{"id":824509,"date":"2026-07-25T04:08:11","date_gmt":"2026-07-25T04:08:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/824509\/"},"modified":"2026-07-25T04:08:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-25T04:08:11","slug":"decision-made-basketball-world-reacts-to-lebron-james-joining-76ers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/824509\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Decision made&#8217;: Basketball world reacts to LeBron James joining 76ers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Decision made. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportsnet.ca\/basketball\/nba\/players\/lebron-james\/0afbe608-940a-4d5d-a1f7-468718c67d91\" class=\"sn-player-post-link\" target=\"_self\" data-player=\"0afbe608-940a-4d5d-a1f7-468718c67d91\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">LeBron James<\/a> is joining the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportsnet.ca\/basketball\/nba\/teams\/philadelphia-76ers\/\" class=\"sn-team-post-link\" target=\"_self\" data-team=\"philadelphia-76ers\" data-league=\"nba\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Philadelphia 76ers<\/a> after mulling over his basketball future through unrestricted free agency for the last couple of months.<\/p>\n<p>In a surprise <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/KingJames\/status\/2080677093424394721\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">announcement on social media<\/a>, the future Hall of Famer confirmed he&#8217;ll be returning for a record 24th NBA season after contemplating retirement because &#8220;I still truly love this game, and I have more to give.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>According to ESPN&#8217;s Shams Charania, the four-time champ is joining Philly on a two-year, $8 million deal.<\/p>\n<p>James, 41, said he believes he can &#8220;help make the Philadelphia 76ers a championship team.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>To no surprise, fans were quick to react to the &#8220;last decision&#8221; of James&#8217; NBA career, excited to let off takes about what the league&#8217;s all-time leading scorer can bring to the City of Brotherly Love. Here are some of the best reactions from around the sports world.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Decision made. LeBron James is joining the Philadelphia 76ers after mulling over his basketball future through unrestricted free&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":824510,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[434],"tags":[49,48,459,82],"class_list":["post-824509","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-nba","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/824509","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=824509"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/824509\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/824510"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=824509"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=824509"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=824509"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}