LeBron James, the Cleveland Cavalier, needs a deep rewind | CHOSEN: Chapter 3 

This is like the best longform journalism, in video form. Awesome job!

Can we get a 2016 Cavs collapse to follow this up?

I live this series

More Dorktown plz

its not a book report if it's on armadillos Seth, come on man! 51:06

Shhhhhhh

They’re just putting clips together, why would we pay for it?

@@jajaja9661 this is mainstream media type editing tho

Aye man your a lil loud lol

Agreed. Best sports content anywhere and has been for a while

They need to do one for the Boston Red Sox and Chicago Cubs

@@jakebuchsbaum3348 the Chicago Cubs would literally be 10+ hours and I’m here for it

Buffalo Bills super losses. Vikings eternally coming up short, also the current crazy that is the Astros

I mean the seattle mariners one exist. Its brilliant.

@@19eightyforeisnow Set the edge already talked about the Bills super bowl losses, But a Jim Kelly/Andre Reed/Bruce Smith untitled would be great.

Shows u how trash curry is of he can’t score on love lol

@@jaybronjames9680 lol. Look at this dummy^^

@@huntercheese45 why couldn’t he score w the game on the line then

@@jaybronjames9680 he just won his fourth ring buddy 😂, I’m sure you have something stupid to say to that too.

@@bigchonkerraccoon5046 not a real ring injured playoff run again

Lebron has the greatest single game achievement (48 special) the greatest single series achievement (2016 FMVP) a handful of the greatest seasons of all time (09/12/13/18) and most likely the all time greatest career. He was the best faster than anyone else for longer than anyone else. What a legend.

i mean to be fair the "beast of the east" replaced 4x DOY ben wallace with a washed chris webber so i think they lost that nickname when they lost ben. Still one of the best nba preformances in NBA history so not downplaying lebron, i just cringe hearing that nickname for the 07 pistons

The pistons were old and washed compared to how they were in 04 and 05 they weren’t the same team and it showed…. Still a nice achievement nonetheless but not the beast of the East not at all

FACTS!

I think his 45 vs BOS in ECF tops it.

The last installment was rushed. Really didn’t go into the Cavs 2011 rebuild at all and the front office change right before lebron. Kyrie vs dion waiters. Kyrie vs the Chris Grant front office. Kyrie rumors that Cavs wouldn’t offer the max in 2014. As a Cavs fan, the Kyrie rebuild was what I wanted the most

@@GodBody-BodyofGod very valid point but still a good watch

love that pfp bro best band ever

You just have to give Google your data

@@GodBody-BodyofGod I'm not sure this was an issue with this being rushed, more that the episode would be seen as more appealing/thematic if it strictly followed the Lebron arc

I’ve lived my whole life in Youngstown Ohio like an hour south east of Cleveland and I had to pause every few minutes towards the end to let out screams of joy remembering all the details of game 7.

Same Nathan, I literally tear up everytime I hear that call

100%

Yeah that's sucked when he left. Can't blame him though. perfect opportunity to do something. I doubt anything will ever be done in Ohio again anytime soon... I hope so! Go BROWNS!

Ohio Against The World 💯

Well now we need one for the Denver Nuggets!

Not just basketball either, how about one for the St. Louis Blues? Or- my god the Cubs? Red Sox? White Sox? The Eagles would be insane, so would the Rams.

Yes Please... 1.) Bucks Kareem to Giannis, 2.) Nuggets Melo to Jokic 3.) Spurs Robinson to Duncan 4.) Mavs Rise with Dirk, 5.) GSW Dynasty with Steph, maybe from Ellis to Curry, 6.) or the Rising stars of the NBA 2020s

Also on another note on the late Fred McCloud. I'm so sad that he is gone. He brought life to this game. He lived and breathed with the Cavs and it showed. We celebrated with him not because it was his job but he was just as invested as we were. I'm glad he was able to experience this moment before his untimely passing. It's not the same without you. I wish that you could sit courtside and call the new Cavs games. You could see how much fun and incredible this new team is.

felt exactly the same way, teary eyed and a wide ear to ear smile.

