{"id":785892,"date":"2026-07-08T00:56:16","date_gmt":"2026-07-08T00:56:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/785892\/"},"modified":"2026-07-08T00:56:16","modified_gmt":"2026-07-08T00:56:16","slug":"lebron-james-draymond-green-hangout-reportedly-revealed-amid-warriors-rumors-in-nba-free-agency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/785892\/","title":{"rendered":"LeBron James, Draymond Green Hangout Reportedly Revealed Amid Warriors Rumors in NBA Free Agency"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">LeBron James and Draymond Green are meeting up as the NBA&#8217;s all-time leading scorer looks to join a new team for the 2026-27 season, according to ESPN&#8217;s Shams Charania.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">Charania reported that James and Green are &#8220;spending some time here together this week&#8221; at an undisclosed location during a Tuesday appearance on The Stephen A. Smith Show. <\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">Charania explained that he doesn&#8217;t think the Golden State Warriors are high on the list of potential landing spots for James unless the team is able to land Anthony Davis, though.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">The Cleveland Cavaliers, Miami Heat and Philadelphia 76ers are in the top tier of options for James, per Charania. The 22-time All-Star is also taking the 76ers&#8217; pitch seriously.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">James previously\u00a0<a class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__ui__link__medium_strong css-lu48cp\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/story\/_\/id\/49226472\/lebron-james-informs-lakers-plans-play-elsewhere-2026-27\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">informed<\/a>\u00a0the Los Angeles Lakers that he would be signing elsewhere for his 2026-27 campaign.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">On June 30, ESPN&#8217;s\u00a0<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\/25448605-new-warriors-rumors-how-potential-lebron-james-contract-impacts-anthony-davis-trade-pursuit\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Ramona Shelburne<\/a>\u00a0reported the Warriors wanted a commitment from the four-time MVP before pursuing a trade involving Davis with the Washington Wizards.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">James and Davis helped lead the Lakers to a championship in 2020.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">Meanwhile, Green declined his $27.7 million player option for the 2026-27 season. The move was made to help give the Warriors more financial flexibility to pair James and Davis with Green and Stephen Curry, per\u00a0<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\/25425839-draymond-green-reportedly-declines-277m-warriors-contract-option-amid-lebron-anthony-davis-rumors\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Charania<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">Green and James are\u00a0<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\/25386010-draymond-green-always-wanted-play-lebron-james-talks-friendship-lakers-star\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">friends off the court<\/a>\u00a0despite never playing on the same team throughout their respective careers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">Still, their reported meeting may not be enough to convince James to join the Warriors if they aren&#8217;t able to acquire Davis.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">The Cavaliers present James with an opportunity to compete on the team that he&#8217;s played for throughout the majority of his career, while he could also choose to return to the Heat and suit up alongside Giannis Antetokounmpo and Bam Adebayo.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">If he decides to join the 76ers, he&#8217;d become part of a star-studded lineup that includes Tyrese Maxey, Joel Embiid and recent\u00a0<a class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__ui__link__medium_strong css-lu48cp\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nba.com\/news\/reports-sixers-to-acquire-jaylen-brown-from-celtics\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">trade acquisition<\/a>\u00a0Jaylen Brown.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LeBron James and Draymond Green are meeting up as the NBA&#8217;s all-time leading scorer looks to join a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":785893,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[557],"tags":[64,63,590,85],"class_list":["post-785892","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\/785892","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=785892"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/785892\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/785893"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=785892"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=785892"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=785892"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}