Lebron James on Butchering Phil Collins for Amazon, His Acting Plans and The 2028 La Olympics

In Terms of Success, Longevity and Ubiquity, Lebron James Is Like the Amazon.com of the NBA. It’s Only Fitting for Him to Be The Face of Prime Day 2025.

James is Not Just A Basketball Superstar-Turned E-Commerce Pitchman. He’s also a podcaster (Mind the gameDistributed by Amazon’s Wondery), A Hollywood Producer and An Entrepreneur. (James’ Men’s Grooming Line The Shop Is Getting in the Holiday Spirit With 35 Percent Off During Prime Day).

But What’s Next for James, Who’s Has Already Played 22 Seasons in The Nba? He’s Got to Be Tired of That Question. James Must Be Sok of It That He Spoofed the Concept in a Prime Day (July 8-11) Ad that sees Him Trying Outerting from Hibachi Chef (He’s Decent!) To.

“Prime Day is Our Biggest Moment of the Year to Make Prime Members Feel Special and Valused,” Joesmith, Amazon’s Global Chief Creative Officer, SAID IN A STATEMENT The Hollywood Reporter. “Who Better than Lebron James to Show How Getting A Great Deal Can Make Anyone Feel Excited and Ready to Embrace ‘What’s Next’? ”

Great Question; We’ve Got Some of Our Own.

Ok Lebron, SO we’re here officiary about Prime Day. You’re a billionaire – does lebron james shop on amazon?

You know what? I SEND MY REQUESTS TO MY WIFE. My wife does all the online shopping things for the Household. So anytime and want someting or need something, i send it through my wife savannah. She tails care of the whole family – myself, my daughter, the two boys, everything – she tails care of all that.

But so, yes, technically, yes, i do.

SO LIKE The REST OF US, YOUR (Much Bigger) House is filled up with Amazon Boxes?

OH, Absolutely, Absolutely – Just Flooding the House with Amazon Boxes.

Does she go ham on Prime Day Deals Like the REST OF US?

I mean, i would gues. There’s so Many deals going on that day. I wouldn’t be surprised if my wife does a lot of shopping during [those days]that’s for sure.

Amazon Says You Personally Chose Phil Collins’ “In the Air Tonight” for the Lounge Singer Singer in your Prime Day Ad. WHY DID YOU CHOOSE THAT SONG?

I mean, i love the song. Obviously, It’s Legendary. Everyone You Knows The Song or Has Heard the Song EITHER IN THEIR HEADPHONE SETS OR Household or Somebody Playing IT – It’s Just A Great Song, Man. You Always Feel Like You Can Actual Be Phil Collins WHEN You Sing The Song, But Then You Hear Yourself and You’re Like, “Oh My God.” That’s WHY PHIL COLLINS SINGS IT AND NOT ONE OF US. So that was pretty coool to be able to shoot that part.

I Also One of Those Songs that One Could Really Butcher…

Oh, No Question About It. You Could Have Everybody Thinkinghe The Song Until You Actually Start Singing Iting. THEN IT’S LIKE, “I Never Want to Hear It Again.”

Your Amazon Partnership Includes Your Podcast, Mind the gameAn Appropriate Title Considering Your’s and Co-Host Steve Nash’s Basketball Knowledge. You’ve Played 22 Seasons in The Nba – Can You Still Learn Basketball From HIM?

OH, Absolutely. Every Time We Get An Opportunity To have a sit Down – The Cadcess That We Have Together As We Continue to Build and Continue to Shoot More and More Episodes, You Continue To. The Basketball Knowledge, The Love of the Game.

So, like, absolutely. I’m always trying to Continue to Learn, No Matter Where i’m at My Career; Two Decdes-Plus Into The Nba. But I’m Still Always Trying to Learn, and to have the abity to sit Across from steve nash, one of the Greats to Play Our Game, is definitely a luxury.

YOUR CURRENT COACH, JJ REDDICK, HAD A VERY POPULAR BASKETBALL PODCAST BEFORE Getting The Lakers Job. Perhaps It Helped Him Get The Job. What Have You Learned From Him About Podcasting Specifyly?

I THINK WHEN IT COMMINES TO PODCASTING SPECIFICALLY, NOT ONLY Being Committed to Doing It… But Also Just Being Very Knowledge About About the Game, Breaking Down Things. And his nuances: having the strates, having the data to be ab.

SO WHEN I HAD this Season One With Jj, The One Thing Is That He Was Always Super-Duper-Crazy Prepared. And It Makes Sense Who He Is The Coach That He Is Now. My One Year That I’ve Had with Him So Far, You See How Incredibly Prepared He is. It Doesn’t Matter If It’s Broadcasting [or] if is podcasting or coaching. You Could See It All Translate to One Another Whoere Its Comes to Being Prepared – The Preparation that Hay Takes Into It. You can learn from that in any field, it doesn’t have to be sports. It Could Be Anything in Life, Just Being Prepared. And I THINK THAT GETS YOU SO MUCH FURTHER ALONG THE CURVE THAN NOT BEING PREPARED.

JJ’s Game Was Shooting Deep, Deep Bombs. Sort of Like Steph Curry Before Steph Curry. Steph Followed The Path You Paved Into Hollywood – DID YOU EVER GET A CHANCE TO Watch His Peacock Series Mr. Throwback?

No, you know, is funny. I Never Got An Opportunity to Dive Into It, You Know? And so, yeah, i’m not hip on it.

