Lebron X Philly Narrative
Obviously id love to see LeBron go to Philly. He’s the missing piece that turns a 3-6 seed into a serious contender for Philly.
I see a lot of people post here (r/NBA) saying the reason why Philly doesn’t work is because we rely on Embiid health. That was true in the past. If Embiid is healthy we can go the distance. Obviously that has never happened. The difference is now we have Jaylen Brown who, i would argue, makes this team much more immune to Embiid-less stretches. It feels similar to how the Celtics had Porzingi-wingi in 2024 as the nail in the coffin.
That being said, I don’t understand how people can make this argument given that LeBron said he wants to team up with Anthony Davis and Steph Curry. AD is just as injury prone as Embiid and I would argue, although biased, that Embiid is better than AD. Steph similarly is not a pillar of durability AND if Steph gets hurt the Warriors would be totally reliant on Bron. So in my mind, if LeBron’s original #1 option was to go to the warriors with Steph and AD, doesn’t care about Injury luck to a certain extent. Plus the Sixers have the added benefit of no longer being totally reliant on Embiids health with the three headed guard dragon of VJ, Maxey and Brown.
Obviously Cleveland makes the most sense from a narrative standpoint if you look at it as he finishes his career at his Hometown team, but I feel like he’s already done that by returning in 2016. LeBron going to Philly would make him the first star to be a significant contributor on (hopefully) 4 different teams.
TLDR; Philly and Cleveland are exchangeable #1 and #2 destinations in my mind for LeBron. One for being a narrative choice, the other for being a championship choice.
P.S. I tried posting in r/nba but it was removed for some reason. Anyone know why or how I can find out why?