Jeremy Lin: Warriors won’t be contenders even if they land LeBron James

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Oh No He Didn't: Jeremy Lin on if the Warriors will be title contenders IF they get LeBron James: 'That's not a championship contending team, even with LeBron. I don't see them beating OKC, I don't see them beating San Antonio unless there is some serious injuries. I think they need some youth, they some energy, they need some burst, they need multiple guys who are young and can bring a lot of energy.'

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Philadelphia is a potential destination for LeBron James this summer, and one of the city’s biggest stars just weighed in on the highly touted free-agent sweepstakes. The Phillies’ Bryce Harper was asked where he believes James will play next season during the team’s series opener against the Mets on Thursday. — 7/16/2026 New York Post

“I don’t know. I think he’s going to the Cavs. I think he’s going back home to end his career there. But you never know. “Obviously, [the Sixers] got a couple guys over there that are fun to play with. They got Jaylen Brown. You wanna come to a crazy city and have some fun? This is it,” Harper said while mic’d up during the game. — 7/16/2026 New York Post

ESPN Cleveland: “I mean it’s home, we’ve done it once, let’s do it again, simple as that,”- Donovan Mitchell on his pitch to LeBron James to return to the Cavs. — 7/16/2026 x.com

NBA on ESPN: Draymond's switching to No. 5 if LeBron goes to the Warriors — 7/16/2026 x.com

Alex Sherman: Adam Silver says at Game Plan that he wants LeBron to make a decision because the league needs to make the schedule, and teams and media companies are getting antsy. — 7/16/2026 x.com

Tim Reynolds: LeBron James, on his basketball mortality: "My favorite basketball player of all-time and my inspiration was Michael Jordan. There was an end for him. If there was an end for one of the greatest to ever play the game of basketball, it's inevitable it's going to happen to all of us." — 7/16/2026 x.com

Zach Weinberger: Pat Riley on the #Heat being in the LeBron James sweepstakes: “I don't know….To be transparent about it, we've had discussions over a week ago, maybe a week before that about it, but right now I think we're like everybody else, we're just waiting to see what he does…” — 7/16/2026 x.com

Anthony Chiang: Pat Riley on where things stand with a potential LeBron James return to the Heat: "Right now, I think we're like everybody else. We're just waiting to see what he does, and then we'll see what happens." — 7/16/2026 x.com

Barry Jackson: Windy said today that not only does nobody in the league know where he's going, but the teams interested haven't been told what factors will drive the decision. — 7/16/2026 x.com

Heat Central: Giannis on playing the Miami version of LeBron James early in his career “I saw LeBron up close and Wade a those guys and I was like ‘oh sh*t I gotta get better.’ There’s this picture I’m driving the ball going left and I have the ball in my hand and LeBron kind of swiped it, he took the ball and me at the same time. I had 11 points, I was good. We lost by 30 but I was good!” — 7/16/2026 x.com

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