Lakers veteran LeBron James is not in a rush to spend court time with his son, Broony James. The 39-year-old said it will happen when the time will be right. The Lakers kicked off their NBA 2024-25 campaign with a 110-103 win against the Minnesota Timberwolves at the Crypto.com arena.
“Whenever it happens, it will happen,” he said after Lakers shootaround Tuesday morning. “If it’s tonight or if it’s down the line, whenever it happens, it will happen. But it’s been a treat, and just in preseason, the practices, just every day … just bringing him up to speed of what this professional life is all about and how to prepare every day as a professional.”
This will be the 22nd season for LeBron in the NBA and he will join Vince Carter for the most seasons in the league.
Meanwhile, Bronny James suffered a cardiac arrest in July 2023 before the Lakers signed him as the 55th pick in the NBA draft.
“[It was] not too long ago that the scare happened,” LeBron said. “And when he’s able to grace an NBA floor, if that’s tonight or whenever the case may be, it’ll be another one of those moments just to know the adversity that he went through.
“I’ve had a couple of family members that have had heart surgeries. Some of them older, some of them younger. And to know how long it kind of takes to get back to yourself, to see him be able to play in a college Division I game the same year that he had heart surgery was, like, a ‘wow’ moment. And I knew that at that moment that there really was going to be nothing to stop him from getting to this — to anything that he wants to do. And he wanted to continue to play basketball.”
James revealed that Bronny’s first question to doctors was when he could get back on the Basketball court again after his surgery.
“One of the first things that he asked, he asked the doctors after his heart surgery, like, ‘When can I play again?’” LeBron recalled. “Not like, ‘How long is it going to take for my heart to heal?’ Or not, ‘How long was I in surgery?’ None of those. He asked, ‘When can I play again?’”
Meanwhile, LeBron James registered 16 points against the Timberwolves whereas Bronny played for only three minutes and bagged one rebound.
The Lakers will next take on the Phoenix Suns on Friday.
