{"id":836096,"date":"2026-07-30T15:02:28","date_gmt":"2026-07-30T15:02:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/836096\/"},"modified":"2026-07-30T15:02:28","modified_gmt":"2026-07-30T15:02:28","slug":"report-lebron-espn-nearing-deal-for-last-dance-style","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/836096\/","title":{"rendered":"Report: LeBron, ESPN nearing deal for &#8216;Last Dance&#8217;-style"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>LeBron James and ESPN are nearing a deal for a behind-the-scenes documentary series akin to Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls&#8217; &#8220;The Last Dance,&#8221; sources told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/7479937\/2026\/07\/30\/lebron-james-espn-documentary-last-dance\/?unlocked_article_code=1.1lA.IHpv.RTlnsJa4pskU&amp;source=athletic_user_shared_gift_article_copylink&amp;smid=url-share-ta\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Athletic&#8217;s Andrew Marchand<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Talks between the two parties are at the &#8220;one-yard line,&#8221; and a camera crew is expected to document James&#8217; time with the Philadelphia 76ers, Marchand reports. Archived footage of the four-time Finals MVP obtained by NBA crews earlier in his career will apparently be featured as well.<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s reportedly no set date for when the documentary would be completed and aired.<\/p>\n<p>James signed a two-year, $8-million contract with Philadelphia that includes a player option for the second season. However, his agent, Rich Paul, recently teased the possibility of his client playing beyond the deal.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Last Dance,&#8221; a 10-episode miniseries, chronicles Jordan&#8217;s legendary career and the Bulls&#8217; dominance of the 1990s. The documentary won an Emmy Award in 2020.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LeBron James and ESPN are nearing a deal for a behind-the-scenes documentary series akin to Michael Jordan and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":836097,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[434],"tags":[49,48,459,82],"class_list":["post-836096","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\/836096","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=836096"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/836096\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/836097"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=836096"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=836096"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=836096"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}