{"id":821449,"date":"2026-07-24T19:04:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-24T19:04:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/821449\/"},"modified":"2026-07-24T19:04:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-24T19:04:10","slug":"lebron-james-to-sixers-2026-nba-free-agency-live-updates-tracking-the-latest-news-for-nba-star","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/821449\/","title":{"rendered":"LeBron James to Sixers, 2026 NBA Free Agency Live Updates, Tracking the Latest News for NBA Star"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium mui-m06sf4\">If you&#8217;re looking for the best and clearest explanation for why LeBron James chose the Philadelphia 76ers, look no further than the man himself.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium mui-m06sf4\">Shortly after ESPN&#8217;s Shams Charania broke the news, LeBron took to social media to explain his decision:<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium mui-m06sf4\">&#8220;I thought I was done when the season ended. I wasn&#8217;t ready to announce it, and I knew I needed some time to really decide, but I was pretty sure I played my last game. I was honest at that last press conference when I said I needed to look at myself and deicide if I still love this game. I still truly love this game, and I have more to give.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium mui-m06sf4\">The last few weeks have really been special. I&#8217;ve never been able to have no clue what to do and take real time to just think. I&#8217;ve had an incredible few months with all the people I love trying to figure it all out. This is my last decision. I&#8217;m not going for money. I&#8217;m not going for family. What am I really playing for at this point?<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium mui-m06sf4\">I still want to sacrifice. I still want to work. I still want to grind. I still want to compete, to win and to have a chance at the feeling of winning another championship.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium mui-m06sf4\">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.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium mui-m06sf4\">Thank you LA. Miami I&#8217;ll forever love and Northeast Ohio will always home!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"If you&#8217;re looking for the best and clearest explanation for why LeBron James chose the Philadelphia 76ers, look&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":821450,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[574],"tags":[64,63,726,85],"class_list":["post-821449","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-basketball","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-basketball","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/821449","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=821449"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/821449\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/821450"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=821449"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=821449"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=821449"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}