VJ says LeBron can "buy me a new nose"

ESPN's press conference Short turns a painful moment against Cleveland into a quick joke, alongside a fast-starting NBA Today comeback discussion.

Channel: ESPN Story of October 24, 2026Trari Newsroom

Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 114,113 views a day, 12 times a normal first day on this channel (9,588).

VJ on LeBron giving him a bloody nose against the Cavs 😅

The reporter wants to know whether anything is broken. VJ's answer is reassuring, but he has a contingency plan involving LeBron James's wallet.

ESPN's split-screen Short pairs the Philadelphia 76ers player's press conference with footage of the contact that left his nose bleeding against the Cavaliers. VJ says LeBron elbowed him in the face, then confirms that nothing is broken.

"But if it was, he can buy me a new nose," he adds, drawing laughter in the room.

The clip drew roughly 45,000 views in six hours. Its projected first-day pace is nearly twelve times ESPN's usual start for Shorts, making this brief postgame answer an unusually strong draw.

The comeback itself is also bringing viewers to ESPN. A separate NBA Today discussion is running far ahead of the channel's usual start for regular videos. Malika Andrews is joined by Iman Shumpert, Michael Wilbon and Brian Windhorst to examine Philadelphia's win over Cleveland and the fit between LeBron, Joel Embiid, Tyrese Maxey and Jaylen Brown.

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The numbers

Both the postgame Short and NBA Today's longer discussion are starting unusually strongly for their respective formats.

the video's first day

usual first day here

9,588

this video

114,113

subscribers

14,600,000

no significant change in the last 7 days

total views

20,871,892,385

views per day

3,705,227

typical day: 3,991,258

the video

views

45,283

likes

1,145

comments

44

days online

1

subscribers: this channel and similar channels

ESPN

14,600,000

NBC Sports

5,420,000

Bleacher Report

5,070,000

MaxPreps

3,500,000

Whistle

3,220,000

The Pat McAfee Show

3,000,000

As of October 24, 2026 · Data source: Trari Social News, Trari Traffic Trends and Ranking Platform, Google YouTube

Subscriber, view, like and comment counts are YouTube's. Rates, usual days, rankings, comparisons and categories are Trari's own calculations.