LeBron James is the most sought-after free agent of the summer, and as it turns out, it's not just NBA players that are recruiting him.
Philadelphia Eagles quarterback attended a game of the NBA Finals in Cleveland and is now actively recruiting James to the Philadelphia 76ers.
Carson Wentz on LeBron James: "I hope he’s coming. Ertz and I were there other night. Unfortunately, he lost. I didn’t care who won in that game. But seeing him live, we decided to make it a recruiting trip.”
— Zach Berman (@ZBerm) June 13, 2018
Wentz is recovering from ACL surgery, but that hasn't stopped him from trying to help out the other teams in the City of Brotherly Love.
Not everyone thinks that James to the Sixers is a good idea because of the negative effects it could have on Joel Embiid and Ben Simmons. Charles Barkley thinks that with Simmons, Embiid, and James always needing the ball in their hands, it wouldn't work.
“He's not coming to the Sixers,” Barkley said. “He's not coming to the Sixers because he needs the ball, Simmons needs the ball and Embiid needs the ball. That would make Simmons useless.”
“He's not going to give the ball up at this stage of his career,” Barkley said. “He's not a great shooter, so you can't play him off the ball. I guarantee you [defenders] would let him shoot threes all night. Guys would love him to shoot threes. … It would hurt Embiid and Simmons going forward.”
James has a big decision on his hand and there is no question that the Sixers will probably at least get a visit from the King and even with Barkley's words, if James says that is where he wants to go, the Sixers aren't going to say no.
It's going to be a fun summer around the NBA, and everything will get heated up on July 1st.
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