{"id":833236,"date":"2026-07-30T10:35:17","date_gmt":"2026-07-30T10:35:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/833236\/"},"modified":"2026-07-30T10:35:17","modified_gmt":"2026-07-30T10:35:17","slug":"shocked-nba-coach-warns-lebron-james-76ers-could-become-hard-to-watch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/833236\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Shocked&#8217; NBA coach warns LeBron James&#8217; 76ers could become &#8216;hard to watch&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>   <a class=\"fw\" href=\"https:\/\/profile.google.com\/cp\/Cg0vZy8xMWcxajNfc2h3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"28\" height=\"28\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hitc.com\/wp-content\/themes\/grv-media\/img\/google-discover.svg\" alt=\"\"\/> Follow us on Google Discover <\/a>  <\/p>\n<p>An anonymous NBA coach has warned basketball fans to temper expectations for the Philadelphia 76ers next season.<\/p>\n<p>The 76ers immediately became the favourites to win the Eastern Conference after signing LeBron James in free agency. <\/p>\n<p>They now have a star-studded starting five of James, Tyrese Maxey, VJ Edgecombe, Jaylen Brown and Joel Embiid.<\/p>\n<p>However, an NBA assistant claims <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hitc.com\/topic\/philadelphia-76ers\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"98816\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the 76ers<\/a> may struggle to incorporate James into their system as it is not \u201cfantasy basketball\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>NBA coach believes LeBron James\u2019 76ers move is a risk<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/fadeawayworld.net\/nba\/philadelphia-76ers\/will-lebron-james-win-an-nba-title-with-sixers-why-rival-nba-assistants-are-unsure\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Fadeaway World<\/a> spoke to several assistant coaches about LeBron James\u2019 fascinating move to the Philadelphia 76ers.<\/p>\n<p>One was particularly sceptical of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hitc.com\/topic\/lebron-james\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"4280\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">James\u2019<\/a> fit alongside four players who can all dominate basketball games individually.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/GettyImages-2196611570-1-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Tyrese Maxey #0 of the Philadelphia 76ers reacts in front of LeBron James #23 of the Los Angeles Lakers at the Wells Fargo Center on January 28, 2025 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.\" class=\"wp-image-2599366\" \/>Photo by Mitchell Leff\/Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m shocked. He\u2019s already experienced teaming up with talent before,\u201d the anonymous coach explained.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut it\u2019s a real risky move to get Maxey, Edgecombe, Jaylen Brown, Embiid and himself to co-exist and be on the same page. This isn\u2019t fantasy basketball. It\u2019s not that easy. He knows that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, they also shared concerns about James and Joel Embiid playing together, as they are both \u201cslow and old.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>MORE PHILADELPHIA 76ERS STORIES<\/p>\n<p>The assistant suggested it will be \u201chard to watch\u201d the 76ers at times next season when the pair are slowing the game down.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s scary. It can be unstoppable. Or it can be hard to watch. They\u2019re both slow and old,\u201d they added.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen you get tired, and you drain the clock and are methodical and just isoing with brute force when you\u2019re not young, spry and athletic, that can look awful. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cEveryone is just standing around. And then you end up falling down because you\u2019re old.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Join Our Newsletter<\/p>\n<p>Receive exclusive football transfer news and updates twice a week to your mailbox<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Follow us on Google Discover An anonymous NBA coach has warned basketball fans to temper expectations for the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":833237,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[557],"tags":[64,63,7896,590,9688,85],"class_list":["post-833236","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-lebron-james","tag-nba","tag-philadelphia-76ers","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/833236","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=833236"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/833236\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/833237"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=833236"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=833236"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=833236"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}