They’re the foremost father-son duo to play at the same time and on the same team in NBA historical past. Bronny James entered the contest in the 2d quarter whereas his dad, who is making ready for his twenty 2d season, changed into once on the court docket, incomes cheers from the crew at Acrisure Arena.
Reuters
07 October, 2024, 04:05 pm
Closing modified: 07 October, 2024, 04:12 pm
LeBron James and his son, Bronny, made NBA historical past on Sunday when they performed together everywhere in the Los Angeles Lakers’ preseason game against the Phoenix Suns in Palm Barren region, Calif.
They’re the foremost father-son duo to play at the same time and on the same team in NBA historical past. Bronny James entered the contest in the 2d quarter whereas his dad, who is making ready for his twenty 2d season, changed into once on the court docket, incomes cheers from the crew at Acrisure Arena.
Bronny James, who grew to change into 20 on Sunday, committed two turnovers all over his first two minutes playing alongside his father. After passing the ball to his son, LeBron James residence a cloak cloak for Bronny, nevertheless the younger James disregarded an strive from 3-level fluctuate later in the 2d quarter.
LeBron James had 19 ingredients, five rebounds and four assists in 16 minutes, whereas Bronny James went scoreless in 13 minutes, finishing with two rebounds and four turnovers in the Lakers’ 118-114 loss.
In his expert debut on Friday, Bronny James went 1-for-6 from the discipline and had three blocks in 16 minutes against the Minnesota Timberwolves whereas LeBron, who will flip 40 in December, sat out the total game.
Bronny James changed into once drafted in the 2d spherical (Fifty fifth general) of this 365 days’s draft by the Lakers after one season at Southern California. He suffered a cardiac arrest all over a state whereas at USC in July 2023 nevertheless changed into once cleared to come to the program. He averaged 4.8 ingredients, 2.8 rebounds and a pair of.1 assists in 25 video games (six begins) all over his one collegiate season.
