LeBron James has made Eagles training camp an afterthought in Philly

Driving the news: Tuesday marked the start of Eagles training camp — practically a holiday in Philadelphia, especially during arguably the greatest era in the team's history.

• However, every James development — major or mundane, real or reportedly — has become front-page fodder, from hints of a "Last Dance"-style documentary about his farewell tour to speculation about his potential commute from New York.

Reality check: Jalen who? Yep, that one Hurts.

• There are only a few people capable of stealing the spotlight from one of Philly's gridiron greats, a player who has been compared in his own right to Michael Jordan.

Yes, but: James hasn't just supercharged preseason ticket prices. He's turned even basketball-indifferent Philadelphians into overnight Sixers fans.

Case in point: The Athletic's Tony Jones wrote that his wife didn't care about hoops before James signed.

• "My basketball-agnostic wife was in our family living room screaming like her favorite team had won it all. My daughter was asking about tickets to a game."

Zoom in: The King hasn't just dominated living rooms, group chats and water-cooler conversations.

• He's reached the Eagles locker room.

The intrigue: Instead of spending opening week fielding questions about another Super Bowl run, players are answering questions about James.

• "It's just legendary, man," linebacker Jihaad Campbell told NBC10 at his back-to-school event. "It brings a lot of hope to the city, a lot of great spirits to the city."

The bottom line: In the city that invented the "Philly Special," LeBron's final act has become the move everyone wants to talk about.