{"id":773677,"date":"2026-07-02T06:04:11","date_gmt":"2026-07-02T06:04:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/773677\/"},"modified":"2026-07-02T06:04:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T06:04:11","slug":"joel-embiid-recruiting-lebron-james-to-76ers-in-old-post-resurfaces-amid-latest-nba-rumors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/773677\/","title":{"rendered":"Joel Embiid Recruiting LeBron James to 76ers in Old Post Resurfaces Amid Latest NBA Rumors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">Joel Embiid tried to recruit LeBron James to the Philadelphia 76ers 12 years ago. <\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">Now that James is looking for a home again, Embiid&#8217;s old social media post has resurfaced. <\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">James informed the Lakers on Tuesday that he wouldn&#8217;t be returning for the 2026-27 campaign, so teams are starting to put together their pitches to get the all-time great on their team. <\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">The Sixers <a class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__ui__link__medium_strong css-lu48cp\" href=\"https:\/\/bleacherreport.com\/articles\/25449601-new-lebron-james-rumors-reveal-76ers-landing-spot-after-blockbuster-jaylen-brown-trade\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">reportedly<\/a> are one of the many teams with interest in James. <\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">Philadelphia made itself a much more desirable landing spot for James on Wednesday when it made a blockbuster trade to acquire Jaylen Brown from the Boston Celtics. <\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">A core of James, Embiid, Brown and Tyrese Maxey would be one of the best in the league, but Philadelphia still has work to do to land the four-time MVP. <\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">Several reports have indicated that James&#8217; top landing spots are the Golden State Warriors, Cleveland Cavaliers and Miami Heat. How far up the Sixers are on James&#8217; list is unknown. <\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">Until James decides on a new team, Embiid and the Sixers&#8217; front office will do their best to lure him to Philadelphia. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Joel Embiid tried to recruit LeBron James to the Philadelphia 76ers 12 years ago. Now that James is&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":773678,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[557],"tags":[64,63,590,85],"class_list":["post-773677","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-nba","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/773677","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=773677"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/773677\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/773678"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=773677"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=773677"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=773677"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}