June 30, 2025 • 7 mins
And why are the Mavericks leading the Vegas odds of destinations for him, if he were to be traded? Don’t worry, we have Jeff “Skin” Wade on the case to clear this whole thing up.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Ben and Skin Show ninety seven point one The Eagle.
It's always a fun week when you have July fourth.
So I bet a lot of you guys are off
on Friday. We're going to be off on Friday. We'll
be doing a best of show. But when you have
that short week, it's like you're more tempted to go
out and do something leading up to the week. Right,
what about going out tonight and getting dinner at the
Twisted Root Burger Company. They're the sponsor of this segment.
(00:22):
And then they have their own build your own burger
menu that's taken off right now. Now they have their
classics too. They spent the last six months revamping their
menu back with a vengeance. They have the build your
own burger and then specialty burgers. And not only that,
they got a great discount if you go in and
mention us. Yeah, I mentioned the Ben and Skin Show
to save ten percent. I mean that's no joke in
this day and age where prices are out of control
(00:45):
and all that. If you want to save ten percent,
go get one of the best burgers of your life
at Twisted Rout Burger Company and mention Ben and Skin
to save ten percent.
Speaker 2 (00:52):
You going to love it all? Right?
Speaker 1 (00:54):
Coming up here at the bottom of the hour, we
have a love shock, which is always fun.
Speaker 2 (00:58):
We love hot sex rumor. But right now it's time
for this.
Speaker 3 (01:03):
Now it's around the sports KGD pun Twins as all
the sports.
Speaker 4 (01:11):
Yes, So, over the weekend, Lebron opted into his one year,
fifty plus million dollar deal with the Lakers, And here
is the quote from his agent, Rich Paul. Lebron wants
to compete for a championship. He knows the Lakers are
building for the future, he understands that, but he values
a realistic chance of winning it all. We're very appreciative
of the partnership that we've had for eight years with
Genie Buss and Rob Polinka of the Lakers, and consider
(01:33):
the Lakers as a critical part of his career. And
it reads as okay, he's trying to get out of there,
and I think that's where we are now with a
lot of people going, okay, is Lebron trying to work
a trade right now? Or is he stuck with the Lakers,
who you know are good but probably not you know,
elite in the West.
Speaker 1 (01:51):
Did you guys just happen to dig a look at
Lebron's numbers this year.
Speaker 2 (01:54):
Yes, I looked at him.
Speaker 3 (01:55):
They were insane.
Speaker 1 (01:56):
I mean I think he was was he sixth and
MVP voting or something. Then he had one of his
best seasons that he's had in three or four season
twenty four eight eight. I mean, dude, you know there's
three guys in the league that put up twenty four
eight and eight. It was the Joker, Luca and Lebron.
Speaker 2 (02:12):
That's it. That's the whole list.
Speaker 4 (02:15):
I was said. My first thought when I read that too,
was that I was like, Lebron doesn't like that Luca's
the best player on the team, so he wants to
go somewhere. And that's just a personal selfish thing that
I thought.
Speaker 3 (02:24):
I just think, if you're that old, you're in your
forties and you're still playing, why would you do anything
but contend? At that point, there's no point being a
part of a team that's rebuilding.
Speaker 1 (02:34):
Did you guys see And I don't think the Lakers
are rebuilding per se, but obviously you know they're transitioning
to it being Luca's team. Now, did you guys see
the clip or hear about the clip of him at
dinner with Kevin Love and Kevin Love's wife. No, so
they were friends still our friends. Obviously they won championships together.
(02:54):
They're big, big wine drinkers, like that's that's their jam.
And basically Lebron can be heard on the clip saying
that his wife wants him to retire.
Speaker 3 (03:07):
In the next year.
Speaker 2 (03:07):
Effing retire. Yeah, effing retire in the next year. Savannah
wants me to effing retire in the next year. In
the next year. So and so that was from a
week ago or a few days ago or whatever.
Speaker 1 (03:17):
Now, the reason that all this is interesting is that
Lebron never opts into the last year of his deal.
