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LeBron James
Every Onpode episode on LeBron James.
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Nick Nurse just revealed LeBron will be the 76ers' primary ball-handler and offense creator76ers head coach Nick Nurse said on August 5 that LeBron James will 'bring the ball up the floor and try to create for himself or others' — a role that 'lends itself to point guard.' At 41, James would run the offense alongside three existing ball-dominant stars: Joel Embiid, Jaylen Brown, and Tyrese Maxey.
LeBron James is now a 76er — here's the one move that sealed the dealLeBron James signed with the Philadelphia 76ers on July 24 on a two-year, $8 million veteran's minimum deal — down from $53 million with the Lakers. 76ers GM Mike Gansey confirmed the July 1 Jaylen Brown trade from Boston was the specific move that made Philadelphia viable for LeBron.
Reports claim LeBron's closing an ESPN 'Last Dance' doc — but his manager just pushed backOn July 30, The Athletic reported LeBron James and ESPN were at the 'one-yard line' on a Last Dance-style documentary. Within hours, LeBron's manager Maverick Carter posted a capital-NOT denial on X — but never denied the deal itself, only the Jordan-era framing. SpringHill Entertainment likely kept the archorship.
LeBron James just joined the 76ers on a historic pay-cut deal — here's whyLeBron James, at 41, signed a two-year, $8 million veteran-minimum deal with the Philadelphia 76ers — the lowest annual salary of his career — yet negotiated a 15% trade kicker and a second-year player option, preserving every financial exit while publicly framing the move as pure championship pursuit.
NBA insiders now see Cleveland as the clear frontrunner for LeBron's 24th seasonCleveland is widely cited as the frontrunner for LeBron James's 24th NBA season, but that consensus is built less on confirmed intelligence than on Klutch Sports Group's controlled ambiguity — a whiteboard at Wimbledon, Rich Paul's 'happiness over money' framing, and rival teams leaking their own fear to ESPN.
The Lakers planned to move on from LeBron — and the feeling was mutualThe Lakers structurally decided to move on from LeBron James the moment the Luka Dončić trade closed in February — months before LeBron's camp declined a video meeting with the team. NBA insider Ric Bucher argues the 'mutual breakup' framing was a narrative the Lakers allowed to circulate, not a joint decision.