Weekly Friday Self-Promotion and Fan Art Thread
(Charania) BREAKING: LeBron James is signing with the Philadelphia 76ers on a two-year, $8 million deal with a player option, Klutch Sports Group and Klutch CEO and Game Over show host Rich Paul tells ESPN.
Lebron James: “ I believe I can help make the Philadelphia 76ers a championship team and I am so excited to energize a new fan base and start this incredible journey one last time. Thank you LA. Miami I’ll forever love and Northeast Ohio will always home!”
[Charania] Philadelphia was not being seriously considered by LeBron James until they acquired Jaylen Brown from Boston. LeBron James believed that the 76ers have a better chance to win a championship than Miami and Cleveland.
76ers moves this offseason: Traded Paul George for Jaylen Brown, drafted Labaron Philon, signed Dean Wade, Anfernee Simons, and LEBRON JAMES.
[video] LeBron James releases video package announcing his move to the Philadelphia 76ers
Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro has proclaimed July 24, 2026, as LeBron James Day after the athlete signed with the Philadelphia 76ers.
[Goodwill] League sources said James had been angling for former teammate Irving to join him in Cleveland, but the Dallas Mavericks have had no interest in engaging the Cavaliers in a trade, and Irving is believed to be comfortable where he is.
[Iko] Sources say Jalen Duren wants the max at five years, $287 million. “They’re just going to sit and stare at each other,” said one executive. “It’s a staring contest.”
Since Morey’s departure, new Sixers President of Basketball Operations Mike Gansey has: dumped PG’s contract for an All-NBA player in Jaylen Brown, signed Dean Wade and Anfernee Simons, and now convinced LeBron James to join the show.
LeBron James on his decision to sign with Philadelphia
[Iko] Recent word from around the NBA suggests the Clippers are extremely displeased with Adam Silver and the league office on the scope and length of their internal investigation — and continue to communicate such displeasure.
Giannis: “I’ve heard so many things. ‘Why is Giannis with his wife? He could be with a model. Not one model, but 10!’ I am with my wife because she tells me the truth. She loves me, she will tell me whenever I do anything wrong… I am in love. I am in love with her. As a woman and as a mother.”
[O’Connor] LeBron made the right choice of the East options. The Cavaliers stink, and the Heat are a clunky fit with no shooting. The Sixers have top-end talent with Jaylen Brown joining Tyrese Maxey and Joel Embiid plus upside young players like VJ Edgecombe and Labaron Philon…
Steven Adams casually single-handedly carrying a massive log across the beach to help throw together a bonfire
[Bill Simmons Podcast] Joe House “I want to go on record with LeBron, I think he’s going to Philadelphia”
Bill Simmons “Oh wow, I would bet anything against that”. 7/22/26
[Krawczynski] “[When LeBron James asked Anthony Edwards what would happen if he chose another team], Edwards didn’t hesitate, telling him that would be OK, because that just meant he could tear James’s head off on the court when their two teams met.”
Knicks Champion Jordan Clarkson when asked if he would rather win back-to-back Finals OR have dinner with God: “Win back-to-back NBA Finals”
[Stein] The 76ers haven’t been to the NBA Finals since 2001. LeBron James, whose career started in 2003, has been to the Finals on 10 different occasions since with the Cavaliers, Heat and Lakers.
[Krawcyznski] After missing out on LeBron James, McDaniels is unlikely to be the starting PF for Minnesota. Finch prefers him at the SF spot and has indicated to Lyles that he may have a “big role” next season: “Opportunity to be a starter after being out for a year. What, am I gonna say no?”
Patrick Beverley Gets Destroyed By Steven Adams’ Screen
JR Smith keeps it real: “We got the money. We don’t have the mindset… We’d rather go throw \(60,000 in the club! Go throw \)60,000 than go feed 2,500 people in the hood… I’ve thrown money in the club, literally mindlessly, aimlessly drunk at a bar. And now I sit back like, ‘I’m a stupid-ass…’”
Bill Simmons on Caleb Wilson: “If I was a Bulls fan I would have no sperm left in my body. It would just be ejaculate in every room of my house.”
