LeBron James’ listing of accomplishments over his greater than twenty years within the NBA runs lengthy, however maybe his best achievement is on the horizon.
The four-time NBA champion wore the identical colour uniform as his eldest son Bronny on Monday in the course of the Los Angeles Lakers media day in El Segundo, California. The Lakers drafted Bronny in June, placing the 19-year-old in place to grow to be a part of the primary ever father-son duo to play alongside each other within the NBA.
The elder James is making ready to take the court docket for what will likely be his twenty second NBA season. Whereas James’ longevity is commendable, the season will doubtless be one of the vital memorable of his storied profession. James has spent a few of the previous few weeks soaking within the distinctive alternative to undergo scrimmages along with his son.Â
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LeBron James #23 of the Los Angeles Lakers and his son Bronny James Jr. #9 attend a Los Angeles Lakers media day at UCLA Well being Coaching Heart on September 30, 2024 in El Segundo, California. (Kevork Djansezian/Getty Pictures)
Subsequent, the Lakers start coaching camp because the common season attracts nearer. James having the ability to “come to work each day” and realizing his son is within the constructing has introduced him emotions of “pure pleasure.”
“There’s quite a lot of pleasure,” LeBron instructed reporters. “It’s pure pleasure, to be trustworthy, to have the ability to come to work each day, put within the exhausting work together with your son each day and be capable of see him proceed to develop. We push one another. He pushes me, I push him. We push our teammates. Only a very joyous second, not just for myself, however for our household.”
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Bronny’s gold No. 9 Lakers jersey reads “JAMES JR.” on the again, in a nod to his full title, LeBron James Jr.
Bronny is broadly anticipated to spend the vast majority of his rookie season creating within the NBA G-League after he declared for the NBA Draft following a health-shortened season with the USC basketball staff.
Sep 30, 2024; El Segundo, CA, USA; Los Angeles Lakers ahead LeBron James (23) with son Bronny James (9) throughout media day on the UCLA Well being Coaching Heart. (Kirby Lee-Imagn Pictures)
Their partnership is a dream for the 39-year-old LeBron, nevertheless it’s been largely surreal for Bronny, who turns 20 later this week.Â
After rising up and excelling at basketball in his well-known father’s shadow, Bronny is balancing the thrill of reaching the NBA with the duty of adjustment to the unprecedented problem of being in the identical uniform as his devoted father.Â
Sep 30, 2024; El Segundo, CA, USA; Los Angeles Lakers ahead LeBron James (6) throughout media day on the UCLA Well being Coaching Heart. (Kirby Lee-Imagn Pictures)
“I believe I’m most trying ahead to observe, simply going face to face with one another,” Bronny mentioned. “That’s such a loopy feeling, to be in observe together with your dad and competing at a excessive degree. However on the opposite facet of that, having to go towards LeBron James is form of lots in observe each day. However yeah, I’m trying ahead to it as properly.”
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The Lakers host the Minnesota Timberwolves on Oct. 22 to open the 2024-25 common season.
The Related Press contributed to this report.
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