LeBron's Role at Olympics: More Than Just a Flag Bearer?
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00:00You clearly need players. If you can only beat the South Sudan by a point, what the
00:07hell is Derek White doing?
00:09Lawhead. Lawhead jumps in and says he should be energized. He got swept in April.
00:13Oh, my God.
00:18They won a game, Jason.
00:20Here's the thing. Here's one question, though. So, LeBron is Captain America. Now, I'm accustomed
00:26to watching LeBron push the Lakers around. I'm accustomed to watching LeBron decide to
00:33hire his own coach, who's his podcast partner, and to draft his son and get his son a four-year
00:39guaranteed contract. I'm accustomed to watching LeBron beat up and boss around the Lakers.
00:44Does LeBron do the same thing to the U.S. Olympic Committee? Because I was really surprised to see
00:50that LeBron is the flagbearer for the ceremonies, right? That LeBron is the opening ceremony
00:56flagbearer, and he's the first basketball player to be selected. Listen, I know he's a two-time
01:03gold medal winner in the Olympics, but isn't LeBron, he's an NBA professional, billionaire,
01:10superstar player. I feel like this is just an opinion. The Olympics should be about Olympians,
01:18not about pros that come to represent as Olympians.
01:21There's a big... Well, he was voted. It's a selection voted by the Olympians themselves.