I think this is the first time he's ever done it. Yeah,
it's the first time. What he usually does is he
opts out of his deal and they sign a long
term deal. So here's my read on all this. And
Lebron's a savvy guy. I mean he knows, Like if
(03:40):
you go look right now, there's so much action in
Vegas on where he's gonna go next. The team that
has the best odds to acquire Lebron as Dallas. Okay,
if Lebron wanted to go somewhere else, he would not
have opted into his deal, he would have done a
(04:01):
sign in trade with the Lakers for more than one year.
He would have He wouldn't go somewhere else for one year.
He would go somewhere else for at least two years,
and he would have done a sign in trade.
Speaker 3 (04:12):
What if he just wants to play one more year
and wants to contend.
Speaker 1 (04:16):
Then he doesn't opt in and he goes and signs
the veteran minimum somewhere because if he wants to contend, I.
Speaker 2 (04:22):
Mean he heed doing that.
Speaker 1 (04:24):
He's not walking away from fifty million dollars. It's kind
of like what we were talking about, Luca. I don't
care how rich you are. If someone takes seventy million
dollars out of your pocket, your body goes in a shock,
like he's crazy wealthy, But he doesn't. If any of
those guys can go play for more money, they're gonna
go play for more money because they also know that
the teams don't care about him.
Speaker 2 (04:45):
If he's gonna get traded, do you have to trade
Bronny too?
Speaker 3 (04:48):
That's what I was thinking too.
Speaker 2 (04:50):
How does his work?
Speaker 3 (04:51):
But let's just say let's just walk down this road.
Let's say that Nico wanted Lebron, and Lebron wanted Nico
just just say that's the and he just opted in. Yeah,
how does it happen from that point?
Speaker 1 (05:03):
If it could, Okay, Uh, the easiest way is to
trade Anthony.
Speaker 2 (05:07):
Davis and Okay, so that's not happening. That's a non starter.
I mean, yeah, and you can't.
Speaker 1 (05:12):
You have to get to like eight seventy five or no, no, no,
they're they're they're gonna, they're right, So you can't. It's
it's what the higher your salary is the way like
when you start getting up above the first apron, Huh,
it becomes difficult. When you get above the second apron,
it's damn near impossible.
Speaker 3 (05:27):
And they're over that now.
Speaker 1 (05:28):
They're like in the second they sign D'Angelo Russell. We'll
talk about that later in the show. They're gonna be
up over the second apron.
Speaker 2 (05:35):
Okay. And so then if you couldn't.
Speaker 3 (05:38):
Put a Gafford PJ thing, start putting all these salaries together, and.
Speaker 2 (05:43):
I think I think you could. I think you could.
Speaker 1 (05:45):
I don't know that you would want to do that,
but you can, like because the other thing, too is
and you know, I don't know what Nico's thought process
on this is but dude, Luca would be sitting there
rubbing his hands together. Oh my god, you're gonna give
me a lob threat a bunch of defensive players. Yeah,
bring it on. Because they're they're they're in the process
of losing another starter in Dorian Finney Smith. They currently
(06:08):
don't have a big they're talking about the Lakers. They're
praying that half asked DeAndre eight and walks in their
door for no money. Wow, a guy who's a guy
who is in Luca's draft class that's getting bought out
by the Portland Trailblazers because he's so half assed, Like, dude,
I used to want DeAndre Ayton, but I watch him
play and go like, man, that guy quit three minutes
(06:28):
into the game, like the l This is why Rich
Paul is saying this. The Lakers are not in a
good situation. They're the seventh or eighth best team in
the West right now and they're probably getting worse, so
they're in a tough spot.
Speaker 2 (06:41):
But if if Lebron Lebron knows.
Speaker 1 (06:44):
What the league is, Rich Paul knows what the league is.
If Lebron wanted to go beyond another team, he wouldn't
have opted into the last year of the deal.
Speaker 3 (06:50):
All right, So he stays there.
Speaker 2 (06:52):
I would bet everything Kat has that.
Speaker 3 (06:54):
He stays there.
Speaker 2 (06:55):
All right.
