{"id":2062126,"date":"2026-07-25T23:27:40","date_gmt":"2026-07-25T20:27:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2062126"},"modified":"2026-07-25T23:27:40","modified_gmt":"2026-07-25T20:27:40","slug":"kentavious-caldwell-pope-set-to-join-76ers-reunite-with-lebron-james-sources","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2062126","title":{"rendered":"Kentavious Caldwell-Pope set to join 76ers, reunite with LeBron James: Sources"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"Article_ContentContainer__jBNW3 article-content-container bodytext1\">\n<p>Kentavious Caldwell-Pope is planning to join the Philadelphia 76ers after reaching a buyout agreement with the Memphis Grizzlies, league sources confirmed to <em>The Athletic<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>The sources were granted anonymity so they could discuss front-office strategy. NBA reporter Chris Haynes <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ChrisBHaynes\/status\/2080866521694535812\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">first reported late Friday<\/a> that Caldwell-Pope, 33, and the Grizzlies were negotiating a buyout.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad-container\">\n<div class=\"ad-wrapper article-treatment\">\n<div class=\"ad-slug-container\">\n<p class=\"ad-slug\">Advertisement<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"mid1\" data-position=\"mid1\" class=\"ad place-ad\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Caldwell-Pope joining the Sixers would reunite him with LeBron James, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/7417464\/2026\/07\/24\/lebron-james-contract-76ers-free-agency\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">who announced on Friday<\/a> that he\u2019ll be signing with the Sixers for his NBA-record 24th season. Caldwell-Pope and James won an NBA championship together with the Los Angeles Lakers in 2020. Caldwell-Pope was also a member of the Denver Nuggets\u2019 title squad in 2023.<\/p>\n<p>Last season, Caldwell-Pope averaged 8.4 points per game in 51 contests with the Grizzlies. He shot 31.6 percent from 3, his lowest mark since 2015-16 with the Detroit Pistons. The Sixers can only offer him a minimum deal, similar to the one James agreed to.<\/p>\n<p>As for the Grizzlies, they had no room on the roster for Caldwell-Pope and would have had to cut him before the season and eat a $21 million salary. Instead, they will happily pocket whatever savings they negotiated on his buyout.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kentavious Caldwell-Pope is planning to join the Philadelphia 76ers after reaching a buyout agreement with the Memphis Grizzlies, league sources confirmed to The Athletic. The sources were granted anonymity so they could discuss front-office strategy. NBA reporter Chris Haynes first reported late Friday that Caldwell-Pope, 33, and the Grizzlies were negotiating a buyout. Advertisement Caldwell-Pope [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[226,241],"class_list":["post-2062126","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-crawlmanager","tag-nytimes-com"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2062126","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2062126"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2062126\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2062126"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2062126"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2062126"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}