There’s arguably no franchise in skilled basketball that has seen extra historical past happen in its uniforms than the Los Angeles Lakers, and Tuesday evening was simply the newest chapter in that respect, as LeBron James and his son, Bronny, turned the primary father-son duo to share the court docket on the similar time in NBA historical past.
However whereas that’s the historic trivia most will bear in mind from the evening, the extra heartwarming visible from the night was far less complicated — of a father and a son, simply having a catch in an NBA sport:
However whereas — between a dribble hand-off between the 2 and an tried feed from LeBron to Bronny for 3 — the Lakers tried to make a Bronny/LeBron spotlight occur, sadly the closest they received was this missed shot.
A minimum of they accomplished a couple of passes, although, they’ll have these father-son moments perpetually.
The Lakers had performed coy all week about whether or not this could occur on evening one or not, however head coach JJ Redick had repeatedly reiterated that he needed the second to occur “naturally.” It’s exhausting to really feel like “with Ken Griffey Sr. and Jr. sitting courtside on opening evening because the workforce’s 14th or fifteenth man checks in within the first half” is all that “pure,” however to the previous podcaster’s credit score, his workforce was up 51-35 with 4 minutes to go within the first half when Bronny checked in.
So whereas it’s exhausting to not really feel like all this wasn’t no less than a bit pre-planned, that’s no less than a believable lead for a coach to play uncommon lineups with whereas stealing some further relaxation for his or her common rotation.
And whereas it wasn’t arrange by his son, LeBron did no less than have a monster dunk throughout their shared minutes:
Appears to be like just like the Lakers go along with Spain PnR right here. MIN handles it comparatively effectively, however what a SETUP from LeBron earlier than the backdoor lower. pic.twitter.com/u19M7KGRDT
— Nekias (Nuh-KY-us) Duncan (@NekiasNBA) October 23, 2024
We’ll simply say James Jr.’s gravity set that one up and name it an evening.
Bronny ended up being a -5 in three minutes earlier than trying out, however hey, “enjoying together with his son in an NBA sport” continues to be a fairly unreal second within the LeBron James story, even when we’ve identified it was coming for some time. We could by no means see longevity like this from an expert basketball participant once more.