Yeah I teamed up a bit there too, I remember watching that game with my dad and him celebrating like crazy that Kyrie James had won the championship and all I could do was laugh because he combined Lebron and Kyrie lol

I'm still crying. This is literally the documentary I've always felt this story deserved.

I'm not even from Cleveland, but I felt it. I felt it lol

Thanks LeBron , For making all these Dudes cry , like it actually matters. You Da Man LBJ

LeTaco

LeGOAT

The Cavs that chose him paid too much, the Cavs he chose paid too much. Just a case of desperation on the Cavs side, and growing up on LeBron's side. Gotta crawl before you walk. He learned how to walk later than the GOAT and the GOATs protege. But he's a hell of a player, that Lebron. Got to be one of the best ever.

@@wjones8149 kobe only won early in his career cuz he had prime shaq from day 1. if not, he probably never wins a chip. also, michael and lebron won their first chips at damn near the same age. stop falling over yourself and making wrong statements just to gargle and swallow jordan.

@@wjones8149 it’s called irreplaceable when Tristan signed the Mavs had similar deal on the table and there was a big drought in free agency bigs. They don’t sign him they don’t win. People attack Lebron for literally doing what the Cavs front office couldn’t do. In a four year span they were going to start Anthony Bennet Andrew Wiggins Kyrie Irving Tristan Thompson and maybe a young Dion Waiters aka another lottery team with 3 young 1st picks. I mean this is almost impossibly incompetent. He saved that franchise again even then wanting to keep over Wiggins getting Love would of been a mistake they never would of won that chip as overpriced Love became my point is all of the criticized moves simply had no better alternatives unless the answer is not winning a chip. He literally brings a championship to a city people thought would be impossible and we attack him become he couldn’t do it again vs arguably the greatest teAm ever.

Agree Lol

Swear bro im watching it back bugging out he coming back and dudes getting moved left and right and former teammates signed 😭

why did he go after love he didnt fit the cavs really he was never the same once he left the twolves

@@jaybrick8973 they won a ring, it was a good move

@@jaybrick8973 Kevin love was the same player, he was just playing the 3rd option and working within a system. That cavaliers team was a monster, they just ran into an absolute buzz saw of a golden state team with 4 HOF superstars on it.

Hopefully a lie

@@maplebear6527, it's not. Why?

Same here!!!

Which series?

I second that

I third that

I fourth that

How can such a great channel have such a stupid name...????

Kot4q>>>

That with its 2016 blocking compilation before it.

With Mark Jackson pausing in awe before simply saying "wow"

One of? Bro it definitely IS the most iconic call in finals history.

