LeBron and Bronny James made historical past Sunday evening — the 2 formally turned the first-ever father and son duo to share an NBA courtroom collectively … and afterward, The King known as the sport “SURREAL!!”
All of it went down in Palm Desert, Calif. … the place the Lakers have been taking up the Suns in a preseason matchup.
LeBron James. Bronny James.
The daddy-son duo share the courtroom for the primary time collectively! 👏 pic.twitter.com/93hC7k64gK
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LeBron checked into the sport first — he really began the lean for L.A. — and in the beginning of the second quarter, Bronny joined him on the ground.
The 2 solely performed collectively for a couple of minutes … they usually could not join on a father-son bucket — however LeBron was clearly hyped nonetheless, writing on his X web page following the sport, “WOW THAT WAS SURREAL!!”
In a gathering with reporters within the moments after the ultimate buzzer sounded on the Phoenix’s 118-114 win … he added that the time was made much more particular by the truth that Sunday was Bronny’s twentieth birthday.
“For a father, I imply, it means every little thing,” LeBron mentioned. “For somebody who did not have that rising up, to have the ability to be capable of have that affect in your children and have that affect in your son — to have the ability to have moments along with your son, after which, finally, to have the ability to work along with your son, I feel that is one of many best issues {that a} father may ever hope for or want for.”
“So,” he added, “it is fairly cool.”
LeBron ended up logging 19 factors, 5 rebounds and 4 assists in 16 minutes. Bronny, in the meantime, did not have a basket in his 13 minutes, however he did seize two rebounds.
They will have a possibility to play once more in a number of extra meaningless video games for about one other month — the staff’s acquired 4 different exhibition video games on the schedule till the true season ideas off on Oct. 22.
