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Stephen Curry confirmed something Warriors fans had assumed for months without ever hearing him say it outright: he actively tried to recruit LeBron James to join Golden State this summer, before James ultimately signed with the Philadelphia 76ers. Curry didn't shy away from admitting it. "If anybody didn't try, I think they'd be a fool," Curry said, adding that seeing a player of James' stature get to choose his own next chapter was good for the league as a whole.
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Eurohoops: 6️⃣ EuroLeague players will earn a higher salary than LeBron ($3,8M) will with the 76ers in the upcoming season 👀📊 🔴 Vasilije Micic — $5,6M 🟢 Kendrick Nunn — $5,3M 🟢 Guerschon Yabusele — $5M 🟢 Nigel Hayes-Davis — $4,5M 🔴 Sasha Vezenkov — $4,2M 🟢 Sylvain Francisco — $4M
Given what we know about helicopters, are we sure it’s a good idea for LeBron to be commuting from New York to Philly via that manner, as you’ve suggested might be the case? Brian Windhorst: Well, I don’t know if that’s what he’s going to do. I think what I heard was the first inclination that the 76ers got that they might actually win the sweepstakes was that LeBron started asking questions to people on the team about commuting, and like where to live and like what about commuting between New York and Philly. I don’t know if he’s made up his mind. I’m sure we’ll get an update on that at Media Day. But it just so happens that the Sixers’ actual practice facility in South Jersey has a premium helipad. It was constructed here because Josh Harris, their owner, routinely commutes from New York to Philadelphia by helicopter. But I don’t know. I said that I knew that LeBron had investigated it.
Patrick Beverley: "It's nothing I've ever experienced in basketball in my life. That Heat culture is absolutely real. Anyone who's been there, the practice facility, the locker room is downstairs, you got to go upstairs to get to the practice facility. Before you open the door to get to the practice facility, you have to have on knee pads and your jersey has to be tucked in every single time. I don't care who you is. Discipline off the rip. Before LeBron James got to the Heat, they didn't have a motherfucker with no headband. Think about it."
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Front Office Sports: Kevin Hart and LeBron James are planning a YouTube golf match, but they're not rushing it. Tune into @FOSTonight at 11 p.m. ET for the full interview with Hart.
Brian Windhorst and The Hoop Collective are taking their podcast on a global tour in October, as the ESPN/Omaha Productions show will travel to Manila, Macau, and Melbourne. The ESPN NBA insider spoke to Front Office Sports about the impetus for the tour, if he was surprised that Adam Silver dropped the hammer on the Clippers, and several elements of LeBron James signing with the 76ers.
Oh No He Didn't: Anthony Slater on how involved Steph is in personnel decisions: "He's heard, his voice matters. Mike Dunleavy will call him at various points. And obviously, anytime Steph Curry calls, Mike Dunleavy, Joe Lacob, they will pick up, and they'll hear what he has to say. But he doesn't want to be too involved, he never has wanted to be too involved. He called LeBron James this summer as a recruiter, he'll do that, but I'll give you an example. A couple of years ago, the Warriors were deep in trade talks for several players. They ended up trading for Jimmy Butler, but Steph Curry very much values his place as a leader in the locker room. And he doesn't wanna be viewed as moving chest pieces around. He was very friendly with Andrew Wiggins. They had to trade Andrew Wiggins to get any of those trades done. So Steph Curry, I think always is wanted a separation between front office and him. And that's how he's always kept it"
FullCourtPass: Steph Curry on if watching LeBron James switch teams is appealing to him "Not at all. I've always stated that I wanna be a lifer with Golden State… My mission is to stay in Golden State and be competitive, the contract stuff will take care of itself"
Oh No He Didn't: "We just saw your buddy LeBron James go through this process. Is that appealing to you at all?" Steph: "Not at all. I've always stated that I wanna be a lifer with Golden State. What we've built there, the fact that I get to run it back this year with Draymond and Coach Kerr. All the contract stuff is this NBA thing from year to year is so crazy things change really fast. But I do know my interest and mission to stay in Golden State and be competitive is there and the contract stuff will take care of itself"
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Dwyane Wade on LeBron James signing with 76ers: "How can I say this without saying it too much. I don't want to say too much... I don’t think we’ve seen the end of what this move is. I think it’s more to this move. And so, I’ll just leave it at that"
The prediction-market platform is paying James $15 million a year under the recently announced partnership, sources tell FOS. James is not an investor in Polymarket, just an endorser, one source says. The length of his agreement with Polymarket was not clear, although one source says it’s an “ongoing engagement” with multiple “deliverables,” such as social media posts and other content. Under the deal, James will focus on promoting football, not basketball.
LeBron James will make more money from his Polymarket partnership than from playing for the 76ers, Front Office Sports has learned. The prediction-market platform is paying James $15 million a year under the recently announced partnership, sources tell FOS. James is not an investor in Polymarket, just an endorser, one source says. The length of his agreement with Polymarket was not clear, although one source says it’s an “ongoing engagement” with multiple “deliverables,” such as social media posts and other content. Under the deal, James will focus on promoting football, not basketball.
Derek Jeter and Eli Manning, who also appeared in the Polymarket commercial first teased by James, are being paid under “smaller” endorsement deals than James’s, one source says. The commercial featured a slew of other athletes and celebrities, including Spike Lee, Reggie Bush, and Alexandra Daddario; some of the celebrities were paid just for that one commercial, rather than for longer-term endorsement deals, the source says. Other than James, Jeter, and Manning, it wasn’t clear who has long-term agreements in place versus who received a one-time payment to appear in the ad.