Maaaaan showed that Iggy was juuust past his prime. 2015 Iggy, Livingston, West, Draymond and Steph would’ve been able to push to Game 7 vs. Toronto. They may have won it if Klay wasn’t hurt(led the game 6 in points despite playing 3 quarters hounded by Kawhi’s defense and being the main defender on kawhi keeping him under 15 in 3 quarters.) But Iggy and Livingston showed they just couldn’t keep up with mid 20’s Siakam, FVV, and Lowry. Livingston took 26 3’s his entire time in Oakland, and Iggy at best was around 1/3 a game, averaging .8/2.4 as a warrior. No spacing and having a 6’3 star by himself meant there was no “force a bucket”. It’s why the dubs could only beat the Cavs when they were excellent at every other position aside from a true big wing. It’s the position they’ve lacked for a LONG time outside the KD era. They just don’t have one of those Tatum/Kawhi/Siakam/LeBron/Millsap/Heyward/Butler/PG13/Giannis/Middleton/Jerami Grant/Aaron Gordon/DeAndre Hunter/Patrick Williams/Luka/MPJ/SaddiqBey/TJ Warren/Marcus Morris/Ingram/Zion/RJ/Randle/Tobias Harris/DeRozan/OG types. Hell even Wiggins would’ve been a huge help if he was there instead of McKinnie, but Wiggins himself is still 6’7/195 and after Loon and Wiseman, the biggest player on the team. I’m not saying they need a 6’11/260lber, but a 6’8-220+ guy that can shoot and is big enough to score on average bigs in the post is kind of the marquee spot in the NBA. The versatile wing-forward/big wing type. Hopefully they can draft a Wagner/Jalen Johnson(at 14 is a steal)/Scottie Barnes/even Trey Murphy type. They’d win the off-season if they(somehow) draft Mitchell and Wagner/J. Johnson, and sign Patty Mills and Trevor Ariza/Wilson Chandler. Maybe a Marc Gasol/Willy Hernangomez/Boban/Olynyk/Robin Lopez/Taj Gibson type as well, so we don’t spend so much time with Loon/Dray/Paschall/Toscano Anderson on legit centers. Valancuinas would be a steal for GSW, tho it’d take a lot to get him. If they *don’t want to wait* for Wiseman, id try to sign and trade Oubre, with Wiseman and their lotto picks for ChristianWood, Danuel House, and the Rockets 1st rounder and at least they can add a Suggs/Green, though Cunningham would be the best possible fit imaginable from this draft. Ben Simmons would be nice… if he was able to shoot just a smidge better than Draymond. Even if Ben put up 30/100 in a season xans shot 70%+ from FT he’d be great, but his best fit would be if we didn’t have draymond/traded him for Saddiq Bey+Mason Plumlee. HOWEVER, it’s not like the Dubs lineup of Steph/Bazemore/Wiggins/Draymond/Looney wasn’t a top ten lineup at the end of the season. Simmons and Dray COULD coexist, as the offense has thrived with draymond+one more non shooter. Just like it did with Steph/Klay/Iggy/Livingston/Dray. Ben is just a Jumbo Livingston. He’s a bit bigger than Lokney and has more athleticism+better passing… Ofc you get Dame and worry abt everything else later, right?

@@andyhighroller8217 I need that essay in MLA format

u gotta respect booker aswell he did it in his first

@Alejandro Salazar yeah but the west was still tougher than East

@Alejandro Salazar A finals is still a finals. He was incredibly clutch and scored so many points along the way. We can acknowledge the circumstances and recognize greatness at the same time

@@juniore588 lebron didn’t have one of the best point guards ever and a solid bench take lebron off that team the don’t make the playoffs

@Alejandro Salazar excuses. All teams deal with injury. Don't use it as an excuse

Amen to that

just like the mariners dorktown. it was incredible and has high replay value. i've watched the last two parts of this 2 times apiece

@@jvanek8512 What? There is literally no politics in this whatsoever. Unless, of course, you're referring to the moment where Seth said Dan Gilbert had "way too much money". And honestly, if you're gonna let 2 seconds out of a 71 minute video leave that much of a mark on you, that sounds like a you problem, and it's kind of a stretch to refer to that as "politics" anyway.

@@ThorHC11 he might be referring to other content but idk... Jon made a fantastic video about terrorism using his chart party style and the tv show “24” people like this guy get so up arms when other people have opinions.

"....I'm home"

It was insane. I remember just walking outside to my car and laying on the horn in celebration as the entire neighborhood did the same. I'll never forget it.

I was typing a reply to your message as a Clevelander and it got really long so I put it on main page about what it was like for me and my city.

Growing up in northeast ohio you always heard about the epic fails from sports in from Cleveland, It’s completely engrained in our culture. It seems like every era has its “heart break” moment for me it was LeBron leaving to go to the heat. The cavs winning meant so much because LeBron came back

well, in Akron, i was pretty fookin shwasted at a VIP watch party event... i couldn't even watch them celebrate after the win because i was too busy hugging, kissing, and wiping my tears on dozens of people whom mostly i haven't seen a day in my life before, as if we've all lived together in the same household all my life and we just won the mega millions or something.. i personally felt like a champion!

