# Lebron James Is A Free Agent Again, World Cup Must Win For USMNT, John Smoltz Talking Baseball Plus Our Dingers Only Fantasy Draft

An episode of [Pardon My Take](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1089022756), 1 Jul 2026, 3 h 05 min.

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Lebron has told the Lakers he doesn't work there anymore and is now a free agent. We talk about how much of a bummer Lebron going to Golden State would be plus Kawhi back to the Raptors (00:00:00-00:26:20). USMNT has a must win on Wednesday and we talk about how awesome the World Cup has been plus FreddyLA7 has been bullied offline (00:26:20-00:49:47). Hot Seat/Cool Throne including Caitlin Clark update, Josh Naylor might be a psycho, Malik Beasley and more (00:49:47-01:11:45). John Smoltz joins the show to talk baseball, golf, 90's Braves and tons more (01:11:45-02:00:33). We then do our Dingers only Fantasy baseball draft. You can find every episode of this show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or Netflix. Prime Members can listen ad-free on Amazon Music. For more, visit barstool.link/pardon-my-take

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