Speaker 3 (06:55):
There you have it, there's Lebron not coming to the Dallas,
Maverickson probably staying. Coming up next, it is the love shack,
hot sex rumors from the Bezos wedding. All that's coming
your way next
Ben and Skin Show ninety seven point one The Eagle.
It's always a fun week when you have July fourth.
So I bet a lot of you guys are off
on Friday. We're going to be off on Friday. We'll
be doing a best of show. But when you have
that short week, it's like you're more tempted to go
out and do something leading up to the week. Right,
what about going out tonight and getting dinner at the
Twisted Root Burger Company. They're the sponsor of this segment.
(00:22):
And then they have their own build your own burger
menu that's taken off right now. Now they have their
classics too. They spent the last six months revamping their
menu back with a vengeance. They have the build your
own burger and then specialty burgers. And not only that,
they got a great discount if you go in and
mention us. Yeah, I mentioned the Ben and Skin Show
to save ten percent. I mean that's no joke in
this day and age where prices are out of control
(00:45):
and all that. If you want to save ten percent,
go get one of the best burgers of your life
at Twisted Rout Burger Company and mention Ben and Skin
to save ten percent.
Speaker 2 (00:52):
You going to love it all? Right?
Speaker 1 (00:54):
Coming up here at the bottom of the hour, we
have a love shock, which is always fun.
Speaker 2 (00:58):
We love hot sex rumor. But right now it's time
for this.
Speaker 3 (01:03):
Now it's around the sports KGD pun Twins as all
the sports.
Speaker 4 (01:11):
Yes, So, over the weekend, Lebron opted into his one year,
fifty plus million dollar deal with the Lakers, And here
is the quote from his agent, Rich Paul. Lebron wants
to compete for a championship. He knows the Lakers are
building for the future, he understands that, but he values
a realistic chance of winning it all. We're very appreciative
of the partnership that we've had for eight years with
Genie Buss and Rob Polinka of the Lakers, and consider
(01:33):
the Lakers as a critical part of his career. And
it reads as okay, he's trying to get out of there,
and I think that's where we are now with a
lot of people going, okay, is Lebron trying to work
a trade right now? Or is he stuck with the Lakers,
who you know are good but probably not you know,
elite in the West.
Speaker 1 (01:51):
Did you guys just happen to dig a look at
Lebron's numbers this year.
Speaker 2 (01:54):
Yes, I looked at him.
Speaker 3 (01:55):
They were insane.
Speaker 1 (01:56):
I mean I think he was was he sixth and
MVP voting or something. Then he had one of his
best seasons that he's had in three or four season
twenty four eight eight. I mean, dude, you know there's
three guys in the league that put up twenty four
eight and eight. It was the Joker, Luca and Lebron.
Speaker 2 (02:12):
That's it. That's the whole list.
Speaker 4 (02:15):
I was said. My first thought when I read that too,
was that I was like, Lebron doesn't like that Luca's
the best player on the team, so he wants to
go somewhere. And that's just a personal selfish thing that
I thought.
Speaker 3 (02:24):
I just think, if you're that old, you're in your
forties and you're still playing, why would you do anything
but contend? At that point, there's no point being a
part of a team that's rebuilding.
Speaker 1 (02:34):
Did you guys see And I don't think the Lakers
are rebuilding per se, but obviously you know they're transitioning
to it being Luca's team. Now, did you guys see
the clip or hear about the clip of him at
dinner with Kevin Love and Kevin Love's wife. No, so
they were friends still our friends. Obviously they won championships together.
(02:54):
They're big, big wine drinkers, like that's that's their jam.
And basically Lebron can be heard on the clip saying
that his wife wants him to retire.
Speaker 3 (03:07):
In the next year.
Speaker 2 (03:07):
Effing retire. Yeah, effing retire in the next year. Savannah
wants me to effing retire in the next year. In
the next year. So and so that was from a
week ago or a few days ago or whatever.
Speaker 1 (03:17):
Now, the reason that all this is interesting is that
Lebron never opts into the last year of his deal.
