{"id":251285,"date":"2026-07-24T17:49:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-24T17:49:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/251285\/"},"modified":"2026-07-24T17:49:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-24T17:49:08","slug":"new-76er-lebron-james-already-has-day-named-after-him-in-pennsylvania","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/251285\/","title":{"rendered":"New 76er LeBron James already has day named after him in Pennsylvania"},"content":{"rendered":"

July 24, 2026, 12:14 p.m. ET<\/p>\n

Well, it’s official. LeBron James is headed to the Philadelphia 76ers<\/a> in a shocking development.<\/p>\n

James signing with Philly is not what anybody expected, particularly with all the strong speculation around the Miami Heat<\/a> and Cleveland Cavaliers.<\/p>\n

Obviously, the state of Pennsylvania is thrilled to have one of the greatest NBA players of all time join the 76ers<\/a>. Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro has already named July 24 “LeBron James Day” in honor of his signing.<\/p>\n

LEBRON TO PHILLY:\u00a076ers roster and starting lineup after LeBron James free agency signing<\/a><\/p>\n

Yes, you read that. The news hasn’t been out for an hour, and LeBron James already has a day named after him in Pennsylvania. That’s the sports pull athletes dream about. What a moment for Philly and the state at large.<\/p>\n

CAITLIN CLARK REACTION:Her funny response to LeBron’s decision<\/a><\/p>\n

LeBron to Philly in a stunner… what a world.<\/p>\n

Why did he choose the 76ers?<\/p>\n

His reasoning makes sense<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"July 24, 2026, 12:14 p.m. ET Well, it’s official. LeBron James is headed to the Philadelphia 76ers in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":251286,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[942,539,28,30,29,107427,14296,14297,7276,107428,2177,1233,13016,1854,13019,2180,13015,542,1174,2531,14299,544,535],"class_list":["post-251285","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pennsylvania","tag-accessfree","tag-pa","tag-pennsylvania","tag-pennsylvania-headlines","tag-pennsylvania-news","tag-sourcefor-the-win","tag-sstssportsnba","tag-sstsnnba","tag-tagbasketball","tag-tagcaitlin-clark","tag-tagcelebrities-entertainment-news","tag-tagjosh-shapiro","tag-taglebron-james","tag-taglocal-affiliate-arts-entertainment","tag-tagmiami-heat","tag-tagnational-sports","tag-tagnba","tag-tagoverall-positive","tag-tagpennsylvania","tag-tagphiladelphia","tag-tagphiladelphia-76ers","tag-tagsports-news","tag-typestory"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/251285","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=251285"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/251285\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/251286"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=251285"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=251285"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=251285"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}