LeBron James’ 76ers Sign 7’6 Giant Along With 2 Other Players

After landing the biggest free agent name of the summer, the Philadelphia 76ers just made a very different kind of headline. They added basketball's most literal kind of size. The team announced Tuesday it has signed 7-foot-6 center Tacko Fall, giving LeBron James' new team a training camp roster that now includes one of the tallest players to ever step on an NBA court.

Fall wasn't the only addition. The Sixers announced they've also signed Jameer Nelson Jr. and Saint Thomas. All three players signed Exhibit 10 contracts, a source told ESPN's Dave McMenamin.

Under that structure, none of the three is guaranteed a regular-season roster spot. Each will get a real look at training camp in Camden, New Jersey, later this month, with a chance to compete for one of the team's two-way slots.

Tacko Fall's NBA absence is officially over. His last appearance in the league came back in the 2021-22 season with the Cleveland Cavaliers, and in the four years since, he quietly kept his game sharp overseas, logging stints with the Xinjiang Guanghui, Nanjing Tongxi Monkey King, New Zealand Breakers, and most recently the Ningbo Rockets, where he averaged 11.2 points, 7.2 rebounds, and 2.1 blocks in just 18 minutes a night.

Now, he's got another shot. The Philadelphia 76ers signed the 7-foot-6 center to an Exhibit 10 contract ahead of the 2026-27 season, giving him a training camp invite and a genuine path back to an NBA roster. At his size, he measured 7-foot-5 without shoes and 7-foot-7 with them at the 2019 draft combine, so he doesn't need to do much to make an impression.

With Philadelphia thin at center behind Joel Embiid, the door is cracked open wider than it might be elsewhere. If he converts the Exhibit 10 into a two-way deal, he'd have a real shot at sharing a court and a locker room with LeBron James.

Nelson Jr. carries a familiar name into this opportunity. He is the son of Jameer Nelson, the former All-Star who now serves as the Sixers' executive vice president of basketball operations. Despite Exhibit 10 stints with San Antonio and Sacramento in recent years, he has yet to make his NBA regular-season debut, though he showed he can produce at a high level by putting up 18.9 points and 3.4 assists a game for the G League's Stockton Kings last season.

Thomas, on the other hand, is already a familiar face in the building. The forward spent last season with the Sixers' G League affiliate, the Delaware Blue Coats, averaging 12.5 points a game, which puts him in a comfortable position heading into camp.

Why the Timing Matters for a Sixers Team Built Around James

None of these deals feels like James' arrival did. But the timing says something about where Philadelphia's roster-building stands.

The Sixers have already filled out a core chasing a championship around James and Joel Embiid. PhillyVoice reported that the team was deliberately holding its third and final two-way contract slot open, betting that camp performances, not offseason speculation, would decide who fills it.

That's the opportunity now in front of Fall, Nelson and Thomas. Each brings something different. Fall offers rim-level size the roster otherwise lacks, Nelson offers scoring punch from the guard spot, and Thomas offers the kind of positional versatility and familiarity that come from a year already spent in the organization's system.

For a team that made the biggest possible splash by signing LeBron James, these signings are a reminder that championship rosters are not built on star power alone. They are built at the margins too, through camp battles, non-guaranteed deals and players looking for one more shot to prove they belong.

How much room any of them have will become clearer once the Sixers open training camp. The regular season is set to tip off on Oct. 20 on the road against the defending champion New York Knicks, and between now and then, every spot on the roster is up for grabs.