{"id":146,"date":"2026-08-27T00:01:55","date_gmt":"2026-08-27T00:01:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kcfj570am.com\/?p=146"},"modified":"2026-08-27T00:01:55","modified_gmt":"2026-08-27T00:01:55","slug":"lebron-james-to-face-former-team-in-1st-home-game-with-philadelphia-76ers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kcfj570am.com\/?p=146","title":{"rendered":"LeBron James to face former team in 1st home game with Philadelphia 76ers"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/syndication.abcaudio.com\/files\/2026-08-11\/Getty_LebronJames_081126.jpg\" alt><figcaption>LeBron James speaks onstage during the TIME100 Sports Gala at Pier 60, Chelsea Piers on July 16, 2026, in New York City. (Photo by Jemal Countess\/Getty Images for TIME)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>(NEW YORK) &#8212; NBA star LeBron James will make his home regular season debut with the Philadelphia 76ers on Thursday, Oct. 22, ESPN&#8217;s Malika Andrews announced Tuesday on &#8220;Good Morning America.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>James and the 76ers will play his former team, the Cleveland Cavaliers in Philadelphia. The game will air on ESPN.<\/p>\n<p>Two months later, on Christmas Day, James will face off against his former team, the Los Angeles Lakers, and his son Bronny James.<\/p>\n<p>LeBron James announced in July his decision to join the 76ers after spending eight seasons with the Lakers.<\/p>\n<p>The four-time NBA champion and four-time MVP wrote on social media of his decision, &#8220;I believe I can help make the Philadelphia 76ers a championship team and I am so excited to energize a new fan base and start this incredible journey one last time.<\/p>\n<p>His decision to join the Philadelphia 76ers puts him on a roster with all-stars Joel Embiid, Jaylen Brown and Tyrese Maxey.<\/p>\n<p>LeBron James, also the NBA&#8217;s all-time leading scorer, agreed to a two-year, $8 million deal with a player option, according to ESPN&#8217;s Shams Charania, citing his agent, Rich Paul.<\/p>\n<p>LeBron James&#8217; first season with the 76ers will be his 24th season in the NBA. He previously played for the Miami Heat in addition to the Cavaliers and the Lakers.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Walt Disney Co. is the parent company of ABC News and ESPN.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2026, ABC Audio. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LeBron James speaks onstage during the TIME100 Sports Gala at Pier 60, Chelsea Piers on July 16, 2026, in New York City. (Photo by Jemal Countess\/Getty Images for TIME) (NEW YORK) &#8212; NBA star LeBron James will make his home regular season debut with the Philadelphia 76ers on Thursday, Oct. 22, ESPN&#8217;s Malika Andrews announced [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":248,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-146","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kcfj570am.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kcfj570am.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kcfj570am.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kcfj570am.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kcfj570am.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=146"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.kcfj570am.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kcfj570am.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/248"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kcfj570am.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=146"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kcfj570am.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=146"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kcfj570am.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=146"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}