LeBron's 93% Pay Cut and the Fanatics Helicopter
LeBron James took a 93% pay cut, from $52.6 million to the $3.87 million veteran minimum, to sign with the Sixers, and the helicopter flying him between New York and Philadelphia is branded for the league sponsor who used to co-own the team he's now on. Pablo Torre pulled the flight records, the tail number history and the Fanatics paperwork, and I go through what he found: the corporate aviation perk traces back to LeBron's 2024 Fanatics card deal, the chopper's tail number switched to match him a week before he signed, and Topps broke the Sixers news before any NBA reporter did. I'm not…
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