I think this is the first time he's ever done it. Yeah,
it's the first time. What he usually does is he
opts out of his deal and they sign a long
term deal. So here's my read on all this. And
Lebron's a savvy guy. I mean he knows, Like if
(03:40):
you go look right now, there's so much action in
Vegas on where he's gonna go next. The team that
has the best odds to acquire Lebron as Dallas. Okay,
if Lebron wanted to go somewhere else, he would not
have opted into his deal, he would have done a
(04:01):
sign in trade with the Lakers for more than one year.
He would have He wouldn't go somewhere else for one year.
He would go somewhere else for at least two years,
and he would have done a sign in trade.
Speaker 3 (04:12):
What if he just wants to play one more year
and wants to contend.
Speaker 1 (04:16):
Then he doesn't opt in and he goes and signs
the veteran minimum somewhere because if he wants to contend, I.
Speaker 2 (04:22):
Mean he heed doing that.
Speaker 1 (04:24):
He's not walking away from fifty million dollars. It's kind
of like what we were talking about, Luca. I don't
care how rich you are. If someone takes seventy million
dollars out of your pocket, your body goes in a shock,
like he's crazy wealthy, But he doesn't. If any of
those guys can go play for more money, they're gonna
go play for more money because they also know that
the teams don't care about him.
Speaker 2 (04:45):
If he's gonna get traded, do you have to trade
Bronny too?
Speaker 3 (04:48):
That's what I was thinking too.
Speaker 2 (04:50):
How does his work?
Speaker 3 (04:51):
But let's just say let's just walk down this road.
Let's say that Nico wanted Lebron, and Lebron wanted Nico
just just say that's the and he just opted in. Yeah,
how does it happen from that point?
Speaker 1 (05:03):
If it could, Okay, Uh, the easiest way is to
trade Anthony.
Speaker 2 (05:07):
Davis and Okay, so that's not happening. That's a non starter.
I mean, yeah, and you can't.
Speaker 1 (05:12):
You have to get to like eight seventy five or no, no, no,
they're they're they're gonna, they're right, So you can't. It's
it's what the higher your salary is the way like
when you start getting up above the first apron, Huh,
it becomes difficult. When you get above the second apron,
it's damn near impossible.
Speaker 3 (05:27):
And they're over that now.
Speaker 1 (05:28):
They're like in the second they sign D'Angelo Russell. We'll
talk about that later in the show. They're gonna be
up over the second apron.
Speaker 2 (05:35):
Okay. And so then if you couldn't.
Speaker 3 (05:38):
Put a Gafford PJ thing, start putting all these salaries together, and.
Speaker 2 (05:43):
I think I think you could. I think you could.
Speaker 1 (05:45):
I don't know that you would want to do that,
but you can, like because the other thing, too is
and you know, I don't know what Nico's thought process
on this is but dude, Luca would be sitting there
rubbing his hands together. Oh my god, you're gonna give
me a lob threat a bunch of defensive players. Yeah,
bring it on. Because they're they're they're in the process
of losing another starter in Dorian Finney Smith. They currently
(06:08):
don't have a big they're talking about the Lakers. They're
praying that half asked DeAndre eight and walks in their
door for no money. Wow, a guy who's a guy
who is in Luca's draft class that's getting bought out
by the Portland Trailblazers because he's so half assed, Like, dude,
I used to want DeAndre Ayton, but I watch him
play and go like, man, that guy quit three minutes
(06:28):
into the game, like the l This is why Rich
Paul is saying this. The Lakers are not in a
good situation. They're the seventh or eighth best team in
the West right now and they're probably getting worse, so
they're in a tough spot.
Speaker 2 (06:41):
But if if Lebron Lebron knows.
Speaker 1 (06:44):
What the league is, Rich Paul knows what the league is.
If Lebron wanted to go beyond another team, he wouldn't
have opted into the last year of the deal.
Speaker 3 (06:50):
All right, So he stays there.
Speaker 2 (06:52):
I would bet everything Kat has that.
Speaker 3 (06:54):
He stays there.
Speaker 2 (06:55):
All right.
Speaker 3 (06:55):
There you have it, there's Lebron not coming to the Dallas,
Maverickson probably staying. Coming up next, it is the love shack,
hot sex rumors from the Bezos wedding. All that's coming
your way next
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