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NBA Insider Shams Charania Breaks Down LeBron's Sixers Move, He Drops Some Free Agency Scoops, and We Separate Fact From Fiction | Game Over

Game Over with Max Kellerman and Rich Paul

Show Notes

On today’s Game Over, ESPN Senior NBA Insider Shams Charania tells us how much time he spends on his phone every day and what his parents think of his NBA insider career. He also takes us behind the curtain of how he started to piece together that LeBron was heading to the 76ers. He also gives his thoughts on all the potential locations LJ could have ended up at, and he shares an exclusive with us at Game Over that even caught Rich by surprise.

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Hosts: Max Kellerman and Rich Paul

Guest: Shams Charania

Producers: David Jacoby, Chelsea Stark-Jones, Trevor Rabone, and Jeff Shearin

Director of Photography: Neal Lett

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