The Bounce Newsletter | This is The Athletic’s daily NBA newsletter. Sign up here to receive The Bounce directly in your inbox.Today, Manu Ginóbili turns 49 years old. He’s one of my favorite players of all time and could have been a superstar, but decided to sacrifice for the greater good of the Spurs. He has some of the most spectacular plays you’ll ever see. Let’s all watch his highlights and wish Manu a happy 49th.Decision MadeWhere we stand after LeBron chose the 76ersI’ll fully admit I never really thought the Philadelphia 76ers would be the team LeBron James chose. And yet, on Friday, we had LeBron announce that he’ll join the Sixers for his 24th and possibly 25th seasons. He’s signed a two-year deal for just $8 million total, with the second year as a player option.The 41-year-old is joining Joel Embiid, Jaylen Brown, Tyrese Maxey, VJ Edgecombe and company to try to bring the 76ers their first championship since 1983. They haven’t been past the second round of the playoffs since 2001, when Allen Iverson led them to the NBA Finals. LeBron wants to help change all of that. He passed on joining Golden State, Denver and Minnesota and chose not to go back to Cleveland or Miami. And we were all pretty much in the dark until Friday.Let’s go over everything we can with the decision fallout, now that LeBron is headed for Cheesesteak City.What did James have to say about this? He put up a four-post thread on social media about the decision. These were the main takeaways:
Are the 76ers really contenders with LeBron? Plus: Eastern Conference tiers
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