By Hiram Marin
LeBron James’ son will begin his career as a professional NBA player
Beyond of the historic event that will represent LeBron and Bronny James being the first father and son couple In playing on the same NBA team, the arrival of James Jr. has caused a lot of controversy, especially because he is not a top-level player and because of his father’s influence on him joining the Lakers.
The last few years have been dizzying for the boy who accompanied his father to the courts and dreamed of being an NBA player. In high school he broke several records, signed up with the University of Southern California Trojans, but before starting his first season, he suffered a cardiac arrest during training.
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— Los Angeles Lakers (@Lakers) October 9, 2024
Despite this event, Bronny James returned to play and although his numbers were not ideal at all, neither individually nor as a team (in his only university season he averaged 4.8 points, 2.8 rebounds, 2.1 assists and 0.8 steals). ball), chose to enter the NBA draft.
As expected, Bronny James was taken by the Lakers with the 55th overall pick and of course the spotlight immediately turned to him and his famous father. While the Lakers themselves struggled to hire relevant elements, but they refused to arrive.
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For the first time in NBA history, a father-son duo took the court together. pic.twitter.com/2kPiDkE4ha
— Los Angeles Lakers (@Lakers) October 7, 2024
LeBron and Bronny were already on the court together. It is obvious that James Jr. still needs to mature and perhaps it would have been better to take the advice of Magic Johnson, who assured that it would be best for him to spend his first season playing in the G-League instead of warming the bench in the NBA. where due to his performance in the preseason he would surely have no place as a starter.
There are those who say that Bronny’s arrival was just a whim of his father and that this was one of the conditions to be able to sign again, the truth is that next October 22 against the Minnesota Timberwolves will be historic, since the 23rd and the 9th of the Lakers, father and son, will play a regular season game for the first time.
