LeBron James camp reached out to the New York Knicks during free agency but they weren’t interested in pursuing him, per @AmicoHoops
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Karl Hale, Toronto tournament director, says he’s very confident that Jannik Sinner & Carlos Alcaraz will be in Montreal next year, ‘I said ‘2026 you’re gonna be in Montreal. Just make sure that happens’
“As far as the top player withdrawals, it’s definitely not what we want. Draper is out for Cincinnati as well in the season. Novak is out for Cincinnati as well. So those players were injuries. I think Carlos and Sinner have to look at our tour, the ATP Tour, and commit to these majors. So we’re in talks with them to ensure that going forward that they’ll be participating in our event. Also next year there’s 3 weeks between Wimbledon and Montreal. Where this year, it was two weeks. It was a really tight turnaround.”
“The calendar is an issue. It’s too long. There are too many tournaments. Too many 250s and 500s. The Saudi event is coming. So we’re talking about how that will look going forward. I think they’ll be announcing very shortly what the Saudi event will look like and then the tour at large.”
“I actually told them [Sinner and Alcaraz], because we were in talks when they withdrew, we talked to them for several days and then I said ‘Okay, we’re here… 2026 you’re gonna be in Montreal. Just make sure that happens.’ I’m very very confident that they’ll be in Montreal next year and I don’t think it’s an issue because of what we’re doing with the tours and the bonus pools and all of those things and also the 3 weeks between our tournaments next year.”
(via @NothingMajorPod)
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LeBron James, the Chosen 1, wore the following numbers in his NBA career:
23 for the Cavs
6 for the Heat
23 again for the Cavs
23 for the Lakers
Add all the numbers above and you get 76.
Foreshadowing his final franchise, the 76ers.