The biggest losers in the LeBron saga have to be the Cavs
LeBron James should brand his free agency decision as “LeConclave” and release smoke at the end of each day to signal whether a team has been chosen or not.
Fans in Portland are calling for a Boycott on Panda Express, Tom Dundon’s ownership partner.
[Krawcyznski] During the recruiting process LeBron James asked Anthony Edwards how he would feel if he didn’t sign with Minnesota: “Edwards didn’t hesitate, telling him that would be OK, because that just meant he could tear James’s head off on the court when their two teams met.“
Sixers projected starting lineup’s 3PT% last season: Tyrese Maxey (36.7%), Jaylen Brown (34.7%), VJ Edgecombe (35.4%), LeBron James (31.7%), Joel Embiid (33.3%). League average in 25-26 36%.
Looking back at it, there were tons of hints of LeBron to Philly: Rich Paul’s whiteboard with an asterisk next to Maxey (Klutch), Sixers GM Mike Gansey’s brother posting a picture of Mike and LeBron in high school, Bob Myers on Rich Paul podcast, and LeBron saying Trust The Process at Fanatics.
LeBron’s last game in Philadelphia before signing with the Sixers: 29/7/6 in a WILD ending. Fans were calling it one of the best games of the year and talking about how electric the Philly crowd was
Since LeBron is only making 4m per year now, will he make his teammates get the check at restaurants?
[Charania] Mario Hezonja is being held up by Lebron’s decision
[(OC] What if the NBA eliminated the last-place franchise after each season?
[Bleacher Report] Ranking the Most Overrated NBA Players Right Now
Reminder: Lebron has only ever won when he has a Jayhawk on his team.
In his senior season at Olmsted Falls High School, Mike Gansey, 76ers GM, finished second in Mr. Basketball voting behind LeBron James.
Giannis: I don’t know but I hope when the Miami chapter closes, and I don’t know when or if it will, and I don’t know how many years I’ll spend there, but I wish to return to Milwaukee if they’ll have me.”
Is LeBron’s deal with the 76ers the Most Team Friendly Contract Relative to Value in NBA History?
LeBron doing a reverse Fresh Prince - from Bel-Air to West Philadelphia
Jamal Murray hits the half court buzzer beater then stares down an ecstatic Kevin Harlan
The Paul George Trade Theory
Anthony Edwards gets married ahead of seventh season with Timberwolves
[Siegel] “Peyton Watson and his camp want something in that \(28 million north range and the offers so far have been fluctuating between that \)20-24 million per year range. When you’re Peyton Watson, you want more than Christian Braun”
[Emerman] The Warriors have not engaged the Wizards and the sides haven’t had substantive talks about Anthony Davis, according to a source with knowledge of the Warriors’ offseason direction.
What are some players that, no matter how good their stats are, you do not consider them winning players?
If the 76ers are champs, LeBron will become a legend in one of the greatest sport cities in the league. Did the prospective glory of bringing a starved fanbase of a storied franchise to the mountain top factor into this decision? I think it did.
If LeBron accepts his player option next season, he is set to make \(53,116 more from NBA contracts over the next two years than DeAndre Jordan will make with the Pelicans. He will make \)24,000,000 less than Gary Trent Jr.
The Warriors are the biggest losers in all of this after missing out on LeBron
[Smith] Eastern Conference exec on 2nd apron: “We’ve made it harder for fans to follow the league now,” “You know the old joke? ‘I was told there would be no math.’ Well, I’m hearing fans complain about having to do so much math to follow the league now. That can’t be a good thing.”
Bill Simmons Podcast 2020 NBA Re-Draft: 1) Anthony Edwards 2) Tyrese Haliburton 3) Tyrese Maxey 4) Deni Avdija 5) LaMelo Ball