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Ramona Shelburne: As for the impact of LeBron James\u2019 decision on his son Bronny James<\/a>, Rich Paul, the agent for both tells ESPN that “they are not a package deal” and there’s no current plan or request for Bronny Janes to join his father in Philly<\/a>. Bronny James recently had his contract guaranteed by the Lakers<\/a>, whose staff has a fondness for him, according to sources. \u2014 7\/24\/2026 x.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Tony Jones: Per league sources, Joel Embiid was a heavy figure in LeBron’s recruitment, and that recruitment lasted throughout the process<\/a> \u2014 7\/24\/2026 x.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Danny Green<\/a> on LeBron James’ decision: \u201cI was like this can\u2019t be real news, Shams is somebody hacking you, this can\u2019t be real news, you know what I\u2019m saying? 2 years $8 million to Philly none of that was in the cards for me. So, yeah it was shocking it was just as shocking as the Jaylen Brown news probably for me.\u201d<\/a> \u2014 7\/24\/2026 x.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Danny Green: His legacy is where it\u2019s at. You getting a championship as the third or fourth option that does not be like, \u201cOh you\u2019re the GOAT now.\u201d Like Tyrese Maxey and Jaylen Brown are the best players on that team then it\u2019s Joel Embiid, then it\u2019s LeBron James you are know the fourth option<\/a>. \u2014 7\/24\/2026 x.com<\/a><\/p>\n

FullCourtPass: There is a strong likelihood LeBron James will not retire until 2028,<\/a> per @ShamsCharania (Via @PatMcAfeeShow ) \u2014 7\/24\/2026 x.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Dean Oliver: Usages last year: LeBron: 27%<\/a> Maxey: 29% Edgecombe: 19% Brown: 35% Embiid: 32% Total: 142% That ought to be interesting. \u2014 7\/24\/2026 x.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Keerthika Uthayakuma: At 41-years-old, LeBron James will be the oldest player to play for Philly in Sixers franchise history, passing 40-year-old Rick Mahorn (1999)<\/a>. \u2014 7\/24\/2026 x.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Heat Central: \u201cThe Sixers were not even in the picture, on the map, until Bob Myers traded for Jaylen Brown\u2026 LeBron looked at that roster, he looked at the Cavs roster, he looked at the Heat roster and he is choosing the Philadelphia 76ers\u201d<\/a> \u2014 7\/24\/2026 x.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Meanwhile, a trio of Sixers players — Tyrese Maxey, Joel Embiid and the newly acquired Jaylen Brown, another surprising addition for Philadelphia this offseason — worked on James directly,<\/a> sources told ESPN. That effort was led by Maxey, a fellow Klutch client who has referred to James as a “big brother” in the past. \u2014 7\/24\/2026 ESPN<\/a><\/p>\n

The Sixers<\/a> came at James from all angles. President of basketball operations Mike Gansey, who was a Cavaliers executive during James’ second stint in Cleveland and competed against him when they were high school players in Northeast Ohio, stayed in constant communication with Paul behind the scenes, sources told ESPN<\/a>. \u2014 7\/24\/2026 ESPN<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ramona Shelburne: As for the impact of LeBron James\u2019 decision on his son Bronny James, Rich Paul, the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":794974,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3778],"tags":[7,1006,136,305,1333,130,144,95970,78,936,300,185,295,189,3881,6,564,96,1263],"class_list":["post-794973","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-miami-heat","tag-basketball","tag-bronny-james","tag-cavs","tag-cleveland","tag-danny-green","tag-espn","tag-heat","tag-heat-central","tag-jaylen-brown","tag-joel-embiid","tag-lakers","tag-lebron-james","tag-miami","tag-miami-heat","tag-miamiheat","tag-nba","tag-rich-paul","tag-sixers","tag-tyrese-maxey"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116977053410634782","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/794973","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=794973"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/794973\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/794974"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=794973"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=794973"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=794973"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}