{"id":963275,"date":"2026-07-27T21:47:18","date_gmt":"2026-07-27T21:47:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/963275\/"},"modified":"2026-07-27T21:47:18","modified_gmt":"2026-07-27T21:47:18","slug":"lebron-james-officially-signs-with-76ers-might-live-in-new-york","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/963275\/","title":{"rendered":"LeBron James officially signs with 76ers, might live in New York"},"content":{"rendered":"

The LeBron James era in Philadelphia is underway, as the 76ers on Monday officially announced their signing<\/a> of the four-time NBA MVP.<\/p>\n

James\u2019 New York City era \u2014 at least a non-basketball version of it \u2014 might not be too far behind.<\/p>\n

Days after ESPN\u2019s Shams Charania reported<\/a> James might live in New York or New Jersey and commute via helicopter, fellow insider Brian Windhorst said Monday that it \u201cseems like [James is] going to live at least part-time in New York.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen LeBron emerged from this decision-making cocoon that he was in, he had an interest in living in New York City,\u201d Windhorst said on ESPN\u2019s \u201cGet Up.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cFor 15 years, the New York Knicks dreamed of LeBron coming to that conclusion. And it was the Knicks, actually, at this time, as the defending champions, who were not interested in LeBron.\u201d<\/p>\n

Before James reached a two-year, $8 million contract with the 76ers, his agent, Rich Paul, said the Knicks would have been the destination had they not just won the NBA championship.<\/p>\n

Throughout his career, James has spoken glowingly about Madison Square Garden. The Knicks famously pursued James aggressively during the 2010 offseason, only for him to choose the Miami Heat instead.<\/p>\n

That wasn\u2019t the case during James\u2019 free agency this summer.<\/p>\n

\u201cRich Paul said that there were 20-something teams that reached out,\u201d Windhorst said Monday. \u201cThe Knicks were not one of them. Rich Paul called his old boss, [Knicks president] Leon Rose, and asked about the interest. They had a cordial conversation, and that\u2019s where it ended.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Knicks thrived on continuity and chemistry during their run to the franchise\u2019s first NBA championship in 53 years. Next season, they are set to defend their title with most of the same players, including the entire starting lineup.<\/p>\n

Their biggest threat in the Eastern Conference might now be the Sixers, who are pairing James, 41, with a star-powered roster also headlined by Joel Embiid, Tyrese Maxey, V.J. Edgecombe and another splashy offseason addition in Jaylen Brown.<\/p>\n

James is set to wear No. 23 with Philadelphia<\/a>, which hasn\u2019t won a championship since 1983. James seeks his fifth title with his fourth organization, having previously led the Heat, Cleveland Cavaliers and Los Angeles Lakers to championships.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere is no doubt LeBron is one of the greatest players to ever play the game of basketball and there are no words to measure the impact he\u2019ll have on this organization,\u201d Mike Gansey, the Sixers\u2019 president of basketball operations, said in a statement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The LeBron James era in Philadelphia is underway, as the 76ers on Monday officially announced their signing of…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":963276,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5122],"tags":[12775,5229,8606,3363,1260,405,403,5226,5225,5228,5227,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":["post-963275","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-76ers","tag-america","tag-knicks","tag-lebron-james","tag-nba","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-newyork","tag-newyorkcity","tag-ny","tag-nyc","tag-united-states","tag-united-states-of-america","tag-unitedstates","tag-unitedstatesofamerica","tag-us","tag-usa"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116994142862441645","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/963275","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=963275"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/963275\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/963276"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=963275"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=963275"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=963275"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}