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LeBron and Mind the Game Podcast take shots at Brian Windhorst

Published

June 4, 2025

LeBron James may be out of the playoffs, but that doesn’t mean he’s out of the NBA spotlight. This is partially due to his Mind the Game Podcast.

LeBron’s name is also always brought up by sports media. This happened recently thanks to Brian Windhorst.

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Windhorst spoke about LeBron’s podcast, Mind the Game, with Steve Nash. He spoke on the fact nobody in the sports media world speaks about the actual game on the court.

This led to the Mind the Game Podcast leaving the message, “And we’re not done yet,” on their X page.

And we're not done yet. pic.twitter.com/2I8sKIfNXl

— Mind the Game (@mindthegamepod) June 3, 2025

“I think there are times that the media is out of balance and I encourage NBA players to hold the media accountable when they can as long as they’re okay being held accountable by the media,” Windhorst said.

“I think at times our big challenge is to find that balance. Let’s not have 125 threes a game, but let’s not ban the three-pointer. Let’s have a balance.

“When people talk about the game of basketball, they want to talk about the drama, they want to talk about the X’s and O’s but I’m telling you if you do a full show that’s all X’s and O’s, that’s not going to be any good either.

“People like the drama,” Windhorst added. “People like the rivalries and people like looking at why Luka Doncic has trouble defending Tyrese Haliburton in an iso situation. I think there’s room for all of it. And there’s room to hold each other accountable but the finger-pointing, I don’t think that benefits anyone.”

LeBron’s response to Windhorst

LeBron also took a shot of his own at Windhorst. He reposted the Mind the Game Podcast’s X post, and added, “Long ways from being done!! Sucks they have to listen to 2 guys who know nothing about basketball talk about basketball! Sorry Steve Nash.”

The repost by LeBron is now deleted but he certainly got his point across. LeBron’s podcast recently featured Luka, in which they discussed many on court basketball topics.

Windhorst was also skeptical about how good it would do—the debut episode has 1.3 million views on YouTube and gained 227,000 subscribers within 24 hours.

About the Author Published Jun 4, 2025

TITAN FREY

Titan Frey is a dedicated father to three wonderful children, whom he takes immense pride in. His passions include reading, writing, basketball, both playing and watching, and playing chess. Titan spent five years working as a journalist for the basketball website fadeawayworld.net, where he served as editor-in-chief for four and a half years. One of his most notable achievements was interviewing Chuck Cooper III, the son of Chuck Cooper, the first African American ever drafted by an NBA team, and writing a biography that has been praised as the most definitive article about Cooper’s legacy. Titan is the author of more than ten novels and the screenwriter of three produced short films. His newest young adult novel, Echoes of the Hardwood: Braxton Foxworthy’s Time‑Travelling Book Report, blends basketball history with heartfelt storytelling and is now available. Order here: https://a.co/d/bo7BYz1