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LeBron James is taking his talents to Philadelphia.

Most people think that he's chasing a ring, but I think that he's chasing something else.

At Fanatics Fest, LeBron James said golf wasn't part of his decision-making process at all, but Philadelphia is arguably one of the best golf cities in America.

Within about an hour of the 76ers facilities, LeBron now has access to one of the greatest collections of private golf clubs anywhere in the world.

There's Pine Valley, which is widely considered the number one golf course in America and one of the hardest tee times to get on earth.

Marion Golf Club, which is where they play the U.S. Open.

Aeronomic Golf Club that hosted multiple major championships.

Philadelphia Cricket Club, founded in 1854 and is one of the country's most celebrated golf courses.

Philadelphia Country Club, one of the oldest and most exclusive clubs in the country.

Rolling Green and Overbrook, two more nationally respected private golf clubs that architecture enthusiasts rave about.

Now don't get me wrong, with all that being said, the 76ers are Braun's best chance to get a championship ring.

But Philly is one of the few places in America where you could play a different Top 100 course almost every weekend.

So worst case, no matter how the 76ers end up, LeBron's golf game is going to be great these next two years.

I don't think LeBron's taking golfing enough until he gets investigated for going with a golf hustler like Michael Jordan did.

Until you're in a federal case, you are not taking golf enough seriously off the court.

Michael Jordan, the fact that he was able to golf that much, gamble that much, and still be that great of a player, go six for six in the finals, still might be his best accomplishment.

Not even that he was a great basketball player, changed how shoe deals work, just the MJ brand in general.

The fact that he was able to handle all that gambling pressure and then go and drop 40 on you is the most impressive thing of all time.

How many years into retirement do we get the LeBron James versus Michael Jordan 1v1 golf off for YouTube golf slash ESPN slash everybody in the world's going to pick it up? Amazon's

going to pay $100 million for that.

And it's going to be a 51-48 split.

The winner gets the extra little bit.

And Michael Jordan will absolutely dominate LeBron James.

And it will happen less than three years after retiring.

I don't think it'll be like a one-for-one straight up, but I think they could give a couple strokes here and there to even it out.