LeBron's Slow-Playing His Return, and It's Breaking Ken Carman
LeBron's Slow-Playing His Return, and It's Breaking Ken Carman  
Podcast: The Ken Carman Show with Anthony Lima
Published On: Thu Jul 23 2026
Description: Ken Carman and Anthony Lima call out John Fanta for showering them with praise during a broadcasting bootcamp panel, then turning around and "stabbing them in the back" shortly after — comparing it to a pro wrestling heel turn. The segment shifts into the show's real debate: how long LeBron James is taking to decide his free agency, with Lima and others accusing Ken of sounding increasingly bitter and Ken insisting he's only frustrated at being mischaracterized. The two spar over dueling analogies (a slow restaurant steak, "waiting for sex") that Ken dismisses as bad comparisons, while drawing a hard line between his emotional 2014 reaction to LeBron's return and how he'd feel now.