Photo credit: Howard Smith-USA TODAY Sports

Photo credit: Howard Smith-USA TODAY Sports

LeBron James opted out of his contract with the Heat.

I’m telling you, the Sixers have enough money to sign LeBron and whatever Robin he wants (likely Carmelo Anthony, who also opted out of his contract), and combine those guys with a rookie of the year point guard and two top 10 draft picks. They have a mega billionaire owner with deep ties to the entertainment industry, a first-of-its-kind multi-city, multi-sport partnership with Party Poker, and they call the fourth largest market in the country home. If LeBron wants to play in a big city without all the attention of New York or LA, team up with another All-Star, be surrounded by young talent, a coach who comes with Gregg Popovich’s blessing, and a billionaire owner capable of making LeBron the first billionaire athlete… well, the Sixers would be a good fit. I’ve yet to hear one decent argument why this wouldn’t make sense. He wants to win now? Pretty sure LeBron, Melo and four top 10 draft picks is a win-now, or at least win-in-a-year, situation.

Eliot Shorr-Parks, Charles Barkley, Mike Greenberg, some guy on LinkedIn and Vince Quinn of CBS Philly all share my thoughts (and desire for page views). Here’s Quinn, written this morning:

Philadelphia is an interesting option because the team is shapeless. With a lack of starting-caliber players and the salaries that pay them the Sixers are capable of anything and everything. In fact, their biggest financial concern last season was being below the salary floor. As a result, LeBron would have the potential to build his own team from scratch. The King would get what he wants.

You’d like to play with Carmelo Anthony? Done. Add Rajon Rondo to the mix in 2015? Why not? Heck, let’s make you another Harlem Shake video while we’re at it. Life’s a garden, dig it.

With LeBron in town, the Sixers would become a powerhouse overnight as a team tailored to his highness’ desires. There would be no concerns with Dwyane Wade and his aging knees or pressure from playing in the same town as Michael Jordan. Philadelphia would be a blank canvas to mold to his liking and—more importantly—it’s definitely not Cleveland.

Of course, LeBron could take more or less money to stay with the Heat to become more rich or give the team more flexibility to build a winner in a more desirable location than Philly, New York or Cleveland. Or, you know, this:

TELL ME I’M CRAZY! TELL ME I’M CRAZY!

AND OH MY GOD IT HAS A WEBSITE.