Those NBA schedule-makers who have been stuck in limbo can go ahead and hit overdrive now. LeBron James might have made their work pretty simple.Opening night, go ahead and expect Philadelphia at New York.Christmas Day, go ahead and expect Philadelphia on the schedule.National television games, go ahead and give Philadelphia a ton of those, too.The 76ers got perhaps the biggest bargain in sports history on Friday, when James — the NBA’s all-time scoring king — announced he would be finishing his career in Philadelphia. It is mindboggling to consider that LeBron James (at about $3.9 million) is going to cost the 76ers roughly as much as rookie Labaron Philon (at about $3.6 million) will this coming season, which simultaneously makes no sense and perfect sense.James, as always, knows exactly what he’s doing. It’s one last chance to do something that nobody else has done. He could win a championship with a fourth different franchise, which would be an NBA first. It might be the only thing left to inspire him.All the other records that were once within his reach are now in his hands. His scoring record probably isn’t going to get caught. His longevity record — playing 24 or 25 years — probably isn’t going to get caught. He’s not going to catch Bill Russell for the most championships, though one more would give him five and tie Kobe Bryant. But winning four in four different cities, that would be another way for James to stand alone.“I still want to sacrifice,” James wrote on Friday when he let the world know his decision to join the 76ers. “I still want to work. I still want to grind. I still want to compete, to win and to have a chance at the feeling of winning another championship.”
LeBron James picks his final NBA challenge, and Philadelphia was his ultimate answer
Those NBA schedule-makers who have been stuck in limbo can go ahead and hit overdrive now. LeBron James might have made their work pretty simple.










