Sunday was a momentous night time for LeBron James and his son Bronny.
The duo shared the court docket for the primary time within the NBA through the Lakers’ preseason sport in opposition to the Suns, turning into the primary father-son pairing to play collectively in league historical past.
Bronny, whose twentieth birthday was on Sunday, checked into the sport along with his dad in the beginning of the second quarter and acquired cheers from the group in Palm Springs upon taking the ground.
Bronny got here out of the sport after committing two turnovers and lacking a 3-point try in 4 minutes, and LeBron additionally dedicated a turnover whereas they had been on the court docket collectively.
First-year Lakers head coach JJ Redick advised reporters earlier than the sport that the second wouldn’t be “gimmicky” and that he’d get the 2 on the ground collectively “within the stream of the sport,” per ESPN.
The 39-year-old LeBron, getting into his twenty second NBA season, had lengthy talked about hoping to play along with his son within the professionals, and that grew to become a actuality when the Lakers chosen Bronny, born LeBron James Jr., at No. 55 total within the 2024 NBA Draft.
Bronny performed one season at USC, which got here after he suffered cardiac arrest in July 2023.
He averaged 4.8 factors, 2.8 rebounds and a couple of.1 assists in 19.3 minutes per sport throughout 25 appearances for the Trojans.
How a lot Bronny will get to play within the NBA as a rookie stays to be seen, because it seems seemingly he’ll spend time with the workforce’s G League affiliate, the South Bay Lakers.
However the Lakers are anticipated to provide LeBron and Bronny an opportunity to make historical past in a sport that counts as the primary father-son duo to play collectively in a regular-season sport.
