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| Weekend Lead Photo · LeBron James, Philadelphia 76ers |
The Weekend Lead · Sixers LeBron James is a Sixer. Two years, eight million dollars. |
| MONDAY · JULY 27, 2026 | No. 29 |
You went to sleep Thursday in a normal Philadelphia summer. By Friday lunch the greatest basketball player who ever lived had picked this city, and nothing about the weekend was normal after that. Klutch Sports and Rich Paul told ESPN that James is signing a two-year, $8 million deal with a player option to play alongside Joel Embiid, Tyrese Maxey, Jaylen Brown, and VJ Edgecombe. Eight million dollars. That is backup-center money, and the Sixers spent it on the all-time leading scorer, because the money stopped being the point for him a long time ago. In his statement he said he still wants to grind, still wants to compete, and believes he can help make Philadelphia a championship team. This is a franchise that has not seen a Finals since Iverson dragged it there in 2001 and has not won a title since 1983.
Forty-three years of waiting ended on a Friday morning in July. |
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★ The Stoop ★ One weekend, one story, told from every porch on the block |
| Sixers · Vegas TOP FOUR DraftKings moved the Sixers to +900, third-best odds in the league, and more than 11,000 people put money on a Philadelphia title on Friday alone. Twelve months ago this roster was a second-round exit with a health problem. Now it is a top-four bet at every book that takes them. The odds breakdown → |
| Sixers · Radio Row INCONSOLABLE On the best day this franchise has had in forty years, Spike Eskin went on 94.1 WIP and called it one of the worst days of his Sixers fandom. The man built a brand on The Process. The Process finally paid, and he is the only person in the city sulking about it. The full autopsy → |
| Sixers · The Rookie CAN'T BELIEVE IT VJ Edgecombe found out mid-workout and answered by recreating LeBron's poolside “can't believe this is my life” pose — except drenched in sweat in a gym, because he was the one actually working. Twenty-one years old, third overall pick, throwing lobs to the greatest player who ever lived. VJ's reaction → |
| Sixers · Fan Wars REINFORCEMENTS LeBron's terminally online defense force showed up in Philadelphia and immediately picked up the Embiid-over-Jokic banner. We screamed that into an empty room for years. Now there is an army. Horrifying. Extremely useful. The alliance → |
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★ What to Watch | Tuesday Eagles report to NovaCare with camp opening Wednesday. Makai Lemon says the hamstring is behind him and he'll be at full speed. | | Deadline Week The Phillies are 2-6 out of the break and reportedly circling Byron Buxton. Burn the farm, cowards. | | Friday Last call on the reader code below. WEEKENDER20 dies at the end of the week. | | On the Site Every LeBron take we've published since Friday, stacked up in one place — the Sixers page. |
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Trending The Phillie Phanatic did LeBron's chalk toss at Citizens Bank Park. Within a day of the signing, a seven-foot green muppet was out on the infield mimicking a basketball player's pregame ritual in front of 40,000 people who paid to watch a baseball game. Bryce Harper called it cool. The Phillies lost anyway. The full thing → |
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