I was at the college houses near Kent State University when this happened watching with a bunch of friends. The moment this happened, me and another friend of mine ran out of the house screaming in the streets, and we weren't the only ones. A bunch of college students from all the other houses all ran out onto the streets and we formed a mosh pit. It was one of the most incredible experiences of my life.

Respect

Still sad to see the team that was destined to do it all, and almost did, fall apart in the final stretch.

it's sad that a "destined rivalry" was ruined after that finals..

@@katsu_papi it’s funny how the basketball gods work to align things back together tho. Now the dude that KD left (Russ) has a chance to win a ring with the dude that KD has always been chasing (Bron). And they could do it against the team that KD joined (Warriors), followed by the team that he’s on now (Nets). Can’t make this up lmao

@@gguddaye1 i would still take that Cavs-Warriors rivalry any day...two small-market franchise unlike LA and New York. that's personally exciting and fun to watch for me.. .

I cried. And I'm not even a Cavaliers fan. Just a fringe basketball fan. The emotions, sports generate are just incomprehensible.

I tear up still every time I hear the call, that was one of those once in a lifetime moments

@Gerald Dunbar and Steve Kerr saved one for Jordan, next

@Gerald Dunbar kinda the same thing happened with me and your mom. I was a little down then all the sudden she come out of nowhere and makes those clutch shots so I gave here a nice clutch shot on her face. Some of it must of trickled down since she didn't clean it up and I think that's how you were born. Sorry

im not even a fan of basketball but i love sports documentaries, and this made me tear up

Gang gang, my G. Ball is love 🏀 ❤️

He only went back because they had pieces to win

@@versatillion15he could of went anywhere but chose them instead other teams had the pieces to win also, the fact he trusted them for a second stint and trusted some of the guys there to win says a lot

@@versatillion15 true of course, but it still wasn't a guarantee. It was a magical win though for sure.

@@versatillion15he could’ve joined the warriors instead 😂

Crazy he even went back they got lucky by being bad and attacked him after he couldn't fix their trash

These guys are Pulitzer material. When I watch their videos I learn, reminisce and have lots of fun at the same time. I’m a politics journalist, and the stuff I’ve come across watching Secret Base has improved me as a professional. Nothing but respect and admiration for these people. All of them, not just Seth, but Clara and the rest too. This is truly something special.

I said the same thing. This is flawless! He deserves something in media for this!

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Me too! Im not even a Cavs fan and Im not even from America but this video was great. I got goosebumps watching this

"Waaaait a minute" 😂😂 Love your stuff bruh

Back to the East. Back to the west.

Yeah I'm not a cavs fan but I live near Cleveland and I felt it

The 2007 series against the pistons had me in disbelief. He scored 29 of their last 30 in 16 minutes on 11-13 shooting. He may not be the best ever to do it. But I have never seen a player more dominant. Not even shaq or Jordan in their prime. You saw everyone on the pistons defending him throw up theirs arms as he dunked on every single one of them.

@@Rmadden727 That Pistons team is the greatest defensive squad ever assembled. Bron was just that good

lol that one season absolutely broke the city of toronto

Assisted block. Andre had to double clutch to evade 1st defender

@@Dangic23 GBOAT greatest block of all time.

I WANT IGUODALA

Real Funny because Lebron became LeThanos just 2 years later... and got another infinity stone to boot.

@@janoycresnova9156 it's a block and was called as a block. Keep crying hater ✌️

Murica!

Lol big facts

Yep

Lol

I seen in a interview he said the media clipped it to make it seem like they was talking ish about him

Apparently miles had like lebron for a long time

@@pillowhead5689 yea they had been friends for years already people forget that lebron used to visit their facility and worked out with the in the summer away from there too. plus what nba player is gonna call a high schooler the savior to their team before they get there lol

There was also a guy (can't remember if it was Miles or someone else) who said something like 'Yeah, that Lebron guy is cool, he'll definitely help me up my scoring numbers for this season. The Cavaliers are my team'

Breen is awesome!

