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LeBron James has until June 29 to decide if he wants to stay in Miami or opt-out of his contract, and there’s going to be nothing but rumors and speculation until then, so let’s do that too: Could LeBron join the Sixers?

We discussed this last year thanks to NJ.com’s Eliot Shorr-Parks, and now that decision time has actually come, it seems silly to not even address it.

Shorr-Parks’ reasons the Sixers could draw LeBron from last year were:

1) Ability to sign another top-notch free agent
2) Supporting cast
3) Money
4) Coaching
5) Franchise Stability/History
6) City
7) Facilities

And you know what? Those cases have only strengthened. The Sixers have a Rookie of the Year Point Guard, the number three and ten pick in this draft (all signs point towards Wiggins at the very least), tons of money left over, and will have brand new facilities right across the river.

On top of that, a reader forwarded us this actually well put-together article hosted on Linkedin, which points to some other reasons LBJ could come here:

“Philly’s Coaching Staff: Brett Brown’s mentor was Gregg Popovich who not only beat the Heat in the finals this year, but James has a ton of respect for him.

Franchise Leadership: Sixers CEO Scott O’Neil was in the meetings when the Knicks tried to lure LeBron to New York three years ago, where he surely gained insight to his heart. And when forward thinking General Manager Sam Hinkie came to Philadelphia last year, it was clear that the Sixers would embed their strategy into advanced analytics. And while 22 of the 30 NBA teams have an analytics department, Hinkie sets his strategy apart by pointing out that the data he will be collecting is different from the current data used for player evaluation …

Lebron is producing a scripted TV show for Starz. “Survivor’s Remorse” based on two men from the streets who attain fame premiering this fall, but it isn’t based in Lebron’s hometown of Akron, it’s based in Philadelphia – his next town?

Facilities: The Sixers are breaking ground on a state of the art training facility which is quoted to be the “biggest and best in the U.S.” upon completion in 2016.”

Okay, so that Starz point is flimsy at best (as are some of the others if we’re being honest), but WE CAN DREAM. And in addition to all of this, LeBron has spoken publicly before about his goal of becoming a billionaire, even calling it his “biggest milestone.” While there are certainly richer dudes who could help LeBron achieve that (not that he even needs a lot of help), Scott O’Neil is by all accounts a smart businessman, and Josh Harris did land himself a spot on Forbes’ Richest Americans list, behind other NBA owners Micky Arison of the Heat, Dan Gilbert of the Cavs, and James Dolan of the Knicks. Actually, shit, forget that last point.

h/t reader Michaelene