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LeBron James interested in $5 billion international basketball league

Originally posted on Ball Exclusives | By Titan Frey | Last updated Jul 31, 2025 4:11 PM ET

LeBron James was recently spotted spending time with Misko Raznatovic, who so happens to be the agent of Nikola Jokic. This caused speculation that LeBron may look to team up with The Joker.

News now has come out about the true reason LeBron met with Raznatovic. It has nothing to do with teaming up with Jokic.

LeBron James on a yacht with Nikola Jokic’s agent. Peep the caption pic.twitter.com/MQ8My9g2bj

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Instead, the reason was to discuss a new $5 billion international basketball league that could rival the NBA. The league would reportedly have six men’s teams and six women’s teams. They would tour across eight host cities around the world.

This sounds like an interesting idea. Still, to rival the NBA, it would take adding big names to the league.

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