Source – Bronny James signs 4-year, $7.9M deal with Lakers

LOS ANGELES — Bronny James signed a four-year, $7.9 million contract with the Lakers on Wednesday, a league supply advised ESPN, reaching his rookie deal on the identical day LeBron James agreed to an extension with the workforce and ensured the primary father-son duo in NBA historical past will play for the purple and gold subsequent season.

Bronny James’ contract begins at $1,157,143 in 2024-25 and progresses to $1,955,377 the next 12 months, $2,296,271 in 2026-27 and $2,486,955 for a workforce choice in 2027-28, sources advised ESPN.

The Lakers introduced Wednesday that that they had signed Bronny James and Dalton Knecht, the No. 17 decide on this 12 months’s draft, with out disclosing phrases.

James averaged 4.8 factors on 36.6% taking pictures (26.7% from 3), 2.8 rebounds and a pair of.1 assists in 19.3 minutes at USC after present process a coronary heart process final summer time. He mentioned the practically five-month layoff due to the medical problem affected his growth.

Lakers vice chairman of basketball operations and normal supervisor Rob Pelinka praised James’ mindset and potential as a point-of-attack defender, and new Lakers coach JJ Redick mentioned James, whom Los Angeles chosen with the No. 55 decide final week, can be a prime precedence with the workforce’s revamped participant growth program.

“We view Bronny as [a] Case Examine One as a result of [of] his base degree of really feel, athleticism, point-of-attack defender, taking pictures, passing,” Redick mentioned. “There’s loads to love about his sport, and as we construct out our participant growth program holistically, he will have an amazing alternative to develop into a superb NBA participant.”

James and Knecht will make their summer time league debuts Saturday in San Francisco towards the Sacramento Kings within the California Traditional.

The Lakers’ roster now stands at 15, the utmost variety of gamers an NBA workforce can carry.