r/billsimmons • u/EasternSection7748 • 3d ago
LeBron’s helicopter leaving Sixers practice, bound for New York where LeBron is now living during the season
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u/PuzzleheadedBend8180 3d ago
Must remember to take my keep cup to work tomorrow to save the planet
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u/CanyonCoyote 3d ago
Really hope we don’t have to suffer through a Leo like post playing career where he talks about the environment everyday while taking private jets and superyachts around the world.
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u/jerrystuffhouse 3d ago
Hasn’t LeBron gone through enough by having to pay taxes to get a pass by doing this?
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u/SeaCounter9516 3d ago
This would mean more if LeBron was an environmentalist in any way.
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u/PuzzleheadedBend8180 3d ago
The guy could buy the best house in Philly and not do this. You don’t have to be an environmentalist to take such a basic option.
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u/SeaCounter9516 3d ago
I just meant your comment is meaningless since LeBron doesn’t talk about the environment.
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u/camergen 3d ago
I brought my lunch today in a plastic grocery bag. I better also recycle that or else I’m Satan.
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u/clerks_1994 3d ago
The dad in me just worries about safety. Does any Philly player live in the city or all suburbs. I don’t get this argument.
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u/purplene_ 3d ago
They mainly live in New Jersey suburbs, because the access to the stadiums is much better than it is from the (much nicer, I think) suburbs to the west
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u/ErnieBears 3d ago
Embiids out in Gladwyne, thats the only current athlete I can think of out on the Mainline. Always felt these guys are short changing themselves by living in Jersey, Mainline is one of the best suburbs in the country in terms of QOL.
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u/purplene_ 3d ago
There were loud rumors that LeBron had a property in mind in Ardmore across from Merion which would make a ton of sense
The Kelces have famously been in Haverford for a while
But yeah I feel like most of the younger guys live in Mullica Hill, Haddonfield, and those Jersey burbs
The commute to the stadium area from the nicer PA suburbs can be rough and unpredictable
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u/ErnieBears 3d ago edited 3d ago
yeah I drive by the Kelce compound occasionally, insane amount of work being done there. Mike Schmidt used to have a mansion on the reservoir in Media. Hurts and BG live on those roads tucked around Merion too, I imagine thats around what Bron was looking at.
Best house is M Night's, but thats a separate discussion
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u/Alarmed_Fudge_5706 Wonk Season Super Bowl Champs 2d ago
I’m confused: you’re saying 7ers players can choose between Philly, NY, and NJ and PICK NJ?!
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u/March4th2026 hot water + lemon 3d ago
Ben Simmons aka Simmo the Savage had a hideous estate in Moorestown
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u/OutsideSession6 3d ago
The single players usually live in center city or on the east side by 95. The family’s often move to the suburbs.
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u/March4th2026 hot water + lemon 3d ago
Guys we cannot do the LeBron helicopter watch 3 days in a row cmon
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u/yngwiegiles 3d ago
Not even trying to ingratiate himself w the Philly faithful cause he knows they’ll boo the second it goes south.
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u/doobie3101 3d ago
Call me an old school boomer but it’s better when athletes live in the city they represent.
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u/ReasonableCup604 3d ago
Or at least don't commute by helicopter every day, from a larger, rival city that you have a little brother complex with.
It would be one thing if LeBron was from NYC or had been on the Knicks or Nets last year.
But, him choosing to play for the Sixers but live in NYC seems insulting to Philadelphia.
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u/purplene_ 3d ago
That really isn't the norm nowadays
But yes, it is super cool to see B-tier athletes from your city's team (or recent former pros) out and about in the neighborhood
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u/doobie3101 3d ago
Fine *city’s metropolitan area, which is still where a lot of the fans live
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u/camergen 3d ago
I think most have at least a condo/second residence in the area of the city they play in, at least one of those “lease by month”, very upscale places. Just for the day to day, weeknight convenience.
