{"id":79693,"date":"2026-01-15T16:31:02","date_gmt":"2026-01-15T19:31:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ubirataonline.com.br\/lebron-james-rich-pauls-podcast-comments-not-a-reflection-of-me\/"},"modified":"2026-01-15T16:31:02","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T19:31:02","slug":"lebron-james-rich-pauls-podcast-comments-not-a-reflection-of-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubirataonline.com.br\/en\/lebron-james-rich-pauls-podcast-comments-not-a-reflection-of-me\/","title":{"rendered":"LeBron James: Rich Paul&#8217;s podcast comments not a reflection of me"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"article-meta\">\n<ul class=\"authors\">\n<li class=\"mugshot-shown\">\n<div class=\"author-img\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?img=\/i\/columnists\/full\/mcmenamin_dave.png&amp;h=80&amp;w=80&amp;scale=crop\" alt=\"\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\"\/><\/div>\n<p>Dave McMenamin<span class=\"timestamp \">Jan 14, 2026, 03:17 AM ET<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"author-overlay\"><a class=\"icon-font-after icon-close-solid-after\" href=\"#\">Close<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Lakers and NBA reporter for ESPN.\n<\/li>\n<li>Covered the Lakers and NBA for ESPNLosAngeles.com from 2009-14, the Cavaliers from 2014-18 for ESPN.com and the NBA for NBA.com from 2005-09.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>LOS ANGELES &#8212; <a data-player-guid=\"1f6592b3-ff53-d321-8dc5-6038d48c1786\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/player\/_\/id\/1966\/lebron-james\">LeBron James<\/a> cleared the air following the <a data-clubhouse-guid=\"2876e98b-b9bc-2920-4319-46e6943f8be4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/team\/_\/name\/lal\/los-angeles-lakers\">Lakers<\/a>&#8216; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/game\/_\/gameId\/401810424\/hawks-lakers\" target=\"_blank\">141-116 win<\/a> over the <a data-clubhouse-guid=\"15096a54-f015-c987-5ec8-55afedf6272f\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/team\/_\/name\/atl\/atlanta-hawks\">Atlanta Hawks<\/a> on Tuesday, separating himself from the opinion of his agent, Rich Paul of Klutch Sports, who said that L.A. should trade fan favorite <a data-player-guid=\"8a9d9e1c-6174-0009-4883-3b4e16b492d0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/player\/_\/id\/4066457\/austin-reaves\">Austin Reaves<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I think you all know by now, Rich is his own man and what Rich says is not a direct reflection of me and how I feel,&#8221; James told ESPN on his way out of Crypto.com Arena. &#8220;And I hope people know that. I hope people know that and if they&#8217;re not sensible to know that, then I don&#8217;t know what to tell them.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Paul, on a recent episode of his podcast &#8220;Game Over with Max Kellerman and Rich Paul,&#8221; said the Lakers should swap Reaves to the <a data-clubhouse-guid=\"af5d4942-aeb5-2d07-2a8a-f70b54617e51\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/team\/_\/name\/mem\/memphis-grizzlies\">Memphis Grizzlies<\/a> for two-time All-Star big man <a data-player-guid=\"dbe0e9e5-0046-c414-000b-f4e629b08f5d\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/player\/_\/id\/4277961\/jaren-jackson-jr\">Jaren Jackson Jr.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If you&#8217;re building around <a data-player-guid=\"583794eb-0f38-9bbd-3e25-9dd33b7f83b8\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/player\/_\/id\/3945274\/luka-doncic\">Luka [Doncic]<\/a> going forward, which they are, you need that anchor,&#8221; Paul said. &#8220;And Jaren doesn&#8217;t want to be a part of a rebuild.&#8221;<\/p>\n<aside class=\"inline editorial float-r\" data-behavior=\"article_related\">\n<h2 class=\"editorial-title\">Editor&#8217;s Picks<\/h2>\n<p>2 Related<\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Paul presented a scenario in which the Lakers would offer expiring contracts and either their 2031 or 2032 first-round pick to target Jackson and 6-foot-9 Memphis forward <a data-player-guid=\"67b3e3d6-0189-3152-9c10-ba3b554e20cb\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/player\/_\/id\/5105550\/gg-jackson\">GG Jackson<\/a> as a developmental project. And then he added L.A. would trade Reaves as the centerpiece of the offer, before they would have to decide on offering him a five-year, $241 million max contract extension this summer.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This comes with a very unemotional attachment because Austin is beloved, which he should be, he&#8217;s an underdog,&#8221; Paul said. &#8220;There&#8217;s a world where you can do what&#8217;s best for your team, and do what&#8217;s best for Austin. Because Austin deserves to get paid. Now, I love him as a Laker, but if that was a situation where we&#8217;re getting balance &#8212; because if you put all the money into just the backcourt and then your flexibility is restricted going forward to fill out the rest of the team, then [building a full roster is challenging].&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Paul said Jaren Jackson Jr. would provide a 26-year-old center for the 26-year-old Doncic to pair with and also set up Reaves for success with his own team.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Memphis would definitely pay Austin,&#8221; Paul said. &#8220;He would become &#8230; probably their point guard and leading scorer, for sure. &#8230; But definitely their highest-paid player.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>James told ESPN he did not consult with his longtime friend Paul about the decision to enter the media space and host the podcast before it launched last month.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"pull-quote\"><p>&#8220;AR knows how I feel about him. All you got to do is look at us on the bench. Me and AR talk every single day. So, AR knows how I feel about him and I hope AR &#8212; or his camp &#8212; don&#8217;t look at me and think this is words from me are coming through Rich.