 And of course, we have to get to LeBron. After the game, he was asked about his thought process going into the off season, way ahead of schedule in the passive-aggressives chart. So he's got to think about whether or not he wants to play next year. Shams, what are you hearing? I mean, anytime you're 38 years old after year 20, I think you're going to be mentally year to year moving forward. But my sense is LeBron could have two years left remaining in his career. I do think that the workload of the season, everything that's gone into the year just a few months ago, he could have had season-ending surgery on that tendon. And he's had to have such a big load on this team as far as how much he's got to carry on a night-to-night basis. Going into year 21, I think how the Lakers manage this roster, how they try to beef up this team, I think that'll be very interesting to monitor. But there's certainly an expectation that he's going to continue playing. He's got two years left on his Lakers deal. So let's see after the emotions were off from last night, give it a few days. What moves could the Lakers make? But I think certainly there's a level of expectation that LeBron James will continue his career, that it would be a surprise, a true surprise if he really did actually retire. But listen, he's got enough money to do so, but there are a lot of reasons why it doesn't really make a ton of sense. Yeah, Shams. Don't drink that juice, Shams. There's no way this man is done playing basketball. Does he sit out next year maybe and come back to following you and play with his son? Probably not either, but I think he's still a top 10, top 15 player in the world. There's 0% chance this guy is done playing. You showed him, and you know what he did last night? It kind of pissed me off in a way, but where was this the first three games, this aggression, this driving to the rim? He made it look so easy in the first quarter. And then even after that, he goes away from it for some reason. And I know he's older in age. I know he's probably fatigued. I know he can't do that every single play against a set defense, but it seemed like as if he made a point last night just to be so aggressive and to set the tempo and get to the basket, and that's what they need. And think about it, that still wasn't enough, but that put them in the best position to win this game. And if you look at this series, they had a chance in all four of these games to win the game. The better team just ended up winning, but you know what, LeBron, I got to give him respect. He did just enough to not blame him for this sweep. You know what I mean? Like he played really, really well. Everyone's gonna, you know, shit on him though. He got swept, and MJ never got swept, and he's not the goat. If he was the goat. That's true. LeBron did everything he could. He was a dominant player, especially in this game. I've never seen him play that well in a half like that with the season on the line. So he did do that, but the comment after the game, it's just another eye roll comment where it's like, bro, stop your playing. You've talked about all year long, you wanna play with your son. You're still an elite talent. Dominated this year. You're an all NBA guy. Like stop, you're not going anywhere. Couldn't help himself. Couldn't help himself. Eddie, what'd you think? Did you roll your eyes? I'm gonna, Michelle, I'm gonna do it. I'm gonna say what you wanna say for you, so you don't have to. I roll my eyes, like my head spun. I couldn't believe you said that. If you watch, if you watch the presser, the question was like, what do you think of this season that just passed? And he talked a little bit about the season and then just kind of was like, man, I'm not sure. I'm not sure about, you know, the quote was whatever the quote was. I was, I was like baffled because like Chandler said, he's been telling us for like two years, I'm gonna play with my son. That's my only goal. That's all I care about. That's all I'm gonna do. Brian, he's about to start USC this fall. He's, so we're talking at least another season. He looks great all season long. He had 29 points a game. Like Chandler mentioned, top 10, top 15 player, however you rank him, I don't care. He has years left in him. I will say, I'm sure the seasons are grueling for him. I read the article that Savannah's just did and she kind of talked about how the seasons are grueling for them as a family. I'm sure it's a little exhausting for him. He's been hurt the last few seasons, I'm sure. But for him to throw that out there was like baffling to me. Like, what is, what is he trying to do? What is he trying to set up with that? Like it seemed calculated as most LeBron things do seem. It seemed intentional when people were saying, hey, he's trying to overshadow the sweep. He's trying to take away the attention from the nuggies. Whatever, it worked. Like Carmelo Anthony retired yesterday. Now we're talking, we're starting our show talking about is LeBron James gonna retire? It's not gonna retire. I don't know why he said this. I don't know why he then went to two separate reporters and then told them the same thing he's considering retirement. It's baffling. And it also covers up a little bit of the final minute of the game where he seemed like he seemed to cower just a little bit. I'm not saying all this hyperbole stuff LeBron's great. He's greatest of all time. He's clutch, he's all that good stuff. But for as great as his game was, 21 points in the first quarter. And then it teetered off from there. The last three possessions of that game, little baffling, he gets, he gets yo-kits on the island. He sets up an Austin Reeves three. Like yo, the season's on the line, LeBron. Shout out to AR, but it's gotta be in your hands. Then he takes two attempts at this drive here. Neither one works, season's over, sweep. Look, whatever he was trying to do, he did it because everybody's wondering if he's gonna retire when we all know he's not. Right, because if you think the guy who couldn't help himself or hold it in for three days to get the attention is not gonna want a ridiculously over the top farewell season or two, then you have not been paying attention his entire career's most passive-aggressive look at me, Larry, that I think we've ever had. And so I, even I was shocked that we didn't even get a day. I thought, okay, we're gonna get to the finals and we'll get one of those tweets and then we can all talk. Nah, kudos. I even outdid himself. If you think