going change it up a little bit our lead this hour coming from King James Kingdom this is not a pro bouncy ball monologue we are in the middle of the Siberian part of the NBA calendar so you don't have to worry about that for several months now fortunately LeBron James has decided to fill the void the content void we are in the Sahara desert in the middle of it there's no water for miles and we're just kind of hanging out so if you didn't hear LeBron and hisa perhaps not on his fledgling television show LeBron sent out and his people sent out a Sizzle reel and in the sizzle reel LeBron I think they call this the shop although it's not like a real shop anyway uh Lebron was asked the question about whether or not his child bronnie uh the nepo kid will be allowed to call him dad or daddy during Laker practice and during Laker games and LeBron had a passionate response as Warner Wolf used to say let's go to the audio tape cannot call me dad in the workplace all right once we once we leave out of the practice facility and the gates Clos I could be dad again in the car if we ride together at home I could be Dad no he got to call me like 2 three or Brun okay or or you know goat if he want to that's up to him I mean it's up to him okay oh the gfa's there okay so let us discuss the question LeBron James not letting his son call him dad while in the Laker locker room or facility there instead he did mention goat goat is allowed how do you interpret that so I've got sweetness Child's Play and perfume and we will combine all of these things together and we are going to make a pastrami sandwich is what we're going to make all right so let's just get this out of the way here when you talk about LeBron James uh it sounds like he's got a little bit of gu now he was laughing but as Sigman Freud pointed out there's humor in every joke uh Lebron was chuckling but could it be that LeBron feels some shame that his he realizes his kid has no business actually being in the NBA and that this is embarrassing so don't call me dad even though the only reason the kids in the NBA is because of the dad making it happen right and yet again though LeBron is there used to be this thing called The George Michael Sports Machine and LeBron's filling up the sports machine it's bizar world we we know LeBron was in cahoots with the Lakers as the Puppeteer and if you want me to stay you you got to take care of my kid and under normal circumstances bronny James would not be in the NBA now I'm not saying he couldn't play somewhere in the g-league or some minor league outfit somewhere maybe at Venice Beach but he wouldn't be in the NBA so LeBron and hey he runs the NBA right he's in charge and he can do what he wants there it's his it's his community it's his encampment there in the NBA and so LeBron pulled it pulled some strings and there you go but this is not some a Shucks fatherson situation that happened organically no it was scripted reality and I I get a kick that LeBron wants to distance himself a little bit no no don't call me dad don't call me dad will anyone that plays for the Lakers have the balls to bust LeBron's balls about this are they all going to be in lock step they all going to be drinking the Kool-Aid when it comes to how ridiculous this situation is like this is not Ken Griffey Jr and his father who played together in Seattle and even that was was contrived a bit because Ken griffy Senior the old man was not that good at that point they pretty much added him after I believe the Yankees had got rid of him because they wanted that moment but the kid was a total stud and they the Mariners knew that Ken Griffey Jr was going to be a great player the dad they brought in at the end of his career this is where LeBron whatever whatever he's doing sure it's all legal there's nothing ilal legal why would LeBron cheat but whatever he's doing he's pressing the SpaceTime Continuum further out but the kid's the one that can't play and I found it very telling that LeBron did mention he was kidding but again there's truth in every joke that bronnie can call him goat if he wants and I like to point out as aside from goats having the rather disgusting musky or I remember I was a kid and I used to go to the like the petting zoo and they always had flies around their hovering around their bodies and it was disgusting but every you got to be the goat right oh you're the goat but LeBron is also admitting by saying that bronnie his kid can call him the goat he's admitting that he's not the goat that was an admission as I psychoanalyze LeBron James this is an admission is it not that Michael Jordan is the greatest of all time and deep down LeBron knows that and I'll call this for lack of a better way to describe it the wisdom of sweetness let me make my elevator pitch here it was the great Walter pton Chicago Bears Legend at one point the rushing god of the NFL but Walter Payton said when you're good at something you're going to tell everyone right you're going to let everyone know I am good at this oh my God I am so good good good good good good good but when you're great at something they'll tell you and LeBron he's still at that point where he wants to tell everyone so that means that he's good but he's not great there's no other way to interpret that there's no other way to interpret that all right now secondly we head now to the Bron Zoo where Whispers if true indicate that star pitcher Garett Cole is going to opt out not in opt out of his Yankees contract after the postseason ends your thoughts on this development forget the Whispers this is not rumor this is reality I will go on the record right now malor sports book ODS malor Sports B Gods there is a 100% chance that this happens the smart money all of the I'm betting everything I have that Derek Cole attempts to enter the transfer portal that he will opt out of the final four years and 144 million shekels of the 9-year $324 million contract that he signed with the Yankees and here's why let me explain why now on the surface it's Garett Cole is a greedy you know what he's a hard ball mercenary I don't disagree that he's a hard ball mercenary but this is a no-brainer in this chapter of the novel it's Child's Play Bring on Chucky right what if I told you that by the simple Act of crossing a te and dotting an eye and signing a docu sign Garett Cole by opting out would be the opposite of a fool right he would be a fool not to opt out and here's why as I understand it gar Cole by opting out would then he activates the opt out club the Yankees would then be able to pull the rabbit out of the hat and push him to opt back in and here's how they could do that they could nullify the opt out by adding a 10 beer at 36 million bucks by that point gar Cole will be washed up and spend most of the time on the injured list anyway but they can add a 10th year to the original deal so here's the way it works if you're gar Cole you threatened to leave and go play in timbuk 2 you are then guaranteed an extra 36 million and if you don't get that extra 36 million you can then try to finagle more money out of somewhere else that's a win-win got it boy what a hard decision all right final thought in a blatant attempt to suck up to the two or three people who claim to be fans of the Halos Ferg dog for example couple others there is a story that caught my attention and I admit this is not a a a wonderful story for most but I thought it was interesting and since my name's on the show I thought we'd spend a couple minutes talking about it it's out of Anaheim where the Halos continue to be a white hot tire fire as they are in a race to finish with the second worst record in baseball down the stretch we come they're not going to catch the white socks but they got a shot if they keep losing to finish with the second worst record worse than the Marlins and the Athletics and the angels did something that I thought was OD we were told that the skipper Ron Washington beloved by baseball scribes because he's very verbose Ron Washington held a 90minut come to Jesus style team meeting with the angels so what was this for check my notes Here the angels are a gazillion games out of anything so you say well this is Cosmetics Ron Washington who is again a very popular figure with baseball media types he is looking to save his job this is a cover your tokus situation he don't want to be oneand done and Ary Marino is often unhinged who knows what he's going to do so Ron Washington is going into the perfume store he's getting some bottles of perfume and he's spraying it all over the turds that he's managing in Anaheim trying to mask the stench that is coming out of that Clubhouse but it's it's obviously this is a blatant step Ron Washington's from the Old Country and this is one of the oldest plays in the book it is reputation management is what it is it's all for Optics it shows the hand full of die hards and the front office that hey we're still trying it gives the illusion that you haven't checked out that you're still trying to fight you still got the fighting Spirit we got a month to go in the baseball season for better or worse and the time for this was what two or three months ago to have a Great Awakening yeah and this is all just having a cocktail of bleach at Lucifer's Lounge that's what the angels doing uh these days what what a mess oh my God what a mess it is