NBA All-Star Weekend features tons of parties and events that bring together players from different teams in ways that rarely happen at any other time. Sometimes the groupings of players are completely random, featuring guys that happen to be friends, but often times it’s groups of guys that have the same representation or brand alignment.
So, Saturday night after the festivities at Staples Center a number of stars from Klutch Sports got together for the annual Beats party and more. Among them were LeBron James, John Wall, Tristan Thompson and Ben Simmons, who snapped some photos together.
Simmons snagged a couple of those pictures for his Instagram, including one of a very happy LeBron laughing at something Wall and Thompson appear to be discussing. The photo is good but the caption is the part that will raise the most eyebrows.
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When the clock rolls over to midnight on June 30 that will make it July 1 and LeBron will hit free agency. At that moment the mad dash to try and pull the King out of The Land will begin and the Sixers are among the teams that will have the cap space and talent to make a legitimate run at James.
Simmons and James have become pretty close over the past few years and the Rookie of the Year candidate seems to hope he can go from friends to teammates with LeBron this summer. Whether Philadelphia can convince James his best chance of winning a title is with the Sixers rather than the Cavs or Lakers or (possibly) Rockets remains to be seen, but you can bet Simmons will be working hard on LeBron over the coming months.
