{"id":368884,"date":"2026-10-09T13:22:49","date_gmt":"2026-10-09T13:22:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/368884\/"},"modified":"2026-10-09T13:22:49","modified_gmt":"2026-10-09T13:22:49","slug":"lebron-james-makes-76ers-debut-in-preseason-loss-to-brooklyn-nets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/368884\/","title":{"rendered":"LeBron James makes 76ers debut in preseason loss to Brooklyn Nets"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dilara Hamit<\/p>\n<p>09 October 2026\u2022Update: 09 October 2026<\/p>\n<p>LeBron James made his Philadelphia 76ers debut in a 114-108 preseason loss to the Brooklyn Nets, scoring 10 points as he acknowledged that his new teammates would need time to develop chemistry.<\/p>\n<p>The 41-year-old, who joined Philadelphia in July after eight seasons with the Los Angeles Lakers, played 18 minutes in the first half, adding four rebounds, five assists and a steal.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;re still trying to put each other in the position to be successful and complement each other the best way we can on the floor. But it&#8217;s going to take some time,&#8221; James said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Tonight was a good sample size for us to build on,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<p>James started alongside Joel Embiid, VJ Edgecombe, Tyrese Maxey and fellow newcomer Jaylen Brown, who led Philadelphia with 18 points.<\/p>\n<p>The NBA&#8217;s all-time leading scorer is entering a record-extending 24th season after signing what he has said will be the final contract of his career.<\/p>\n<p>James has won four NBA championships, two with the Miami Heat and one each with the Cleveland Cavaliers and Los Angeles Lakers.<\/p>\n<p>He has also earned four league Most Valuable Player awards and been selected as an All-Star for 22 consecutive seasons.<\/p>\n<p>James is seeking to help Philadelphia capture its first NBA championship since 1983.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dilara Hamit 09 October 2026\u2022Update: 09 October 2026 LeBron James made his Philadelphia 76ers debut in a 114-108&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":368885,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[98,100,99,9,24,63,83343],"class_list":["post-368884","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn-headlines","tag-brooklyn-news","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-sitekeywords"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/368884","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=368884"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/368884\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/368885"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=368884"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=368884"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=368884"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}