ESPN and LeBron James are finalizing a deal to chronicle the NBA superstar\u2019s time with the Philadelphia 76ers in a behind-the-scenes documentary, The Athletic reported Thursday.<\/p>\n
A source said the talks are at the \u201c1-yard line,\u201d with the project being similar to \u201cThe Last Dance\u201d series featuring Michael Jordan. That 10-part series, co-produced by ESPN Films and Netflix, aired in 2020 to great acclaim.<\/p>\n
James, 41, signed with the Sixers on Sunday in what is expected to be the final move of his legendary career. A camera crew will document the four-time NBA MVP\u2019s chase for a fifth championship ring, per the report.<\/p>\n
The documentary reportedly will include footage from throughout the 22-time All-Star\u2019s career, including never-before-seen clips of the league\u2019s all-time leading scorer.<\/p>\n
James signed a two-year, $8-million deal with Philadelphia following eight seasons with the Los Angeles Lakers (2018-26), four with the Miami Heat (2010-14) and 11 with the Cleveland Cavaliers (2003-10, 2014-18).<\/p>\n
There should be no shortage of documentary material on James, who has been in the public eye since bursting onto the scene as a 17-year-old Sports Illustrated cover athlete in 2002. He won NBA titles with each of his three previous teams, most recently with the Lakers in 2019-20.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ESPN and LeBron James are finalizing a deal to chronicle the NBA superstar\u2019s time with the Philadelphia 76ers…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":794853,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[64],"tags":[355,99],"class_list":["post-794852","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-nba","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/794852","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=794852"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/794852\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/794853"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=794852"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=794852"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=794852"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}