LeBron and Bronny James made historical past Sunday evening — the 2 formally grew to become the first-ever father and son duo to share an NBA court docket 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 court docket 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 … and so they 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 mean, it means everything,” LeBron stated. “For someone who didn’t have that growing up, to be able to be able to have that influence on your kids and have that influence on your son — to be able to have moments with your son, and then, ultimately, to be able to work with your son, I think that’s one of the greatest things that a father could ever hope for or wish for.”
“So,” he added, “it’s pretty 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’re going to have a possibility to play once more in a number of extra meaningless video games for about one other month — the group’s acquired 4 different exhibition video games on the schedule till the true season suggestions off on Oct. 22.
