LeBron James will likely be seeing a well-known face on the basketball court docket.
In any case, his son Bronny James—who he shares with spouse Savannah James—turned his Los Angeles Lakers teammate on June 27. Bronny, 19, was chosen through the second spherical of the NBA draft, after the group selected College of Tennessee’s Dalton Knecht, 23, as its first spherical choose.
In becoming a member of the group, Bronny and LeBron, 39, turned the first father-and-son duo to play within the NBA on the similar time, in response to the league.
“Household enterprise,” the Lakers captioned a photograph of LeBron and Bronny, with the teenager including on his Instagram Story, “Past blessed.”
LeBron additionally could not assist however to have fun his son’s milestone, sharing a Nike advert that includes a throwback picture of younger Bronny enjoying basketball.
“Stress was by no means the query,” the advert learn, “when ardour has all the time been the reply.”
Bronny’s induction into the NBA comes practically a 12 months after his hospitalization for cardiac arrest. In July 2023, he skilled a medical emergency throughout basketball observe on the College of Southern California, main him to be transported to the ICU.
