76ers Players Intensify Push for 41-Year-Old LeBron James as Free Agency Enters Week 2
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Updated · ESPN · Jul 14
76ers Players Intensify Push for 41-Year-Old LeBron James as Free Agency Enters Week 2
3 articles · Updated · ESPN · Jul 14
Summary
Tyrese Maxey, Joel Embiid and Jaylen Brown have all contacted LeBron James, with Maxey leading Philadelphia's player-driven recruiting effort as his free agency stretches into a second week.
Maxey's ties to James run deepest: both are Klutch Sports clients, they have trained together in recent offseasons, and Maxey has publicly called the 41-year-old star a "big brother."
Philadelphia's front office is reinforcing that push. President Mike Gansey said the team has been talking with agent Rich Paul since the Jaylen trade, while owner-group executive Bob Myers pitched the Sixers as James' best chance to win.
League sources still list the 76ers among James' top potential destinations alongside Cleveland and Miami, with James set for multiple public appearances in New York later this week but no decision yet.