Eight years after billboards asked him to come to the 76ers, LeBron James chose Philadelphia
James decided later that year to leave the Cavaliers and join the Los Angeles Lakers. The billboard bit seemed futile.Instead, maybe it was just premature. “And it was people from all walks of life, employees, former employees, friends from all over the country being like: ‘It worked.
- ▪James decided later that year to leave the Cavaliers and join the Los Angeles Lakers.
- ▪The billboard bit seemed futile.Instead, maybe it was just premature.
- ▪“And it was people from all walks of life, employees, former employees, friends from all over the country being like: ‘It worked.
2 outlets in our directory ran this story, first to last over 23 hours. All of the coverage we found sits in one bucket: right. That one-sidedness is itself worth noticing.
- ▪ Why LeBron James could be traded by the Philadelphia 76ers — California Post
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Open this photo in gallery:One of three billboards trying to entice then-Cleveland Cavalier LeBron James to come to Philadelphia are shown near a highway in 2018 in Cleveland.Tony Dejak/The Associated PressShareSave for laterPlease log in to bookmark this story.Log InCreate Free AccountLeBron James wound up picking Philadelphia, and no billboards were required.Back in February 2018, a businessman named Asher Raphael arranged for three billboards to be placed a few kilometres outside of Cleveland in a lighthearted effort to woo James to the Philadelphia 76ers. James decided later that year to leave the Cavaliers and join the Los Angeles Lakers. The billboard bit seemed futile.Instead, maybe it was just premature.
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