{"id":782941,"date":"2026-07-10T10:06:21","date_gmt":"2026-07-10T10:06:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/782941\/"},"modified":"2026-07-10T10:06:21","modified_gmt":"2026-07-10T10:06:21","slug":"saquon-barkley-makes-his-76ers-pitch-to-lebron-james","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/782941\/","title":{"rendered":"Saquon Barkley makes his 76ers pitch to LeBron James"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Philadelphia is putting all hands on deck to get LeBron James to the City of Brotherly Love.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Eagles running back Saquon Barkley made his pitch for James, who is currently a free agent, to join the 76ers next season.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you want to go out with a bang, I feel like a great spot would be in Philly and bring a championship to Philadelphia,\u201d Barkley <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/JClarkNBCS\/status\/2075315162450407554\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">told reporters on Thursday<\/a>. \u201cYou\u2019ll be remembered forever.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.49926794;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"39941692\" width=\"885\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/philadelphia-eagles-running-back-saquon-130387234.jpg\" alt=\"Philadelphia Eagles running back Saquon Barkley (26) runs drills during minicamp.\" class=\"wp-image-39941692\"  \/>Philadelphia Eagles running back Saquon Barkley (26) runs drills during minicamp. Bill Streicher-Imagn Images<\/p>\n<p>Barkley also said Philadelphia is one of the best sports towns in the world, and has praised the city\u2019s fans since joining the Eagles in 2024.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey\u2019re crazy, but in a different way,\u201d Barkley said. \u201cWhen you\u2019re on the Giants\u2019 side, oh these motherf\u2014ers are insane. On this side, you see they just love it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Barkley has been a superstar since touching down in Philadelphia, putting up 3,145 rushing yards, 30 rushing touchdowns in his two years with the Eagles, earning his first All-Pro honors for his 2024 season.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The ex-Giant is one of many prominent figures across sports and entertainment trying to get James to play in their city for what could be his final season in the NBA.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.49926794;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"39941696\" width=\"885\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/2024-25-season-statement-lakers-132898347.jpg\" alt=\"LeBron James smiling, wearing a white jersey with an American flag patch, surrounded by two other men.\" class=\"wp-image-39941696\"  \/> LeBron James has officially announced that he is leaving the Los Angeles Lakers after eight seasons with the franchise.  Best Image \/ BACKGRID<\/p>\n<p>James, 41, is testing free agency after spending eight seasons with the Lakers.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He reportedly is open to numerous teams, with the Cavaliers, Heat, and 76ers being seen as the favorites, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/TheHeatCentral\/status\/2074620496914554981\" rel=\"nofollow\">according to ESPN\u2019s Shams Chariana<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>James is entering his 24th season after being selected No. 1 by the Cavaliers in the 2003 NBA Draft.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Philadelphia is putting all hands on deck to get LeBron James to the City of Brotherly Love.\u00a0 Eagles&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":782942,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3769],"tags":[679,7,185,150,6,3269,678,207,3817,2321,66],"class_list":["post-782941","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-philadelphia-76ers","tag-76ers","tag-basketball","tag-lebron-james","tag-los-angeles-lakers","tag-nba","tag-nba-free-agency","tag-philadelphia","tag-philadelphia-76ers","tag-philadelphia76ers","tag-saquon-barkley","tag-sports"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116895127253459302","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/782941","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=782941"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/782941\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/782942"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=782941"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=782941"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=782941"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}