It’s been just over a month since the Sixers landed LeBron James, but fans still lined up outside the team store at Xfinity Mobile Arena to get their hands on a red and blue No. 23 jersey. Turning the team store into an event, Victoria Isley, the team’s vice president of partnership solutions, said, was the Sixers organization’s way of showing what it expects the vibes to be like all season. Isley believes the excitement will continue into media day and the start of preseason, carrying all the way into the season opener. The combination of Philly fans, known for being an impassioned group, and hard core James’ supporters, who follow him from team to team, has caused the future Hall of Famer’s Sixers jerseys to become a hot commodity. James quickly passed Shohei Ohtani for the most jersey sales after switching teams, according to Fanatics. “The fans have been waiting, and I think they’re just so excited to rep the gear, to get LeBron’s jersey, to get Jaylen’s jersey, to get [Tyrese] Max...
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