he's not gonna make the city of Cleveland and the city of Miami kiss the ring on his farewell tour, you do not know LeBron's names. You have not watched the last 23 years of LeBron's names that we've seen. He will have all of the ceremonies. We will not be sounding like Draymond about him wanting the farewell tour. He's getting the farewell tour. And then some, look, Eddie, the game, there were times when I thought, okay, this is the one there. They might win this one. They're gonna have some pride. They're gonna pull this one out. What, besides Yoakage, that's saying the obvious. What was the reason why at the end of the day the Lakers just didn't have enough to get one? Well, Rui had some more look like Rui. I don't have to eat a tweet like I had said, I was gonna be the ever hit five threes in a game. They didn't get the greatest game from Anthony Davis. I mean, they couldn't keep up with this team offensively. That's what it came down to. And that third quarter, 36 to 16, that's the game. You know, you walk in the halftime up double digits. You had your biggest lead of the series so far. And then that's gone like that. And there's not enough timeouts, so enough speeches on that bench to fix it. They're playing Tristan Thompson. Like, they're doing everything they could do. They essentially benched D'Lo. But they went down with one of the same fatal flaws they've had all season. They had no shooting. The lineups they had to keep on the floor to keep up defending. We watched D'Lo miss a couple late threes. We watched Austin Rees miss a couple late threes. There was a point that fourth quarter, they were 0-8 from three. And I think Austin Rees finally made one in the corner. And that was the only three of that quarter. They went down not being able to shoot the basketball with the people they put on the court. And they're gonna have to rectify that. If we know anything about the bronze James teams, you need shooters in each of those corners so he can space out and operate in the way he did. And Rui Hattemore, Dennis Schroeder, they're not shooters. This is what it came down to. But the nuggets, they keep five shooters on that floor at all times, which is why he didn't see Christian Braun last night, which is why you've seen just a little bit of Bruce Brown, which you've seen just a little bit of Jeff Green. They knew they had to go down with shooting and they did. Look, Chandler, you mentioned AD and he did not have a bad playoffs. Like, for all the things that we say about him, but he does have some Jekyll and Hyde moments, including the fact that with the season on the line, he was outscored by Aaron Gordon. So as far as if you could surmise what you've learned about Anthony Davis in this postseason, what would you say? Well, you said he's had, he had some great games, right? That game won, it's just, it's good. And AD's good, it's really good. It's just when you're going up against Nick Leokic, it's a different level and you have to be, you have to do that every single play. You have to outwork him because the talent level of AD's whole career and usually who he matches up with, it's substantial. And when you get a guy like Leokic, it's not. So that mitigates everything that he does. So it's just a tough matchup for anybody. And again, AD just, he has this gift for wanting you to want, needing you to want more. And I just see his potential. I see how talented he is. I see the things he can do offensively and defensively. And he just, he takes plays off and you can't do that in a series and you damn sure can't do that against Leokic. So it's tough because like we said, he had some big games. He can't say he played bad in this series. I just, like LeBron in the first quarter, I wanted to see them like their season was on the line and to not take any plays off and to go extremely hard, get to the foul line. Give Leokic a hard foul. Like, how is this guy just come in and dominate two games in a row and you're building to end your season without somebody putting him on the floor or doing something about it? So it's just like, again, the better team won, even that last play we're dip picking now. And that was great help by Jamal Murray. Anthony Davis is wide open to if LeBron throws it back to him to make a shot there at the buzzer to possibly send it. But I love the fact that LeBron did that. He most likely gets the whistle there if Jamal Murray doesn't grab all ball and no hand. But listen, AD, he's going to be fine. We all know his injury history, but when he's healthy, he's an elite talent. He just in another ball game when he's matched up with Leokic. Shoms, I know you're off season as usual is going to be crazy and you're going to be chasing a whole bunch of leads, but where do the Lakers go from here? Well, to me, you look at the season, it's a grand success. I mean, you go from two and 10 on the season to start and then you end up in the Western Conference Finals. You look at the Lakers for an office, Rob Polinka, Joey, Jesse Buss, Kurt Ramiz. You have to give them credit for the job that they did collectively reshaping this team at the trade deadline. D'Angelo Russell, Rui Hachimura, Jared Vanderbilt, Malik Beasley, and I think going into the summer, there's no question they're going to prioritize resigning Reeves, resigning Rui Hachimura. What I'm curious about is D'Angelo Russell, he gets benched, he comes off the bench in that last game last night. Do you explore getting another point guard? I think you have to, that's got to be something that's front of mind. Just looking at the tea leaves, D'Angelo Russell did not have a great series and I think he was benched that fourth game. So seeing what they do there will be curious, but bringing him back also makes some sense. And this is a team that does have some young talent, Reeves, Max Christie, and I think overall, this has to be a great experience for Darwin Ham to be able to coach into the Western Conference Finals in his rookie year as head coach. That's invaluable for him moving forward. And you had both Trey Young and Kairi Cortzai. So let all that speculation begin and run rampant. Choms, thank you so much. We will, we'll see you bright and early tomorrow morning. And we'll take a quick break when we come back. Red hot chili peppers, bases, and I, first of all, the fact that he showed up, much respect. Flee joins us next. Run it over, run it back, yeah, yeah. Run it over, run it back, run it over, run it back, run it over, run it over, run it over, run it over.