Bronny James To Spend Season With Lakers’ G League Team After Sharing Court With LeBron

According to NBA insider Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN, Bronny James will spend most of the 2024-25 season with the Los Angeles Lakers‘ G League team after sharing the court with his dad, LeBron James. 

Bronny was the 55th overall pick in the 2024 NBA Draft. He signed a four-year, $7.9 million contract with the Lakers. 

“Well, what the Lakers’ expectations are is that he’ll largely be a G League player like almost any 19-year-old player coming into the league drafted in the second round,” Wojnarowski said. “I think what you’ll ultimately probably see is Bronny James in the first week of the season on the court with his father, in a very — I don’t want to call it ceremonial — but the eyes of the world will be on that.

“They’ll do that the first week of the season, but there’s no expectation Bronny James is going to be in the Lakers’ rotation. He’ll spend a lot of his time playing with their G League team which shares a practice facility with the Lakers.”

Bronny suffered a cardiac arrest last year. He fully recovered and played for USC this past college season, averaging 4.8 points, 2.8 rebounds, 2.1 assists, 0.8 steals and 0.2 blocks while shooting 36.6% from the field, 26.7% from beyond the arc and 67.6% from the free-throw line.  

Bronny performed well in the second scrimmage in Chicago at the NBA Draft Combine. He finished with 13 points in 23 minutes while shooting 4-of-10 from beyond the arc.

Bronny also crushed the 3-point star shooting drill at the NBA Draft combine, going 19/25 from deep. 

“We view Bronny as [a] Case Study One because [of] his base level of feel, athleticism, point-of-attack defender, shooting, passing,” new Lakers head coach JJ Redick said. “There’s a lot to like about his game, and as we build out our player development program holistically, he’s going to have a great opportunity to become an excellent NBA player.”

No father has played with or against his son in the NBA. LeBron and Bronny will make NBA history in 2024-25.