LeBron James on rumor of Philadelphia visit: 'That's disgusting'

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Philadelphia 76ers TV analyst Alaa Abdelnaby recently said that his brother, who lives in the Philadelphia area, was told by a local superintendent that LeBron James was "in the area checking out some private schools” for his children during the All-Star break.

"I've told this to a few other people, and I have no problem saying this," Abdelnaby said on TV on Tuesday.

James, who got wind of the rumor via reporters on Thursday morning, dismissed it as “disgusting,” according to Cleveland.com.

“Pennsylvania? Nah. What are you talking about,” he said. “Over the All-Star break, I was on vacation and then went to Los Angeles.”

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Before heading to All-Star weekend, James shared on his Instagram account that he was in Cabo San Lucas with his family.

With James' impending potential free agency and the summer getting closer, these bread crumb stories aren't going away. The 76ers got a chance to showcase themselves in Cleveland on Thursday night and got a tough 108-97 win.

USA TODAY Sports' Jeff Zillgitt reported earlier this season that executives around the league believe the Sixers will make a run at James.

Do y’all think LeBron could really come to Philly??



A philly based company put up these billboards in Cleveland to let him know! #PhillyWantsLeBron pic.twitter.com/hIS1M7Uuc2 — Alex Holley (@AlexHolleyFOX29) February 26, 2018

Earlier this week, James was flattered and amused by three billboards posted by a Pennsylvania-based company in Cleveland trying to lure him to Philadelphia. James has a player option with the Cavs but could become an unrestricted free agent if he wants.

"You can say it's a distraction, it's not," he said of the billboards. "It is actually very flattering that I'm sitting here at 33 and in my 15th year and teams or guys - I don't want to say teams because that becomes tampering. But people in their respective city want me to play for their team. That's cool I think. That's dope."

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