{"id":305042,"date":"2026-07-24T20:14:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-24T20:14:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/305042\/"},"modified":"2026-07-24T20:14:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-24T20:14:09","slug":"lebron-james-reportedly-could-live-in-nyc-commute-to-philadelphia-after-signing-with-76ers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/305042\/","title":{"rendered":"LeBron James Reportedly Could Live in NYC, Commute to Philadelphia After Signing with 76ers"},"content":{"rendered":"

LeBron James will spend the 2026-27 season with the Philadelphia 76ers, but his home base could be elsewhere. <\/p>\n

ESPN’s Shams Charania said Friday that James could potentially live in New York or New Jersey and commute into Philadelphia. ESPN’s Dave McMenamin<\/a> added that the prospect of living in New York and commuting to Philadelphia “only added to the appeal.” <\/p>\n

Rich Paul, James’ agent, said on his podcast earlier this month that the four-time MVP would have gone to the New York Knicks if they hadn’t just won a championship. <\/p>\n

“If the Knicks hadn’t won, there would be no board,” Paul said<\/a>. “He’d be going to the Knicks\u2026. Jalen Brunson would literally have to pick up the phone and say ‘Hey man, there’s no issue with me.’ They (Knicks) have checked in.”<\/p>\n

It’s easy to understand why James wouldn’t want to join the reigning champs, and Philadelphia is close enough that he can still enjoy all that the city has to offer. <\/p>\n

Obviously, James is much more than a basketball player at this point. He’s delved into a number of business ventures and has appeared on screen in movies several times over the last few years. Being close to New York gives him the chance to pursue off-the-court activities as he did in Los Angeles. <\/p>\n

But as James said, winning a championship was his No. 1 priority when making his decision. <\/p>\n

Few teams are better equipped to compete for a title than the Sixers. Philadelphia already had a strong core of Joel Embiid, Tyrese Maxey and VJ Edgecombe, but it also added former Finals MVP Jaylen Brown this offseason. <\/p>\n

The team should be among the favorites to make it out of the East, and the 41-year-old James won’t have to be the first option on offense, as he has been for most of his career. <\/p>\n

Having made his biggest decision of the offseason, James will now decide between living in Philadelphia, New York or New Jersey. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LeBron James will spend the 2026-27 season with the Philadelphia 76ers, but his home base could be elsewhere.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":305043,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[9,56,63,65,64],"class_list":["post-305042","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york-city","tag-new-york","tag-ny","tag-nyc","tag-nyc-headlines","tag-nyc-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/305042","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=305042"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/305042\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/305043"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=305042"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=305042"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=305042"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}