– – It was the dream that LeBron James initially drifted a couple of years back, the idea of playing in the NBA together with one of his kids.
And it's an action more detailed to truth now.
Bronny James-- the earliest son of the NBA's all-time scoring leader and four-time champ-- was drafted Thursday by the
Los Angeles Lakers, the group that his father has actually played for because 2018. Bronny James was taken with the No. 55 general pick, deep in the second round and with only three choices remaining in this year's draft.
Bronny to the #Lakers (55th, 2nd Rd). LeBron gets his kid on the very same lineup! First father-son-duo in NBA history.
Pretty cool! It would'' ve been a lot cooler if it occurred in red wine and gold instead.
—-- John Sabol (@John_Sabol) June 27, 2024.
Including further intrigue to the relocation: LeBron James can end up being a complimentary agent next week, which indicates he could choose to leave the Lakers and sign elsewhere.
The draft move does not ensure that daddy and child will really play in a game together, nor does it even ensure that Bronny James will be on the Lakers' roster next season. It definitely raises the possibility that it could happen in what would be an NBA first-- a father-son on-court duo in the league simultaneously as players. There have had to do with 100 instances in NBA history of players joining the league after their fathers played, but those constantly came at least 5 years after the daddy's career ended.
But LeBron James' unbelievable durability-- he'll match Vince Carter for the longest profession as an NBA player ever this coming season, which will be his 22nd in the league-- makes the father-son duo possible.
" With the 55th pick in the 2024 NBA draft, the
Los Angeles Lakers select Bronny James from the University of Southern California," NBA deputy commissioner Mark Tatum stated in revealing the pick, making the moment official for the 19-year-old, who was born prior to the start of his father's 2nd NBA season.
Bronny James is a guard, one who was noted at 6-foot-4 on Southern California's roster however measured at 6 feet, 1 1/2 inches at the draft combine. That would make him among the shortest players in the NBA, but his athleticism and protective capability assisted provide him this opportunity.
He played one year of college basketball at USC and averaged 4.8 points, 2.8 rebounds and 2.1 assists per game last season. He played in 25 video games, missing out on the start of the season after needing a treatment last year to repair what was diagnosed as a congenital heart problem, which was found after he went into heart attack during a summer workout.
A panel of physicians cleared Bronny James for NBA play last month.
Day 2 of the draft saw 24 other players get taken before Bronny James, though none of them-- not even close, truly-- got the attention that the No. 55 selection got, for obvious factors.
The 55th choice hardly ever ends up being a gamer who captures a slew of attention. The very best 55th pick in NBA history would be present
Miami Heat guard Patty Mills, selected in 2009 and somebody who has actually scored 7,893 points in his 15-season profession.
Some other notable No. 55 picks consist of Marc Iavaroni, Mark Blount, Kenny Gattison and E'Twaun Moore. There's never ever been a No. 55 pick that was an NBA All-Star, an All-NBA player, an All-Rookie group player or an All-Defensive group choice.
Last season's No. 55 pick, Isaiah Wong, scored precisely two points for Indiana as a rookie. Add up every No. 55 choice ever, and their NBA profession scoring total is 28,364 points-- more than 12,000 points less than LeBron James has actually scored in his profession.
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