LeBron James and son Bronny make NBA history as they play together for LA Lakers | US News

LeBron James and Bronny James have change into the primary father and son to play collectively within the NBA.

The basketball nice stepped on court docket together with his 20-year-old son within the LA Lakers’ season opener towards Minnesota Timberwolves.

The pair obtained an enormous ovation as they made historical past within the Crypto.com Area.

They’d about two and a half minutes taking part in collectively within the second quarter.

Bronny wasn’t in a position to rating in his temporary look however nonetheless obtained an ovation when he left the court docket with 1:19 left to play.

LeBron, the all-time NBA factors report holder, is broadly thought to be one of many best gamers ever.

He completed the sport with 16 factors and the Lakers gained 110-103.

The 39-year-old had lengthy spoken of his ambition to share the court docket together with his son – a second-round draft decide by the Lakers in June.

“That second, us being on the scorer’s desk collectively and checking in collectively, it is a second I am by no means going to neglect,” LeBron stated.

“Irrespective of how outdated I get, irrespective of how my reminiscence might fade as I become older or no matter, I’ll always remember that second.”

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Bronny instructed the media: “(I) tried to not deal with every thing that is occurring round me, and tried to deal with getting into as a rookie and never making an attempt to mess up.

“However yeah, I completely did really feel the vitality, and I respect Laker Nation for displaying the help for me and my dad.”

Bronny had open-heart surgical procedure final 12 months after struggling a cardiac arrest and performed a shortened freshman season at College of Southern California earlier than getting into the NBA’s draft – the annual decide of gamers.