Atlantic Division watch: New look 76ers may be LeBron’s last dance

This year? They have suddenly morphed into the modern-day Monstarz, with the additions of LeBron James and Jaylen Brown . Damn.

Philly pried the Finals MVP out of Boston in July. A few weeks later, King James decided the last chapter of his career would happen right back in the conference where he spent most of it. The Eastern Conference was his house for a decade and a half, and he ran it like a landlord who changes the locks whenever he feels like it. LeBron spent two stints in Cleveland and four years in Miami pushing that whole conference around, and he made eight straight Finals out of the East while he was at it. He was already in the greatest-of-all-time conversation before he ever put on a Lakers jersey in 2018.

The biggest knock on him for 20 years has been that he runs off to build superteams. So what does he do at 41? He walks into what might be the deepest roster he's ever had, which is saying something for a guy who played on some damn good Cleveland, Miami, and L.A. rosters.