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LeBron James continues to be amazed that he’ll be spending time on the courtroom together with his son, Bronny, as members of the Los Angeles Lakers in the course of the 2024-25 season.
“I’m so excited for coaching camp,” James mentioned in the course of the newest episode of The Store (18:35 mark). “Having your son work with you, it is like the best factor. I can not anticipate this second. I actually can not wait to hit the ground, it should be fairly surreal for me.”
The pair already represents the primary lively father-son duo in NBA historical past.
The youthful James was chosen by the Lakers with the No. 55 total choose within the 2024 draft after spending the 2023 season with USC.
He began off sluggish within the Las Vegas Summer time League, taking pictures simply 3-14 on subject objectives in his first sport. Nonetheless, the 19-year-old was in a position to bounce again and averaged 12.5 factors per sport whereas taking pictures 47.6 % from the sector all through his remaining two appearances.
Because the Lakers try and return to the playoffs subsequent season following a disappointing first-round loss to the Denver Nuggets, James won’t have a assured spot in new head coach JJ Redick’s rotation. ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski reported on July 3 that the previous Trojan is anticipated to spend the vast majority of his rookie season within the G League.
In the meantime, his father secured his personal future in Los Angeles after signing a two-year, $101.3 million contract with the staff on July 6.
The NBA’s all-time main scorer is hardly displaying any indicators of slowing down at 39 years outdated, as he averaged 25.7 factors and eight.3 assists per sport on 54.0/41.0/75.0 taking pictures splits in 71 appearances final season.
LeBron and Bronny will start getting ready for the 2024-25 season collectively as soon as Los Angeles’ coaching camp begins on Oct. 1.
