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FOX Business' Madison Alworth reports unrecorded from Fanatics Fest successful New York City, detailing the immense gathering of sports fans and athletes. CEO Lance Fensterman reveals that mega-stars specified arsenic Serena Williams and David Beckham are attending. The festival anticipates 200,000 attendees implicit its four-day run, showcasing its important maturation since 2022.
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LeBron James did not denote his adjacent squad astatine Fanatics Fest connected Thursday, but helium definite stirred the pot.
The NBA's all-time starring scorer is simply a escaped cause and has said helium volition play successful an unprecedented 24th NBA season, but it remains to beryllium seen wherever helium volition go.
Common teams successful the speculated fray person been the Golden State Warriors, Miami Heat, Cleveland Cavaliers, and Philadelphia 76ers. But during a unrecorded taping of his "Mind the Game" podcast with Indiana Pacers prima Tyrese Haliburton astatine the event, James uttered a three-word operation that has often been linked to the second squad.
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LeBron James speaks onstage during The Shop Live sheet astatine Fanatics Fest NYC 2026 astatine Jacob Javits Center successful New York City connected July 17, 2026. (Roy Rochlin/Getty Images for Fanatics)
"I privation to articulation a franchise that benignant of shares the aforesaid exemplary myself of practicing title habits each day, but trusting the process much than anything," James said. "You spot the process of actually-"
James was past chopped disconnected by the fans oohing and aahing, arsenic "trust the process" has been the Sixers' de facto motto for implicit a decade.
"Hold on, clasp on, clasp on," Tyrese Haliburton butted in.
James, though, was adamant that it was not an Easter egg.
LeBron James speaks onstage during the Mind the Game sheet astatine Fanatics Fest NYC 2026 astatine Jacob Javits Center successful New York City connected July 16, 2026. (Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for Fanatics)
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"I've been saying to 'trust the process' since I was drafted successful 2003, adjacent earlier [Joel] Embiid was born," James clapped back.
James told the fans that helium "won't clasp you guys up overmuch longer."
"It's a large determination for not lone myself, but for my household arsenic well. It's not conscionable astir the team," James insisted, adding a gag that his ain son, Bronny, is present a erstwhile teammate.
"There's truthful galore different factors that I'm factoring successful close present connected what champion fits maine arsenic a player, what champion fits maine arsenic a person, and what champion fits my happiness, and besides my household arsenic well."
Los Angeles Lakers guardant LeBron James stands connected the tribunal successful the closing minutes of Game 4 of a second-round NBA playoff bid against the Oklahoma City Thunder, May 11, 2026, successful Los Angeles. (Mark J. Terrill/AP)
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James, 41, averaged 20.9 points, 7.2 assists and 6.1 rebounds past season, helping the Lakers triumph a playoff bid portion Luka Doncic and Austin Reaves were nursing injuries.
OutKick's Alejandro Avila contributed to this report.
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