{"id":255236,"date":"2026-07-30T04:51:21","date_gmt":"2026-07-30T04:51:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/255236\/"},"modified":"2026-07-30T04:51:21","modified_gmt":"2026-07-30T04:51:21","slug":"eagles-players-excited-to-have-lebron-james-part-of-philadelphias-super-cool-culture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/255236\/","title":{"rendered":"Eagles players excited to have LeBron James part of Philadelphia\u2019s \u2018super cool\u2019 culture"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"LeBron<\/p>\n

LeBron James agreed to a two-year deal worth $8 million with the Philadelphia 76ers. Gary A. Vasquez \/ Imagn Images<\/p>\n

PHILADELPHIA \u2014 Before Philadelphia Eagles DT Jordan Davis spoke to reporters at the team\u2019s training camp practice Wednesday, he asked: \u201cHow do we feel about LeBron?\u201d<\/p>\n

The newest Philadelphia 76er is a topic throughout the sports world, including the Eagles locker room.<\/p>\n

LeBron James, the NBA\u2019s all-time leading scorer and four-time NBA champion, agreed to a two-year deal worth $8 million<\/a> last week. It will be a record 24th season for the NBA great.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think for what he represents in sports and sports culture, it\u2019s huge \u2014 and it\u2019s huge for the city of Philadelphia,\u201d Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts said. \u201cIt\u2019ll be exciting to have a figure like that in the city, what he\u2019s done, one of the greatest to ever do it. I\u2019m excited to be a part of that.\u201d<\/p>\n

LeBron James to Philadelphia? Saquon Barkley makes his pitch<\/p>\n

Zach Berman<\/p>\n

James joins a team with championship aspiration, much like the Eagles. The 76ers, who play across the street from Lincoln Financial Field at Xfinity Mobile Arena, hold the third-best odds to win the NBA Finals this upcoming season (+800). The Eagles enter 2026 coming off back-to-back NFC East titles, and the team\u2019s Super Bowl LIX win after the 2024 season is still fresh.<\/p>\n

Perhaps James makes his way around the Eagles at some point. General manager Howie Roseman was asked about James as his news conference ended Wednesday. He said James is invited to Eagles practice any time.<\/p>\n

Eagles star wide receiver DeVonta Smith, a noted Celtics fan, might feel conflicted: \u201cLooks like the Sixers are trying to go win one. Can\u2019t be mad at that.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Eagles might have helped recruit James to Philadelphia indirectly.<\/p>\n

Running back Saquon Barkley, who said before James signed with the 76ers that you\u2019re \u201cremembered forever\u201d if you win a title in Philadelphia, added that \u201cthe city of Philadelphia is a super cool place to be for sports in how involved the fans are, and having LeBron here is great for the culture.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Play today’s puzzle<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LeBron James agreed to a two-year deal worth $8 million with the Philadelphia 76ers. Gary A. Vasquez \/…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":255237,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[4794,69,1002,4538,71,70],"class_list":["post-255236","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-philadelphia","tag-nba","tag-philadelphia","tag-philadelphia-76ers","tag-philadelphia-eagles","tag-philadelphia-headlines","tag-philadelphia-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/255236","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=255236"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/255236\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/255237"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=255236"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=255236"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=255236"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}