It Was Pretty Good. Unfortunately Itly Lasted the One Season, so It’d be easy to catch up on.

I will. I AppreciaT the insight there. I’ll have to tap into it it [and watch] Season One.

Your Production Banner The Springhill Company Recently Merged with Fulwell 73. Can You Comment on the Merger?

The Merger That We’ve Done to Create Fulwell Entertainment Will Only Strengten Our Brands Like The Shop an Mind the game Globally, and Makes US One of the Best Entertainment Companies Across Unscripted and Live in the World.

Do you have a five-year plans for the company-or even for yorself individuly as a product? Is there somebody you’d like to model your Hollywood Career After?

No, i don’t a blueprint of someone and Want to be like in Industry. I Want to Continue To What What We’ve Been Doing, And I Want To Continue To Keep Storytelling at The Forefront of Every We DO. I Think Storytelling Is The Most Incredible Thing We Can Do, Not Only for Ourselves, But For Our Fanbase and For Our Families. People Actuly be in their Households and Watch Certain Documentaries or Watch Certain Movies or Listen to Podcasts – Storytelling Really Brings People Together.

I’ve known i’ve always wanted to do that since i was was youn, and i will Continue to do that beyond my playing day. And’s Not A Five-Year Thing, It’s Not A Two-Year Thing-It’s Just Like, Let’s Just Kntinue Doing What We’re Doing. I Think by Doing The Things We’ve Been Doing and ShowCASING WHAT WE’RE CAPABLE OF, IS ONLY GOING TO Continue to get Better and Better. And we Continue to Learn. We’re Not Done Learning. You Know, Life Is All About Learning Througout the Course of Your Journy.

You’ve also acted. You Trainwreck (2015), in WHICH YOU PLAYED SORT OF A HEIGTENED VERSION OF YOURSELF. You’re SO Big – Both in Physical Stature and in Fame – Do You Think You Can Can Play An Actual Character?

I THINK THAT All Will Boil Down to the Creative Writing and to the Role. If the role is Appropriate and I Feel Like i can nail it, then i wouldn’t mind doing that at all all. I Feel Like I Could Turn and Be Someone Else that’s Not Lebron James. In Trainwreckmy name was not Lebron James. But It Was A Version of Me, My Typical Self, [just] Playing Bill Hader’s Best Friend During that Movie. But, yeah, i would love to explore, and if the scripts startts to roll in and there’s an Opportunity for me to do some acting and I have the Time-Obviosly, Post-Career-I don. can make it happen, for sure.

The Redeem Team WAS GREAT. The Documentary, Whochh You Executive Produced, But Also The Accomplishment – IT Really Moved Me.

I AppreciaT it. I Appreciate the Kind Words. We Understood that Going Into the (2008) Beijing Olympics, That It Had Nothing to Do With The Names on Our Backs – It Had Everything to Do About The Red, White And Blue In. And we understood that we were carrying the whole Country. We have a Couple of Down Years in USA Basketball Durying the Transition Period, and that’s Whom “Redem” Was – It Was The Most Appropriate Name for that Team. We Went Out to Beijing with That Our Shoulders, In Our Hearts and in Our Souls. To go out and not only dominate on the Floor, But Also Dominate Off The Court by Being Role Models and Speaking Out and Doing The Things We Need to Ush. Humans As Well. So yeah, we were very, very proud to be able to stand on that podium and listen to our National Anthem. The Group of Guys Had One Common Goal, and that Was to Bring Home Gold and Make Our People Proud. And I Think We did.

You Won Again in 2012 and Took A Break In 2016 and 2020 – Both Were Still Gold Medal Years for the US Played Again and Won Gold Again in Paris (in 2024). Afterward, You Said It Doesn’t Seem Probable That You’d Play in The 2028 Summer Olympics, Who’s Is In Your Adapted Hometown of Los Angeles. Any update on that?

Nothing Has Changed. WHERE WE AT, MAN, 2025 RIGHT NOW? (Laughs.) Nah, Nothing Has Changed. I MEAN, IF I HAD TO Look at It Right Now Through a Microscope, I would say that, me being able to Support Team USA for the REST of My Life – that’s for Sure. But me actualally going on and playing, I don’t see it hapning.

I’ve Given everything that I have, and I will always be appreccative and loyal and deducted to team usa and USA Basketball.

Let’s Bring It Back to Amazon to Finish. Prime Video is One of the Nba’s New Partners (Along with NBC). WHAT DO YOU WANT TO SEE FROM THEM IN TERMS OF Presentation and Partnership?

First of All, WHEN I TONOUGHT of the (Analyst) Lineup that Chose – Legends Like DWAYNE WADE, DIRK NOWITZKI, STEVE NASH, CANDICE PARKER – [Prime Video] Is Going to Automatical Be Put in A Position of Great Things. [With them, Prime Video] HAS SO MUCH KNOWLEDGE AND [so many] People that game and appreciate the game and talk about the game in such a positive manner. So, I think amazon Prime Video, they’re gonna do a great Job ShowCASING OUR SPORT; [the talent] LOVE (S) OUR SPORT. Great Intellect, Great Commentary, Great Insight – I Really Look Forward to that. And Like I Said, Those Guys Thaty Have Sigrated Up For It, They’re Gonna Do Great Things.

This interview have been lightly edited and condensed for Clarity.