There may be 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 identical 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 easier — of a father and a son, simply having a catch in an NBA recreation:
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 bought was this missed shot.
Not 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 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 onerous to really feel like “with Ken Griffey Sr. and Jr. sitting courtside on opening evening 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 onerous 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 together with Spain PnR right here. MIN handles it comparatively effectively, however what a SETUP from LeBron earlier than the backdoor minimize. 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, “taking part in together with his son in an NBA recreation” continues to be a reasonably unreal second within the LeBron James story, even when we’ve recognized it was coming for some time. We could by no means see longevity like this from an expert basketball participant once more.
