NBA betting on the 76ers with LeBron James to have a successful season after TV schedule decision

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The NBA was rushing LeBron James’ decision so that they could decide the 2026-27 schedule, and now we can see why.

The NBA usually announces the schedule for the new season in the first few weeks of August, but the league couldn’t start their process until they knew where LeBron would play next season.

Now that they know the Philadelphia 76ers are the destination that James will be going to, the league has big plans for the new superteam in the East.

76ers expected to get the maximum number of national TV games after signing LeBron James

Front Office Sports is revealing that the NBA plans on giving the 76ers the maximum-allowed number of national TV games (34) next season, now that they’ve landed LeBron, alongside their other marquee moves.

“James’s Sixers are expected to get the maximum 34 national game telecasts/streams across Disney’s ABC/ESPN, NBCUniversal’s NBC Sports/Peacock, and Amazon’s Prime Video during the upcoming NBA season, say sources.”

The 76ers will likely be featured during the biggest gamedays of the season, including Opening Night, Christmas, and likely the opening fixtures of the Emirates NBA Cup.

76ers games against teams like the Lakers, Celtics, Knicks, Heat, and Cavaliers will generate immense buzz, alongside other marquee opponents like the Spurs, Thunder, Warriors, and Timberwolves.

James isn’t single-handedly responsible for this, as the 76ers were bound to get more than 14 national TV games this year based on Brown’s addition alone.

However, there is almost no way the 76ers would’ve been given 34 national TV games if James didn’t join to make the contending 76ers roster even more compelling.

Silver will be hoping that not only James appears in most of these games, but he’ll also hope that Joel Embiid is healthy and the 76ers are actually looking like title contenders on the floor.

Hopefully, the league isn’t scheduling any of Philly’s national TV games on the second night of a back-to-back, because James and Embiid likely won’t be participating in those.