On Sunday, LeBron James and Bronny James grew to become the primary father-son duo to take the courtroom collectively for an NBA preseason sport. The historic second occurred firstly of the second quarter when Bronny, celebrating his twentieth birthday, checked into the sport to affix his 39-year-old father.
The duo shared a number of fascinating moments of their 4 minutes and 9 seconds collectively, together with when James argued with a referee over Bronny being called for an illegal screen.
With 8:14 left within the second quarter, the primary father-son help almost got here to fruition when James handed the rock to Bronny off a dribble handoff. Nevertheless, Bronny would miss the three-point try.
After the loss to the Suns, James spoke of his surreal expertise of sharing the courtroom together with his firstborn.
“…The second once we got here out of the timeout and he was selecting up full courtroom and I went up — as a result of my man was taking the ball out. We stood subsequent to one another and I type of checked out him, and it was similar to, ‘Is that this “The Matrix” or one thing?’ It simply did not really feel actual,” James mentioned, through ESPN’s Ramona Shelburne.
James performed in his first preseason sport after sitting out Friday’s loss to the Timberwolves. The Twenty second-year veteran completed with 19 factors, 5 rebounds, 4 assists and two blocks in 16 minutes because the Lakers had been a plus-nine with him on the ground. Bronny, in the meantime, didn’t rating in his 13 minutes of motion.
Regardless of going scoreless, Bronny impressed head coach JJ Redick and star large man Anthony Davis together with his defensive tenacity. After Sunday’s sport, Davis referred to Bronny as “robust” and mentioned he favored what he noticed from the rookie through the first two preseason outings, particularly on the defensive facet.
Redick known as Bronny “an amazing child” and a “pleasure to be round” whereas praising his progress, from when the Lakers drafted him fifty fifth total in June to Sunday’s preseason sport.
Lakers brass has spoken about treating the continued preseason video games as regular-season affairs because the group ramps up for opening evening in opposition to the Timberwolves on Oct. 22. The Purple and Gold will subsequent face Giannis Antetokounmpo’s Bucks on Thursday.