@@HarrisonHollers I love that call

Iconic Lebron calls*

“Shot blocked by Antetokoumnpo, what a play by Giannis”

I'd also add "ohhh a spectacular move!! by Michael Jordan"

RIP Fred, RIP Joe Tait

To end the series with their call gave me goosebumps. One of the greatest ambassadors for Northeast Ohio. RIP

"He hit that shot from Euclid!" Hahahahaha. RIP to the best play by play man I've ever heard. Of course, I'm biased. But still

You need to get help if you cried at this. I can book an appointment at the psych ward? I'm just wishing the best for you, stay safe :)

Me too. That was well produced

Just like the ones I get at the end of your lebron video

Yo it’s Clayton

Where's making the case?

All I can do, is agree with you

Big fan of your Making The Case series as well man! Keep up doing great videos.

And rewinder as well

Not even a Cavs fan but damn I felt this big time. Great, great work Secret Base.

@@janoycresnova9156 funny you mentioned that, all the teams he beat going into that finals all had 2 players each play in the 2007 all star game and the Cavs had 1, 22 year old Lebron with much less talent around him. You and the other haters would’ve killed him if he couldn’t get pass them, let’s not act like he was going against practice squad players

@@janoycresnova9156 it wsa extremely impressive for a 22 year old to carry his team for three playoff series stop denying it.

@@janoycresnova9156 damn you’re a casual casual

@@janoycresnova9156 They don't like to acknowledge that the teams he faced in 2007 weren't that stellar themselves. To them, the "Competition Argument" only applies to the Finals since it's an empirical fact that LeBron faced a pretty weak Eastern Conference.

@@rafaelfermin4619 No, you are just an idi0t who cannot prove a point. LeBron averaged 22 in 36% shooting with SIX turnovers/game. Where did that 'carrying his teammates' go?

About 100 times better imo.

Way better than the MMA doc. More on a level with the Seattle Mariners magnum opus from Jon and Alex.

Agreed bro, when that series is first released I'm actually waiting for weekly upload on it at that time. And that's how I feel about this, except I'm really into basketball more than MMA.

FITAOL left me feeling empty, this gave me hope

@@tryhardfinessedyou no

Damn right😎

Only thing to talk about is the GOAT King James

@@Itallmakessense556 spelled mj wrong 😑

@@tylerwhitehorn5365 mj not the GOAT anymore man ... LBJ is

Skip Bayless made the last ten years of his career talking ONLY about BronBron & Brady. Easy money.

@@jluchette Thats A Fact They Cant Argue That. Jordan Is #2 Now All Legends Eventually Level Out With Time & A New Legend Is The Greatest. That Legend Who Got It Right Now Just So Happens To Be LBJ Lol

Same😂

I was straight up giddy

@@mariaholland1754 there’s some kind of magic going on @SB

It really wasnt tho… Lebron had a monster game, to me that game is top 3 or 4 of his career but the bench really kept cavs in game… They outscored Detroit bench 23-13. That help give Lebron the rest to do what he did.

@@jameshicks4685 So the bench scoring just 10 points more then the other bench is what made the difference? Just ten?

@@youtubewatcher4955 Cleveland won by 2 points in that game 5 so yes I’ll say that was big part of the Win…

@@jameshicks4685 apexkek detected

That was the only game I thought he might be the next Jordan. Honest.

Thank god for Lebron giving all the Cavs iconic characters and legends their due, their chances for greatness, their legendary calls' material, their winning-contending emotion and rides, the time of their life and their title (casually the hardest and best title ever too) before they could pass. Plus, Austin Carr and Lebron would've been a scary duo on the court.

I have fred mcleods golf bag, RIP he was a great guy

Not even after. The age of social media got people straight hating. Though I find it silly to say "no one". Just alot of people...

@Kristopher Bailey say what you want about being the most hated but he will down as one of best to ever do it

@@stillfree1133 No....if people hate him they won't acknowledge his greatness or believe he was good. You're underestimating the ignorance.

