LeBron James' Decision Has Frozen $7 Billion-a-Year NBA Machine

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LeBron James' Decision Has Frozen $7 Billion-a-Year NBA Machine

Adam Silver said the NBA cannot finalize its 2026-27 schedule until LeBron chooses his next team. With roughly $7 billion in annual media revenue tied to an 11-year, $76 billion deal, the league must first determine where its biggest television draw belongs before assigning opening night, Christmas Day and other premium national windows across Disney, NBC and Amazon.

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Lou Williams Claims He's Believed In Shai Since The 2019 Trade

Lou and Shai were teammates during the Clippers in the latter's rookie season. "When that trade happened for Paul George, the first thing I asked was, 'was Shai in the trade?' Because that’s how much I believed in him as a rookie," said Williams. The Shai-PG trade is widely recognized as of the worst trades of the century.

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WNBA stars like Napheesa Collier have called out physical play in the WNBA, saying, "We've been compared to the NBA of the 80s, in just our physicality. And I do think that hinders the players." Diana has pushed back on this. "If you think the game is physical now, go back and watch the girls’ finals 15, 16 years ago."

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Jayson Tatum Was Far More Favored On The Celtics Than Jaylen Brown

Marc J Spears claims the Celtics have heavily favored Tatum over Brown the past couple years. "Jayson had some friends that were hired by the team, Jaylen doesn’t, when Jayson was hurt, Jaylen was in the starting lineup, they announced him last, when Jayson came back that changed." A trade for Brown seems to have been inevitable in hindsight.

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