And if you're just joining us, we opened this morning with breaking news.

Adrian Ward Janowski with awoke Bomb right off the top of our show, Anthony Davis and the Lakers are finalizing a five year, $190 million max contract, so it becomes a day of enormous basketball news between this and the trade from yesterday.

But the headline here is that the Lakers now have LeBron locked up for three years and Anthony Davis locked up for five.

And let's start the conversation there with Big Perk.

It's been too long since we've had Kendrick Perkins back here.

Great to see you, big fella.

So with that Laker news, let's say that's three years now.

They were assured of having a D and LeBron together in those three years.

How many championships did they win?

Well, Granny, listen, all I've been hearing this whole off season is that it's not that much money, guys, they're not not about to get paid, but guess what?

Down there in L.

A.

Guess.

What's happening, Ally see, is the Brinks trucks going up and down the highway, greeny and look, they are taking care of their superstars and rightfully so.

You have a guy who's people called the Wash King and LeBron James.

Guess what Jenny Bus said.

He's not washed to us.

And we gonna show you we're gonna extend him so well deserved $85 million contract.

And then we're gonna lock in a 27 year old generational stud And Anthony Davis.

I do.

Oh, is not going anywhere.

And we have strong belief that over the next four years at least, that these two guys could be the best duo in the league and deliver more championships and rightfully so.

Job well done by the Lakers organization where I Pelinka and Rich Paul by getting it done.

I'm not letting you off the hook.

How many next Three years?

Right now.

Those two guys were locked in for the next three.

How many of the next three rings do you think the Lakers get mhm?

I think they get about two.

Maybe I think they get about two greeny on.

Look, right now LeBron is feeling rejuvenated.

He knows that he's playing alongside Anthony Davis and he wants to take advantage of it and look, watch, watch and see in the next couple of years, LeBron is gonna differ.

Toe.

Anthony Davis and Anthony Davis will be in the MVP conversation, so I see them winning the least two more championships.

Well, that's a really significant number.

Kendrick Perkins.

And you don't need me to tell you this.

But just to remind everyone LEBRON has four tomb or would give him six, what would six championships for LeBron James mean for his legacy?

Well, I know I know.

Your partner in crime, Stephen A.

Is probably saying not a damn thing, but it would do everything for his legacy.

It will shut up the old haters like Jalen Rose, my guy, who always going to keep Michael Jordan at the top, but it's gonna put them right there in the conversation with Mike and prove those old haters wrong.

So I'm rooting for old King James to go ahead and get this six titles again.

They have added other pieces as well.

Montrezl Harrell, Dennis Schroder, Marc Gasol.

So they get younger and more veteran experience.

The Lakers go into next year as a significant favorite.

Meanwhile, for those of you who didn't see the news yesterday, awoke bomb late yesterday afternoon, an enormous trade in the N ba, with Russell Westbrook going to Washington from Houston in exchange for John Wall.

So let's start by talking about Houston.

What does that make them with James Harden?

John Wall, who hasn't played in almost two years?

What do you think this means for the Rockets?

Well granted, To be honest, I don't know.

And I don't think the Rockets No, I think this is gonna be a trial run.

What I want you toe look out for and everybody The watches watch.

The Philadelphia 76 is in the Houston Rockets the 1st 30 games of the season, because if it's not going their way for both teams, look for down more to be aggressive and pursuing James Harden.

Because if that John Wall fit, if the if the John Wall and James Harden don't fit, James Harden is really going to force his way out, and I see him going to the 70 sixes if it don't pan out the way he wants it.

I've heard Philly and of course, we heard some speculation about Brooklyn right now.

James Harden.

If you were advising him and he's your former team mate.

Would you tell them to go to Philly and play with those guys or go to Brooklyn and play with K D?

Well, short term, short term?

I would tell them to go toe to the Brooklyn Nets.

Long term, I would tell them to go to the Philadelphia 76 is and paled with Joe L and B.

He's never played with a big man like Joe L.

He's never played with a player like Joe L and B.

This guy's a generational talent.

I think those two would mesh well together, and they could play together for the next four or 54 to 5 years at the extremely high level going to the Brooklyn Nets.

That would be like a two year deal where it was just like, Oh, I'm coming here to try to win the title.

What's next?

But if you go to Philly, you could play their long term.

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