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 night time was simply the newest chapter in that respect, as LeBron James and his son, Bronny, turned the primary father-son duo to share the courtroom on the similar time in NBA historical past.
However whereas that’s the historic trivia most will bear in mind from the night time, 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.
No less than they accomplished a couple of passes, although, they’ll have these father-son moments without end.
The Lakers had performed coy all week about whether or not this may occur on night time one or not, however head coach JJ Redick had constantly reiterated that he needed the second to occur “naturally.” It’s arduous to really feel like “with Ken Griffey Sr. and Jr. sitting courtside on opening night time because the staff’s 14th or fifteenth man checks in within the first half” is all that “pure,” however to the previous podcaster’s credit score, his staff was up 51-35 with 4 minutes to go within the first half when Bronny checked in.
So whereas it’s arduous to not really feel like all this wasn’t a minimum of a bit pre-planned, that’s a minimum of a believable lead for a coach to play uncommon lineups with whereas stealing some additional relaxation for his or her common rotation.
And whereas it wasn’t arrange by his son, LeBron did a minimum of have a monster dunk throughout their shared minutes:
Appears just like the Lakers go together with Spain PnR right here. MIN handles it comparatively effectively, however what a SETUP from LeBron earlier than the backdoor reduce. 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 testing, however hey, “taking part in along with his son in an NBA sport” remains 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 knowledgeable basketball participant once more.
