LeBron James and his son Bronny’s dream of playing together in the NBA It has lasted just four games. The first father-son couple to have shared the court in the best basketball league in the world is now history, at least for now, as the Los Angeles Lakers have decided to send the 20-year-old rookie to play with their affiliate in the G- League.
LeBron James39 years old and four-time NBA champion, played alongside his son for the first time on October 22 in a home duel against Minnesota that ended with a victory for the Lakers. A pioneering image in the NBA that went around the world.
However Bronny He made it clear from the first moment that he is not yet ready to perform at the highest level, so the Los Angeles franchise has decided, after four games, to temporarily send him to the South Bay, their affiliate in the development league.
In this way, the youngest James would say goodbye, for now, to the Lakers’ first team by playing a home game against the Philadelphia 76ers on Friday, before debut on Saturday in the G-Leagueaccording to the ESPN network.
Bronny is expected to play the games that the Lakers affiliate plays at home to be able to move between the development league and the NBAESPN added. Both Lakers coach JJ Redick and James’ agents have explained that the agreement between the parties is for the young athlete to divide his time between both teams this season.
The objective of this movement is that Bronny James I can continue growing as a player. Away from his father and the media spotlight of the NBA, the Lakers leaders hope that he can perfect his basketball without feeling so much pressure on his shoulders.
More than discrete numbers
Bronny James, who despite a discreet background on the court is already part of the history of basketball in the United States, scored his first basket in the NBA in his team’s 134-110 defeat in Cleveland on October 30 and has participated in four matches this season, accumulating just ten minutes on the parquet in the best league in the world.
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