James Says Son Bronny, 19, Could Play for the Struggling Los Angeles Lakers ‘Right Now’

Bronny made his first appearance in a college basketball game at USC a little over a month ago, and since then, he has averaging 7.5 points off the bench.

The irritation that LeBron James has been feeling from the Los Angeles Lakers season reached a new level on Saturday, when it was reported that he made a public statement in which he stated that his son Bronny could play for the team “right now, easy.”

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The assertion was made by LeBron James, who is 39 years old, in the locker room of the Los Angeles Lakers following the team’s defeat to the Memphis Grizzlies by a score of 127-113 on Saturday night, as reported by Claire de Lune, an NBA contributor for The Guardian.

“During the time that the advertisement was available, Austin inquired about Bronny’s game tomorrow and whether or not he would be starting. It was loudly stated by LeBron James that he believed it was time, and he stated that he could play for us right now. simple. TOO EASY,'” A post was made by de Lune on X, which was formerly known as Twitter.

LeBron James has stated for a long time that one of his remaining career ambitions is to play in the National Basketball Association alongside his kid, Bronny.

Bronny, who is currently a freshman at the University of Southern California, has been playing restricted minutes off the bench as he is healing from a cardiac arrest episode that occurred in late July. Bronny is currently 19 years old..

USC Trojans guard Bronny James (6) is introduced during Trojan HoopLA, a college basketball kickoff event featuring the USC Trojans, on October 19, 2023 at Galen Center in Los Angeles, CA.

After missing the first eight games of the season so that he could recover from the event, which left him hospitalized for two days before he later underwent a treatment to address a congenital heart issue, the son of the four-time NBA Champion made his debut in college basketball a little over a month ago.

Since the beginning of the season, Bronny has participated in a total of seven games, during which he has scored an average of 6.7 points per game while playing a limited amount of minutes due to concerns about his health. He has played an average of 17.5 minutes per game for the Trojans, who are now in the middle of the Pac-12 conference standings and are unranked. The Trojans have a record of 8-7 and are currently tied for eighth place.

The Los Angeles Lakers are now ranked tenth in the Eastern Conference standings, despite the fact that they have been less than ordinary throughout the first half of the NBA season. The outburst that LeBron James made about his eldest kid being ready to join the team now occurred over a period of ten games in which the Lakers lost eight games all together.The Lakers have been on a losing streak of four games in a row since they won the first-ever In-Season Tournament a month ago.

“We just suck right now,” commented LeBron James following the team’s defeat to Memphis on Saturday, as reported by Fox Sports.

He also refuted the idea that the team’s performance during the In-Season Tournament shows that it is capable of operating at the same level when it comes time for the NBA Playoffs in late April. The player who holds the record for most points scored in NBA history is the all-time leading scorer.

“That was just two games,” LeBron James relayed to the reporters. Such a minimal sample size was taken. Keep bringing up Vegas because everyone is becoming so excited about it. There is no stopping it. Both games were played. We were able to take care of that business, but in reality, that came down to just two games.