Where LeBron James lands in NBA free agency biggest winners, losers
We’re now into the dog days of the NBA season. LeBron James made his decision.Luka Doncic got his center in Walker Kessler.
Giannis Antetokounmpo is with the Heat. Over the last few months, there have been some seismic changes in the NBA, leaving the landscape looking very different heading into next season. Here are the biggest winners and losers so far this summer. The 76ers traded Paul George for Jaylen Brown and acquired James in free agency, catapulting them into becoming championship contenders.Brown finished sixth in MVP voting last season.
James is easily a top-20 player in the NBA. The 76ers have gone from being mired in mediocrity, failing to get past the second round of the playoffs since they drafted Joel Embiid with the No.3 overall pick in 2014, to becoming the most interesting team in the league.There are a lot of questions about how this roster will work.
There might be too many chefs in the kitchen with Embiid, Brown, James, Tyrese Maxey and V.J.Edgecombe all needing touches. But the 76ers have the potential to move the needle.
James went to the opposite coast of his family and joined a team with which he has no history because he believes they give him his best chance of winning his fifth championship.That says a lot about the 76ers’ prospects. The Warriors went all in on trying to get James onto their team.
Steph Curry, who normally remains mum about front office moves, publicly pitched for James to join the Warriors.Draymond Green declined his $27.7 million player option so the Warriors could pay James more money. But James chose to join the 76ers, and the Warriors have pretty much stood pat this offseason.
That leaves Curry, who turns 39 next season, running things back with the same roster he had last season— you know, the one that didn’t make the playoffs.Jimmy Butler and Moses Moody will miss the start of the season because of injuries.
The Warriors know they’re not title contenders next season. That’s a shame for...