@@ThatGuy-en2nn if 51% of the people hate you and 49% love you… you’re doing something right it gives people something to talk about

@@stillfree1133 Try 60 hate to 40 like. People gonna pretend he was a bench player when he retires lmao.

Lebron is loved by cleveland fans

@@liptoncherry2436 ya but back then the owner and fans slandered him after they gave him no help and he carried them for a near decade. He blessed them by coming back.

one of the shittiest front office i have ever seen ngl.

@@maxh276 Yeah I remember that. I knew a lot of people that were angry (from Cleveland). He didn’t deserve the hate, but he did receive it. Now everyone in cleveland loves him

@TheRealBandito Right. “The Decision” was garbage

except the 2018 roster was even worse and lacked an identity and had way better competition

@@sophiawilliams8650 and yet LeBron still found a way to take them to the promised lands…where they got swept up and thrown out

@@kitkat6782 yeah the end result was predictable but the journey was insane

@@sdfishinn lol what? LeBron left that roster and they failed to come even near to the playoffs

@@sdfishinn not mj

It was the only time I ever shook uncontrollably while crying tears of joy. I live in Akron, and I can still remember opening my window and hearing cheers from all the nearby houses.

Ohio is disgusting lol

@@alexdelarge703 Made our championship that much more beautiful

@@thejvguru crazy how y’all went from hating his guts to looking at him like Jesus Christ himself

@@aarongarcia5590, literally never hated him. Ever.

They could've won the year before that if it wasn't for Kyrie and Love going down with injuries.

3 peat

KD joining the Warriors damn near ruined the NBA ......

If KD didn't join GSW, Cavs Warriors rivalry will become one of the best in NBA history. Sadly after KD join GSW and Kyrie left Cavs in 18, the 18 finals felt more like GSW vs Lebron

Honestly that team could have 3 peated if it weren't for injuries

Not to mention a shot of noted draft bust Darko Milicic when Seth said "compelling consolation prizes" when discussing the 2003 NBA draft...nice one there.

Weren't you the channel making a hater video right after LeBron & the Lakers lost to the Suns even though they were injured? A bit hypocritical imo.

@@maxh276 😂

@@blackscreen1810 how is it criticizing if the dude was injured

Screw china

@@blackscreen1810 I could say the some for the Jordan stans who explode every time their idol skip bayless doesn't drop a lebron video every 2 minutes

Young Bron was a BEAST. Wish he stayed in that attack mode and hitting consistent jumpers. That Bucks game I remember watching it and being blown away. Looking back now, had we always got that Bron, He probably would have won more than he did and that GOAT debate his case would be undeniable.

@@enigmatic1gaming768 agreed. It wouldn’t be lebron at that point though lol it’d just be a taller Kobe chucking shots lol.

Lebron already getting his flowers 🌹. He's unquestionably the greatest of his era, and people are calling him the GOAT 🐐 over MJ. I don't know what else y'all want. 🤷🏾‍♂️

There's tons of sports documentaries as good as or better than The Last Dance and anything on this channel(which I am a big fan of, don't get me wrong). So then why are you worried about the opinions of normies? However few they may be, that is.

The last dance is top 10

As a chicago fan, last dance was fantastic, but i will say i liked mariners more

The last dance is a great series, but it's a terrible documentary in the sense of the word. A lot of old players have said so, it was moreso an MJ puff piece than a documentary

@@maxh276 A lot of documentaries are puff pieces, but with that said I don't know how you call The Last Dance one since Jordan left things in there that made him look not so good. That's not what puff pieces do. Before that doc, it wasn't fully known just how hard he was on his teammates. The doc officially exposed that, and lots of people were critical of him for it. How can you call it a puff piece?

Ayyyee, great minds think alike. 👍

😂💯

DABS!!!!

Pot smokers really love telling people that they smoke, don't they?

We’re in 2021 there’s no stigma