Mindscape Ask Me Anything, Sean Carroll | August 2026

Hello, everyone, welcome to the August twenty twenty six Ask Me Anything edition of the Mindscape podcast. I'm your host, Sean Carroll. I know the news that is on everyone's mind, and it's certainly on mine. Maybe it's not on yours, but you think it's on mine, and you're correct. LeBron James, who is in the conversation for one of the best basketball players of all time, has agreed to join the Philadelphia seventy sixers. who are by acclamation the greatest basketball team of all time, and at least my personal favorites. So This is big news and everyone wants to know. There's been several me mentions in the AMA questions this month. You know, what do you think about LeBron joining the Sixers? And the answer is I am thrilled. I think that this is amazing. I think he's basically a perfect fit

for the team, I think the team is basically a perfect fit for him. LeBron, you know, is getting up there. He is dead ass old. There's just no question about that. Uh LeBron is Pushing forty two, I think he'll be this season. But he was super productive last year, playing at an all-star level, and no reason to think that he can't do that again this year. And it's there's been some

moaning out there in the internet corners that I uh listen to for basketball news and gossip that there's almost almost too many good players. on the Sixers right now. Uh Literally if all the players that they have now they also have Jalen Brown who they uh acquired in a trade from the Celtics. Um with Joel and B, Tyrese Maxie, VJ Edgecomb. In

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