{"id":252841,"date":"2026-07-27T11:49:07","date_gmt":"2026-07-27T11:49:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/252841\/"},"modified":"2026-07-27T11:49:07","modified_gmt":"2026-07-27T11:49:07","slug":"its-official-lebron-james-signs-contract-with-philadelphia-76ers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/252841\/","title":{"rendered":"It\u2019s official: LeBron James signs contract with Philadelphia 76ers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>PHILADELPHIA (KYW Newsradio) \u2014 The 76ers have officially signed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.audacy.com\/kywnewsradio\/local-sports\/lebron-james-philadelphia-76ers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">LeBron James<\/a> to what will likely be his last contract in his storied NBA career. Can the 41-year-old lead this Sixers team to the promised land?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis guy is going to turn 42 about halfway through the season. This is not someone the Sixers should be relying on to play 82 games or to be playing 38 minutes a game,\u201d said Adam Aaronson, 76ers beat writer for Philly Voice.<\/p>\n<p>But that\u2019s likely why James chose Philly in the first place. Around him, the team boasts Joel Embiid, Tyrese Maxey, Jaylen Brown and VJ Edgecombe. But does that talent surplus make it harder for the lineup to mesh?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are things you can nitpick,\u201d he said. \u201cLike, I would argue maybe Jaylen Brown is not \u2014 with his skillset \u2014 incredibly well-suited to be in a four-star lineup or a five-star lineup.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But Aaronson believes while there will be an adjustment period to feel out ideal lineups, talent should prevail.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere may be only one ball, but the Sixers have a lot of guys who can put that ball in the basket. And you need to be able to score in as many different ways as you can,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n<p>\u201c[James] is arguably the most experienced player in the history of the NBA, and the smartest player in the history of the NBA.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>James said he wants a chance to win another championship \u2014 what would be his fifth title with his fourth team, which no one has done before.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PHILADELPHIA (KYW Newsradio) \u2014 The 76ers have officially signed LeBron James to what will likely be his last&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":252842,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[18831,69,1002,71,70,8401],"class_list":["post-252841","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-philadelphia","tag-lebron-james","tag-philadelphia","tag-philadelphia-76ers","tag-philadelphia-headlines","tag-philadelphia-news","tag-sixers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/252841","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=252841"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/252841\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/252842"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=252841"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=252841"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=252841"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}