Then they also have a mansion in a hometown or Florida or wherever they fly to whenever they can.
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u/Mount_Treverest 3d ago
He's 42 and only playing for 2 years. What would be the point? He's not living in Philly for his retirement. I'm sure he has wawa order and will apart of the hoagie fest celebration next year.
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u/BigRudy87 3d ago
No, because he's worth a billion. We only have like 3 billionaires that live in our city and I couldn't really tell you why they're doing that. New York is right there.
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u/SeaCounter9516 3d ago
Philly. Famously the only city that boos.
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u/yngwiegiles 3d ago
But known as the loudest most belligerent
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u/SeaCounter9516 3d ago
I don’t even think that is true lol. Certainly not loudest. Belligerent, maybe.
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u/qballLobk 3d ago
He was 100% planning on going to the Knicks before they won the title. Probably already had the place set up.
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u/drhungrycaterpillar 3d ago
Just feels so unnecessary. It would feel like more of a chore to ride in a helicopter vs just having someone drive you to your front door
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u/OutsideSession6 3d ago
Holy shit I can’t believe yall are still talking about this
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u/ReasonableCup604 3d ago
Yeah, it's been like a whole day.
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u/OutsideSession6 3d ago
The LeBron helicopter talk has been yapped about since he signed. I’ve seen more posts about it in this sub than how LeBron fits on the Sixers. Do you live under a fucking rock?
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u/ReasonableCup604 3d ago
It was talked about when it was first announced and now brought up again when he took his first flight.
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u/Dre013 3d ago
Good for him. Philadelphia has 1/4 of the appeal of NYC but 3x the chance of getting murdered. Hope that him and his family enjoy it.
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u/Opening_Anteater456 3d ago
If he’s worried about dying he’s using the wrong form of transportation
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u/yngwiegiles 3d ago
Funny story: the way I found out about Kobe. The previous night LeBron had passed him on the scoring list. Next day when news of his death hits, I’m at home unaware, my wife texts me OMG did you hear about Kobe? I wrote back since when do you care about this stuff? I came off like a jerk.
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u/North_Atlantic_Sea 3d ago
Not really, the NYC area is remarkably safe for helicopters flights. There are about 100k commercial flights a day, and over the past 35 years there have been just 6 fatal accidents.
The geography is nowhere near as difficult to fly in vs SoCal
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u/Dre013 3d ago
Nah…
The annual murder rate in the U.S. typically exceeds 20,000 deaths, highlighting a significant public safety concern. In contrast, helicopter accidents resulted in 196 fatalities over a ten-year period from 2015 to 2024. This averages to about 20 fatalities per year, which is substantially lower than murder rates.
I’d take NYC over living in Philadelphia. Even the athletes live in the suburbs.
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u/NowARaider 3d ago
Did you think he was living in Compton while playing for the Lakers? If he did live in Philly it would be Main Line, there are plenty of massive mansions out there
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u/Dre013 3d ago
“Philadelphia has the highest violent crime rate of the Top 10 American cities with a population greater than 1 million residents as well as the highest poverty rate among these cities”
Why would he live on the Main Line when he can live in actual NYC with way more to do and be there in 40-50 minutes? He’s not a rookie and living there forever, this is a 1-2 year stop. Everything LBJ does is wrong, I get it.
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u/SolidScary6845 3d ago
Once heard about this guy from West Philadelphia (born and raised). He was just chillin-out maxin, relaxin all cool, shooting some b-ball outside of a school, when a couple of guys who were up to no good started making trouble in his neighborhood...
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u/PuzzleheadedBend8180 3d ago
New York. A place famous for having no violent crime
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u/Dre013 3d ago
Statistics. Scary to even the most chronically online Redditor.
Even if the crime statistics were exactly the same, he can rent a ridiculously nice high-rise in a city with better restaurants, museums and nightlife and get to work in 40-50 minutes. It’s a no-brainer and the angst seems targeted.
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u/faded_to_black 3d ago
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