he told it to jim gray. how did that happen?> well, he is best friends and he is managed by a man who represents shim a man named maverick carter. >> rose: i know maverick, he's a great guy. >> he's an honorable upstanding guy with a whole lot of integrity. i approached him at game two of the n.b.a. finals at the staples center between celtics and lashgs and he was sitting with a man namedar i emanuel who is a super agent who is the president and the owner of william morris and i asked him how the free agency stuff was going to go on, they were sitting in the front row together, i approached them... i don't remember if it was the pre-game or half time and we got to talking about it and i said maverick, can i do the first interview with lebron james after he decides where it is he's going to stay and maverick said yes, that's no problem. well, i had had a history with lebron, i interviewed him once hen he was in high school. i was there the night gordon gunn drew the card. of course, mr. gunn owned the cleveland cavaliers at that