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LeBron James is part of this Fanatics event, so maybe he will share a decision soon. Where do you think he plays? Mario Chalmers: (laughs). “It’s hard to say. But I think it’s between Miami and Philly. Those are my two top choices.”
LeBron is part of this Fanatics event, so maybe he will share a decision soon. Where do you think he plays? Mario Chalmers: (laughs). “It’s hard to say. But I think it’s between Miami and Philly. Those are my two top choices.” Why those two? Chalmers: “I feel like both of those teams are in a good win-now situation. Miami has still added a couple of pieces. I feel like Golden State is a good option. But I just don’t see him staying in the West right now with the East wide open. That’s the only thing.”
If I were to punch you on the spot with LeBron, who do you think he’s gonna end up signing with, and how many more years do you think he plays? Mario Chalmers: I give him two to three more years, and I want to save Miami, but I have a gut feeling that it might be Golden State.
I want to throw a little curveball at you, and I don’t know if you think I’m crazy by saying this, but I’ve thrown out the idea of the Spurs — if he takes the veteran’s minimum — being a great landing spot for LeBron, because they already have all the pieces. They just kind of need that veteran to stabilize everything, and he would be the guy that would help him get over the hump, and it would help him get closer to Jordan, if not match Jordan by the time his career is over. What are your overall thoughts on that possibility? Mario Chalmers: I thought that too, until they signed Tobias Harris. Tobias Harris was a great pickup for the Spurs, just because him and (Julian) Champagne, they’re kind of the same player, and they kind of bring the same thing to the floor, so you really don’t lose anything with either one. I’ll never pick Champagne or Tobias Harris over LeBron James, so I won’t say that. But ‘Bron with the Spurs, I don’t necessarily like it because they’re a young fast team, and they’re still learning. When Bron’s IQ is sometimes more than the coach’s, it will tend those young players to listen more to ‘Bron than the coach, and not on purpose, but just the IQ would be kind of different.
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The Lakers made a check-in call to LeBron James early in free agency and haven’t followed up with an offer since. That silence is opening a door Pat Riley may be ready to walk through. The 2x Miami Heat champion Mario Chalmers will never stop rooting for a LeBron reunion in South Florida. Now the Giannis Antetokounmpo trade has rallied him to suggest that LeBron James and his son, Bronny James, could make a shocking move to the Heat. Appearing on WQAM radio, Chalmers was asked what blockbuster acquisition team president Pat Riley would target next. His response immediately pivoted to Bron. “I can see him [LeBron James] coming back. It’ll definitely be a good opportunity because of Giannis and Bam.”
Chalmers implied that Bronny would be part of this potential move. He went on to highlight how the infrastructure in Miami would serve as the perfect environment to nurture Bronny’s development. “You could actually get Bronny some real minutes at PG and keep developing him and let him learn from other guys, so I think it’s a great move.”
The HEAT Realm: Michael Beasley addresses the rumors of his 1v1s against LeBron James in practice during their time in Miami “The story was told wrong. I used to guard him in practice and I used to 94 foot this n**** just because I wanted to him make him better…one day it was mid season — he was just tired, he wasn’t scared of me, we weren’t playing 1 on 1…I was going to guard him 94 feet — I didn’t give a f*ck about the tired sh*t…so I get down to guard him and Bron yells at the top of his lungs ‘Mario Chalmers is guarding me today’…the reporter that told the story — he’s there all the time…he don’t know Bron tired — all he sees is Bron don’t want Michael Beasley to guard him and that’s the story he ran with…I was depressed so I let the story run.” (via @ClubShayShay)
Michael Beasley addresses the rumors of his 1v1s against LeBron James in practice during their time in Miami👀
— The HEAT Realm (@WadexFlash) April 22, 2026
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“I even called Mario Chalmers to say, ‘Man, meet me there,’’’ Pierce added of the former KU and NBA guard. “Hopefully he’ll come because he’s part of a national championship that he won. He’s a legend there in Lawrence, Kansas. If you’ve got us both in the building it will be pretty dope.”
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Tim Reynolds: Mario Chalmers - High school state champion, twice - NCAA champion - NBA champion, twice - Champions League champion - Big 3 champion Hall of Fame.
A federal judge on Monday dismissed a sweeping antitrust lawsuit brought by Mario Chalmers and other prolific college basketball players against the NCAA. Chalmers, the former Kansas Jayhawk, filed the antitrust class action last year alongside 15 other former college hoopers, who claimed that the NCAA is unjustly enriching itself off the name, image and likeness (NIL) of its athletes to promote the annual March Madness basketball tournament.
Mario Chalmers: Look, I played 10 years in the league. I was on two teams. I played against 450 different players over that time. And when you talk to people—guys I played with, guys who played before me—they all say the same thing. With Jordan? It was fear. They called him ‘Black Jesus.’ They called him ‘Black Cat.’ There was a different stigma that came with playing against MJ. That’s just not the same with Bron. Now, don’t get it twisted—Bron’s the best overall player you could want as a superstar. Physically gifted, can do everything on the court. But my GOAT? The guy I’d want to live and die with in a big moment? That’s Jordan. That’s just me."