LeBron James said a lot of things during his hourlong interview with Pat McAfee on Wednesday, including that displeasure with the state of NBA coverage was a motivating factor in him starting the Mind The Game podcast. Brian Windhorst, who was deemed "weird" at one point by James on a show airing on his very network, had an opportunity to respond on First Take to the allegation that it's all drama and not enough X's and O's. This has long been a lament for fans and observers and plenty of other people with a platform but when LeBron James says it, it merits a rebuttal.
"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."
