Grading LeBron James' 76ers debut: The King gets sterling marks as Philly spoils Knicks' title celebration

James stuffed the stat sheet with his usual all-around excellence in a 76ers win on opening night The biggest story of the offseason is now a regular-season reality. The new NBA campaign tipped off on Tuesday, and with it we got our first glimpse of LeBron James in a 76ers uniform. It went about as well as James and his new team could have possibly hoped in their inaugural outing together. The Sixers beat the Knicks 106-100, spoiling ring and banner night for the defending champions in Madison Square Garden. In 34 minutes, James supplied his usual all-around excellence by stuffing the stat sheet: 14 points, nine rebounds, seven assists and just one turnover.

Here are our grades for James from his first game with Philly. James recently said the luxury of his game is that he can "literally do everything." He's not lying. James doesn't need to be the primary scorer to influence the proceedings and help his team win. That was true against the Knicks. He got off to a slow scoring start before finishing with 14 points on 5 for 13 shooting. He missed all three of his 3-point attempts. That's not great efficiency. It didn't matter. In 34 minutes, James had nine rebounds, seven assists and helped the Sixers' defense make life difficult on the Knicks,