Doc Rivers was on a plane from LA to Philly "within 24 hours of losing his job."

Rich Paul circles Philadelphia on the famous whiteboard as LeBron announces his decision

Charania The only coach that LeBron James spoke to during this 3-week-long process was Sixers head coach Nick Nurse

Rich Paul circles Philadelphia on the LeBron destination White Board Its Philly

Windhorst In the last few days I dont think Philly really loved their position in the running Their big pitch was trading for Jaylen Brown but LeBron kept making it a point to reach out to the 76ers players and give them hope that they were still involved

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Charania Philadelphia was not in the picture for LeBron until after the Jaylen Brown trade and within 24 hours LeBron was taking their pitch very seriously It's currently a hierarchy of Cleveland Miami and Philadelphia and then teams on the periphery