LeBron is some genius, that LeBron is some influencer that's ahead of the conversation.”

“I'm not sure if this dude can read, write, comprehend,” says Jason.

“This guy's got one of the biggest brands in all of America and he's ... [using] it to promote Hennessy” — the most “ghetto liquor in the world?” he asks.

The marketing ploy also proves that LeBron has learned nothing from his past mistakes. The original “Decision,” during which he announced his transition to Miami, was not received well by fans.

“He got ripped and destroyed from that, and you would think that he would learn a lesson from that and that 15 years later, he wouldn't be doing something to draw comparisons to ['the Decision'] and then to do something equally as small,” says Jason.

He can only assume that LeBron’s handlers — Adam Mendelsohn, Rich Paul, and Maverick Carter — are just as cognitively stunted as the drama king himself.

“They can't talk LeBron out of leaning into brown liquor stereotypes?” asks Jason, baffled.

He assumes that LeBron’s Hennessy collab will be defended by the usual tactic of playing the race card: “Anyone that criticizes this will be either an Uncle Tom or sellout like me, or they'll be a racist.”

Now that LeBron’s retirement is no longer on the table, Jason and Steve fear that the aging athlete will play until he’s 50 years old.

“He's certainly going to play until he can force his other son into the NBA,” says Jason.

“That might drive me to Hennessy,” Steve laughs.

To hear more of the conversation, watch the video above.

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If WNBA Players Want To Talk Money, They ‘Owe’ Their Male Counterparts Millions

It turns out that the girlbosses of the Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA) aren’t just bad at putting on an entertaining game. They’re also incapable of understanding basic math. On Saturday, players participating in this year’s WNBA All-Star Game (yes, that’s apparently a thing) took to the court for pre-game warm-ups wearing black shirts that […]