During his youth football camp at Haddonfield High School in New Jersey, Eagles quarterback Saquon Barkley made his pitch to LeBron to join him in Philly.
“I think it’s one of the best sports towns in the world,” Barkley said, via NBC Sports Philadelphia. “I know Josh Hart said the opposite. I saw it today on Twitter. But I have to disagree with him. If you want to go out with a bang, I think Philly would be a great place, and bringing a championship to Philadelphia, you would be remembered forever.”
Barkley knows a thing or two about making an immediate difference in Philly. The former New York Giants star joined the Eagles in 2024 and led them to the Super Bowl with a 2,005-yard season, capped by the second Lombardi haul in franchise history.
James has won four NBA championships in his career, two with the Miami Heat, one with the Cavs and one with the Lakers.