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><cite>LeBron James<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;Rich, that&#8217;s what he&#8217;s doing,&#8221; James told ESPN. &#8220;That&#8217;s his whole thing. That&#8217;s what he&#8217;s doing. That&#8217;s what he&#8217;s talking about, but I have zero conversations about what his topics are going to be or what they are going to talk about. He is his own man and that is his platform.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>One of Reaves&#8217; agents, Reggie Berry of AMR Agency, approached Paul on the sideline near half court at halftime of the Lakers-Hawks game Tuesday. The two spoke for more than five minutes and the topic of conversation was Paul&#8217;s public trade scenario regarding Reaves, sources told ESPN.<\/p>\n<p>James said there was no fallout between him and Reaves, who is his longest-tenured teammate on the Lakers, after the podcast episode.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;AR knows how I feel about him,&#8221; James told ESPN. &#8220;All you got to do is look at us on the bench. Me and AR talk every single day. So, AR knows how I feel about him and I hope AR &#8212; or his camp &#8212; don&#8217;t look at me and think this is words from me are coming through Rich.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Rich has his perspective of what he sees, I have my perspective. I&#8217;m a grown man, he&#8217;s a grown man and I think people should realize that grown men can say whatever the f&#8212; they want to say and it shouldn&#8217;t reflect somebody else is saying it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s not the first controversial take Paul has shared about the Lakers this season. In December, around the time L.A. lost to the <a data-clubhouse-guid=\"8aef8547-32f5-0943-a1de-e734567674cc\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/team\/_\/name\/sa\/san-antonio-spurs\">San Antonio Spurs<\/a> in the NBA Cup quarterfinals, Paul said on the podcast that the Lakers were &#8220;not championship contenders.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>James responded by saying, &#8220;I can&#8217;t think about what we can do in the playoffs in December. &#8230; Talking about what type of damage we can do in the postseason in December, that&#8217;s not right for the basketball gods.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Though some interpreted that take by Paul as using the podcast as a call to urgency to put public pressure on the Lakers&#8217; front office to make moves and ultimately serve his marquee client in James, he has shared other opinions on the podcast that seemingly remove his agent association with a player from his viewpoint. For instance, he said that the <a data-clubhouse-guid=\"f59bbabc-eedb-9ad2-c5dd-9bcd9f450a2f\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/team\/_\/name\/mil\/milwaukee-bucks\">Milwaukee Bucks<\/a> should insist on getting back <a data-player-guid=\"a3bb4b30-41a4-3cb0-abea-2e1746695cb8\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/player\/_\/id\/4701230\/jalen-johnson\">Jalen Johnson<\/a> in any trade discussions with Atlanta about <a data-player-guid=\"00985054-c4b3-4247-e825-ddf062d457c3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/player\/_\/id\/3032977\/giannis-antetokounmpo\">Giannis Antetokounmpo<\/a> &#8212; but acknowledged Johnson, his client, wouldn&#8217;t want that.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"inline inline-photo full\">\n<figure><picture><source data-srcset=\"https:\/\/a1.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0718%2Fr1360147_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;w=570&amp;format=jpg, https:\/\/a1.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0718%2Fr1360147_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;w=1140&amp;cquality=40&amp;format=jpg 2x\" media=\"(min-width: 376px)\"><source data-srcset=\"https:\/\/a1.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0718%2Fr1360147_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;w=375, https:\/\/a1.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0718%2Fr1360147_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;w=750&amp;cquality=40&amp;format=jpg 2x\" media=\"(max-width: 375px)\"><img class=\" lazyload lazyload\" data-image-container=\".inline-photo\" height=\"320\" width=\"570\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/picture><figcaption class=\"photoCaption\">Rich Paul, the agent for LeBron James (left), said on a recent episode of his podcast that the Lakers should trade Austin Reaves (right) to the Grizzlies for two-time All-Star big man Jaren Jackson Jr.\u00a0<cite>Photo by Bart Young\/NBAE via Getty Images<\/cite><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Paul also shared that he would rather have Michael Jordan take the last shot in a game over James.<\/p>\n<p>Before James spoke about Paul&#8217;s podcast, he played one of his finest games of the season. He scored 31 points on 12-for-20 shooting with 10 assists and 9 rebounds, and played on the second night of a back-to-back for the first time this season after sitting out the first month of the Lakers&#8217; campaign because of sciatica affecting his lower back and down his right leg.<\/p>\n<p>Lakers coach JJ Redick went out of his way to defend the 41-year-old James in his postgame remarks.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I don&#8217;t take for granted the LeBron stuff,&#8221; Redick said. &#8220;It&#8217;s actually unfortunate how much this guy puts into it and how much he cares and the way certain people talk about him. It&#8217;s crazy. Come be around him every day and see how much this guy cares. It&#8217;s off the charts.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Not long after, James defended Paul&#8217;s podcast venture.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s his prerogative,&#8221; James told ESPN.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/story\/_\/id\/47606678\/lebron-james-separates-rich-paul-comments-austin-reaves-trade\">Source link <\/a><br \/>\nSee more https:\/\/theglobaltrack.com\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dave McMenaminJan 14, 2026, 03:17 AM ET Close Lakers and NBA reporter for ESPN. Covered the Lakers and NBA for ESPNLosAngeles.com from 2009-14, the Cavaliers from 2014-18 for ESPN.com and the NBA for NBA.com from 2005-09. 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