“The podcast is a brilliant idea by them because it …

HoopsHypeFri, Jul 10, 2026·1 min read

Myers’ guest appearance — and publicly stated case for James to pick the Sixers — was so strange, audacious or entertaining (or all three) because these kinds of pitches are never made on platforms like this. They are saved for private boardrooms or Zoom calls, and almost always made directly to the player, with the agent sitting next to him. “Awkward,” said one executive of a potential James suitor, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to speak freely about Paul’s show. “The podcast is a brilliant idea by them because it regains a narrative for them they may have lost,” said another league source who also spoke on the condition of anonymity to speak freely about Paul’s show.

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