Dave McMenamin, ESPN Workers Author
LOS ANGELES — Greater than 30 years after they grew to become the primary father-son duo to group up in MLB historical past, Ken Griffey Sr. and Jr. shall be within the constructing Tuesday to doubtlessly see LeBron James and Bronny James play in the identical recreation within the NBA.
“I am truly going to go to the sport and I will take my dad,” Griffey Jr. mentioned of the Minnesota Timberwolves-Los Angeles Lakers regular-season opener as a visitor on MLB Community Radio on SiriusXM this week. “First father and son to play baseball, now first father and son to play basketball, so it is a huge deal for my dad and I to be there. We made historical past, now we get to observe historical past.”
The Griffeys had been teammates on the Seattle Mariners in 1990 and 1991 and famously hit back-to-back residence runs on Sept. 14, 1990. Senior hit his first, and Junior accomplished the second.
LeBron and Bronny performed collectively as soon as throughout the Lakers’ six-game preseason schedule however didn’t hyperlink up for any assists in both mixture.
Lakers coach JJ Redick, when requested Monday about the potential of the father-son pair making historical past towards Minnesota, wouldn’t verify his rotation plans.
“Nothing’s been finalized for something but,” Redick mentioned.
The coach beforehand mentioned he deliberate to seek the advice of with the 39-year-old LeBron and 20-year-old Bronny to get their enter on how they want to execute the extremely anticipated occasion.
Bronny expressed excited concerning the Griffeys’ deliberate attendance, nonetheless.
“It is going to be insane,” he mentioned. “Solely two households to do it, so it will be a loopy expertise, particularly with what they’ve accomplished.”
