{"id":255182,"date":"2026-07-30T03:22:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-30T03:22:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/255182\/"},"modified":"2026-07-30T03:22:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-30T03:22:09","slug":"lebron-james-breaks-shohei-ohtani-record-as-philadelphia-76ers-jersey-sells-out-in-48hrs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/255182\/","title":{"rendered":"LeBron James Breaks Shohei Ohtani Record as Philadelphia 76ers Jersey Sells Out in 48hrs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Key TakeawaysLeBron James&#8217; move from the Los Angeles Lakers to the Philadelphia 76ers has broken Shohei Ohtani&#8217;s record for most jerseys sold within 48 hours of a player changing teams.Fanatics saw at least six colorways of LeBron&#8217;s No. 23 76ers jersey sell out within 72 hours, with his merch making up eight of the site\u2019s top 10 products since its Friday release.James chose Philadelphia over finalists Golden State, Cleveland, and Miami on a two-year deal with a player option, framing it as the &#8220;last&#8221; big decision of his NBA career.<\/p>\n<p class=\"w-full font-normal font-inter text-[16px] leading-[1.75] text-black break-words antialiased\">While the total sales numbers remain unknown, 72 hours after LeBron&#8217;s jersey was released to the public to order, Fanatics saw six different colorways with his No. 23 listed as out of stock on its website. Since Friday (July 24), LeBron merchandise has reportedly accounted for eight of the top 10 selling products on Fanatics.<\/p>\n<p class=\"w-full font-normal font-inter text-[16px] leading-[1.75] text-black break-words antialiased\">Ohtani\u2019s previous record was set in 2023 when he revealed that <a class=\"font-normal text-[#007daf] transition-none hover:underline hover:text-black\" href=\"https:\/\/www.complex.com\/sports\/a\/markelibert\/people-disbelief-shohei-ohtani-dodgers-signing-700-million\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">he would be leaving the\u00a0Los Angeles Angels for the Dodgers<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"w-full font-normal font-inter text-[16px] leading-[1.75] text-black break-words antialiased\">In the lead up to his decision, LeBron James&#8217; free agency came down to four finalists: Golden State Warriors, Philadelphia 76ers, <a class=\"font-normal text-[#007daf] transition-none hover:underline hover:text-black\" href=\"https:\/\/www.complex.com\/tag\/cleveland-cavaliers\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Cleveland Cavaliers<\/a>, and <a class=\"font-normal text-[#007daf] transition-none hover:underline hover:text-black\" href=\"https:\/\/www.complex.com\/tag\/miami-heat\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Miami Heat<\/a>. He ultimately landed with the 76ers on a two-year, $8 million deal with a player option, framing the move as his &#8220;last&#8221; decision.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Key TakeawaysLeBron James&#8217; move from the Los Angeles Lakers to the Philadelphia 76ers has broken Shohei Ohtani&#8217;s record&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":255183,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[69,71,70],"class_list":["post-255182","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-philadelphia","tag-philadelphia","tag-philadelphia-headlines","tag-philadelphia-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/255182","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=255182"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/255182\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/255183"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=255182"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=255182"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=255182"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}