Los Angeles Lakers
Bronny James is opening up on his resolution to rock No. 9 within the NBA … confirming he selected it to honor late musician Juice WRLD.
LeBron‘s eldest son confronted the media for the primary time as a Los Angeles Laker on Tuesday … and after fielding a number of questions on his relationship along with his four-time champion pops, who was in attendance for the presser, he defined how the digit he’ll sport throughout video games was removed from random.
“Juice has just been a big part of me, keeping calm in some situations that I’ve been through,” 19-year-old Bronny mentioned minutes in the past. “So yeah, just paying homage to him especially because he passed. It’s a really important thing for me.”
There was a number of hypothesis that was the case when the Lakers introduced Bronny’s quantity final week … particularly contemplating he has a 999 tattoo behind his ear — which Juice additionally had on his physique.
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999 symbolizes the inversion of the “mark of the beast” … and Juice beforehand mentioned it meant “taking whatever ill, whatever bad situation, whatever struggle you’re going through and turning it into something positive to push yourself forward.”
Juice was one of many prime younger artists when he died of an unintentional overdose at simply 21 years outdated in December 2019 … a loss that left a serious affect on the music trade.
Bronny addressed the strain he’ll face because the son of one of many biggest to ever play basketball … saying it is one thing he is at all times handled and can get via it — simply as he has accomplished his total profession.
Lakers coach JJ Redick additionally shot down any notion Bronny did not need to be drafted No. 55 general in final week’s draft … saying the younger hooper earned each little bit of it.
