# Why LeBron Chose Philly, PJ Washington & Jonathan Kuminga Questions For Lakers & Best NBA Offseason So Far With Jovan Buha

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Podcast: [The Chase Thomas Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-chase-thomas-podcast-1114419)
Published: 2026-07-30T11:16:55+00:00
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## Resource

On today's program, Chase is joined by Jovan Buha of Buha's Block to talk about LeBron James leaving the Lakers and signing with the Philadelphia 76ers (4:40), if the Lakers will replace him with PJ Washington or Jonathan Kuminga (12:00), what a Kuminga trade looks like with the Hawks (17:30), how JJ Redick has performed as the Lakers' head coach (23:40) and which team has had the best NBA offseason thus far (29:50). Host: Chase Thomas Guests: Jovan Buha To learn more about CT and the pod please go visit: https://chasethomaspodcast.com By the way, this is a free, independent national sports podcast. To keep it that way, I'm going to need some help from you guys. If you're a fan of the pod and you haven't already, take a second right now and leave the show a 5-star rating and a review on Apple, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts. It really does help, and it's so quick and easy to do. Thanks, y'all! Keep up with Chase on social media: Follow me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/PodChaseThomas Follow me on Instagram: https://bit.ly/3kFHPDn Follow me on TikTok: https://bit.ly/3JdZ3RF 'Like' me on Facebook: https://bit.ly/3ZmURo4 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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