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In an unprecedented twenty fourth season within the NBA, LeBron James will attempt to make much more historical past along with his new fourth group.
James signed a two-year take care of the Philadelphia 76ers late final month, becoming a member of a group with newly acquired Jaylen Brown, one-time MVP Joel Embiid and scoring machine Tyrese Maxey to make them a championship contender within the Japanese Convention.
No participant has ever received an NBA title with 4 separate groups (James is certainly one of 4 gamers to win with three, together with John Salley, Robert Horry and Danny Inexperienced), however earlier than James tries to convey one to Philly for the primary time since 1983, his Los Angeles Lakers legacy is already a scorching matter.
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Shaquille O’Neal, normal supervisor of Crew Shaq, and LeBron James excessive 5 earlier than the 74th NBA All-Star Sport at Chase Heart in San Francisco, California, on Feb. 16, 2025. (Jim Poorten/NBAE by way of Getty Photographs)
James helped the Lakers win the 2020 NBA title within the Disney “bubble” for his fourth title, for every of which he was named the Finals MVP. That’s sufficient, Shaquille O’Neal says, to be thought-about a Lakers nice.
“He positively received a championship there and was an enormous recreation participant, so he’s within the constructing,” O’Neal instructed Fox Information Digital in a current interview.
However he stopped in need of placing him within the “prime flooring.”
“Prime flooring belongs to Magic (Johnson), Kobe (Bryant), and Kareem (Abdul-Jabbar). I’m going to place Kareem,” O’Neal continued. “The second flooring is me and people different guys.
LeBron James, middle, poses with Adam Silver, left and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar after turning into the all-time NBA scoring chief, passing Kareem Abdul-Jabbar at 38388 factors throughout the third quarter in opposition to the Oklahoma Metropolis Thunder at Crypto.com Enviornment on Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2023 in Los Angeles, CA. (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Occasions by way of Getty Photographs)
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“Kobe and Magic performed there longer than I did, and Magic was the primary man to convey that ‘set.’ LeBron will most likely all the time be beneath these guys, however that does not take away from what he’s executed within the recreation.”
Whereas discussing the timeless James, O’Neal recalled his timeless reminiscences of consuming Fortunate Charms, because the self-dubbed cereal professional might be serving to “the largest cereal fan” win money prizes, a hangout with the Huge Diesel and extra by way of Common Mills’ newest contest.
“I eat cereal as a result of it brings out the child in me,” the latest Common Mills companion mentioned. “It’s what I love to do after I’m watching motion pictures; final evening, I used to be watching “Stranger Issues Chapter 3,” and it got here on so excellent I needed to pause it and go in there and get me some Fortunate Charms, buddy. An enormous bowl, too. I got here again in, turned my mild on, turned the AC all the way down to make it colder within the room, and hit play; it simply made me really feel like a child as a result of I’ve all the time been a Fortunate Charms fan.
“Regardless that I’m 54, after I get dwelling on my own and I’m watching a film, I prefer to take it again to after I was age 9 or 10 the place mother and pa had been sleeping. I’d go downstairs, get a pleasant bowl of cereal, and I would have to clean the bowl earlier than they obtained up so no one knew I had my bowl of cereal… Teaming up with Common Mills was an ideal match as a result of I’ve been consuming these cereals perpetually.”
The one factor about James’ transfer to the Metropolis of Brotherly Love, nonetheless, is that there’s, in reality, only one basketball.
LeBron James speaks onstage throughout the thoughts the sport panel at Fanatics Fest NYC 2026 at Jacob Javits Heart on July 16, 2026 in New York Metropolis. (Photograph by Kevin Mazur/Getty Photographs for Fanatics) (Kevin Mazur/Getty Photographs for Fanatics)
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“For those who have a look at that roster, it might be a legendary or harmful roster. The damaging half is I’m fearful about Maxey and Brown, as a result of Embiid goes to need the ball, and LeBron loves having the ball. Brown and Maxey are each used to having the ball deep into the shot clock to get into their shot. With LeBron holding the ball and Embiid wanting it within the publish, them getting solely two or three seconds with the shot clock is a distinct recreation. I do not know if they’ll be prepared for that,” O’Neal mentioned.
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