LeBron James’ dream of sharing an NBA court docket along with his son has formally been achieved.
With 3:40 remaining within the second quarter of the Los Angeles Lakers’ season-opening sport in opposition to the Minnesota Timberwolves, head coach J.J. Redick inserted rookie guard Bronny James into the group’s lineup subsequent to his father. It is the primary time in NBA historical past a father and son have performed in the identical sport, not to mention on the identical group.
The James duo is now in uncommon firm among the many huge historical past of North American skilled sports activities. There has solely been one different high-profile state of affairs the place a father and son performed collectively on a serious American sports activities group — Ken Griffey Jr. and Sr. on the Seattle Mariners within the 1990 and 1991 MLB seasons.
And after Ken Griffey Jr. vowed over the summer season to attend in individual with is father if LeBron and Bronny James ought to take the court docket collectively in an NBA sport, each Griffeys honored that promise at Crypto.com Area on Tuesday.
The one different high-profile case of a father and son competing collectively in North American skilled sports activities occurred in NASCAR when Dale Earnhardt Jr. started competing alongside his father, Dale Earnhardt Sr., till the latter’s tragic loss of life in 2001.
It is a growing story. Examine again for updates.
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