[Highlight] LeBron James finds LeBron James Jr. for the 3-pointer
I hope we see a Bron-Bron alley-oop soon, doesn’t matter which way
Omg the wade recreation would be epic
I would sign bronny to the supermax after that.
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That wasnt an alley opp. It was a bounce pass.
Lebron can’t retire until it happens.
If it happens in Toronto, it can be LeBron-to-Bron
That’s gonna go so hard. Everyone wants that.
I’m waiting for the season ender - a father-son kamehameha against Perfect Wemby
Honestly I’d love that. It would be equal parts wholesome and awesome.
bron-bron-bryce would be lit
i read that as alley oop son lol
Say what you will bout nepotism; that’s still cool and I’m happy for both of them
This is a crystal clear example of nepotism but Bronny is also legitimately an NBA-caliber player. Two-way seems right for him
Curry is also a nepo baby and he went on to be the undisputed greatest shooter to play in history. So good that he completely changed the way the game of basketball is played. Some are better than others, just like non-nepo babies
Edit: For those questioning why Seth and Steph Curry are nepo babies https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dell_Curry
The terms nepobaby and nepotism have completely lost their meaning
Nepotism used to be about parents handing out lucrative jobs.
Now it has come to mean, “Their parents were successful, so by default any success they experience is nepotism”
Nepotism used to be about Catholic priests having illegitimate children, calling them their “nephew”, and giving them roles in the church.
I think the priests gave them more than roles in the church…
You think they molested their own children?
Wouldn’t put it past them. Or molested other priests’ children
I can’t argue with history
The chances of bronny being in the league without LeBron are very slim. The chances of him being specifically at Lakers none. It would not have happened without his father. So yes that’s nepotism.
NBA industry plant
Average sports fan is too dumb to know what nepotism means apparently
Curry didn’t get drafted because of nepotism tho. He was an elite player in college for three years and earned the right to be drafted 7th overall. Bronny getting drafted was 10% of his own skill but 90% being LeBron’s kid. Not the same imo.
Yeah, Bronny clearly has talent and can carve out some seasons, I think, but any other player in the country would’ve been written off when he had his health issues and then was pretty mid when he returned.
He got another shot because his dad, and that’s okay to admit.
You’re forgetting 15% concentrated power of will
That’s not nepotism. Definitionally. It’s privilege and structural advantage. Which is notable, but fundamentally different from nepotism. You’re just straight up misusing the term nepotism.
How was Curry a nepo baby?
Actual braindead take
How is Curry a nepo baby?
why does his dad being a former nba player have anything to do with this? your saying he wouldn’t have been drafted with his skillset coming into the draft if it wasn’t for his dad? are you serious?
Having elite coaching/ nba exposure doesn’t make a nepo baby. Nepo baby would be hire this person, they’re unqualified but they’re my kid. He didn’t get into a premier school. He was passed in the draft twice by the timberwolves. Even golden state offered him or Monta Ellis for Bogut. His ankles were such a worry he signed a below market deal.
Downvote this man
That’s not nepotism. That’s privilege
Dell Curry did not have clout necessary to push his kids into NBA via nepotism. He was a decent NBA player - likes of which we have quite a lot nowadays.
Because of his father’s storied career at Virginia Tech, Curry wanted to play college basketball for the Hokies, but was only offered a walk -on spot due in part to his slender 160-pound frame.
From Stephs wiki - even college where his father played for 4 years and Dell had his jersey retired did not give him a spot and he had to play at pretty low ranked college.
Yeah, like Bronny might not be on the Lakers, but I think he would most likely be somewhere playing professionally and ultimately, completely putting all that aside, I’m going to go ahead and make a choice to not be angry and outraged and instead choose to enjoy the novelty and wholesomeness of a father and son playing on an NBA team together.
I mean, literally every sibgle successful person at this level at some sort of luck. Sometimes it’s location, a great game when a scout is present, famous parents…
I aint ever going to be mad at someone putting in good effort just cause they were lucky with their foot in the door
No, it is a crystal clear example of genetics lol. Bronny is nowhere near as good as his dad, but he is still talented (and athletic) enough at basketball to make it to the NBA.
That’s what the other dude said, he’s good enough to be an nba player but got drafted because of nepotism, which is true. No player averaging 5 ppg on 33% shooting on a mid college team is getting drafted.
I get what you mean, but players who get drafted way above Bronny’s draft position absolutely do less than that every year. It’s not like he was a 1st round pick.
There are FIRST ROUNDERS who played fewer NBA minutes than Bronny.
https://www.basketball-reference.com/draft/NBA_2024.html
What’s this supposed to indicate
It indicates that so far he’s been more useful for the Lakers than some 1st rounders for their team because Lakers literally used him more.
He has earned his spot and in hindsight his draft position was fine, but he definitely wouldn’t have been drafted because of his health concerns. If he wasn’t Lebrons son but some other random athletes kid and had the opportunities he would have had to put in another year of college ball at least. Probably a full 4 years.
Ultimately the 55th draft pick is a non entity like 90%+ of the time, people caring about the nepo baby thing are silly. Its cool seeing Bron get to play with Bron. Some g-league player is losing his chance to sit on the Lakers bench I guess but thats life.
No player averaging 5 ppg on 33% shooting on a mid college team is getting drafted.
Jahmai Mashack got drafted last season averaging 5ppg for 4 years of college on 45% shooting as a 6’4” guard.
And was national dpoy runner up
The Vols weren’t mid tho
You ARE aware he was drafted 55th right? Nobody averaging 15-20 ppg is getting drafted that low anyway. Also golden state has said they were going to draft him too. It wouldn’t be nepotism if he played for another team, would it?
It’s not that critical, but I do wonder what would have happened if Bronny didn’t almost die and had a proper season at USC
Plenty of people in college are scoring well into 10-15s and not even being considered for NBA. Especially people on shorter side for their position - which Bronny is. Plenty of teams that are going far into the NCAA tournament have 1 or some even 0 players drafted. On quite a few of those schools there are freshmen averaging ~15 points and winning games.
Peyton Watson
Peyton Watson is 6 inches taller than Bronny tbf.
Yeah, that’s the other major difference aside from just not being a prodigy (which is fine); he’s 6’2” compared to his 6’9” dad.
Other people have brought up various counterfactuals and they got shot down for various spurious reasons, but the point remains: people absolutely do get drafted after averaging 5 ppg. Also worth noting bronny was a top 20 recruit before almost dying from a heart attack and so his college production might not have been what the nba was looking at.
If he’s good enough to be an NBA player, is it really drafting based on nepostism? A whole lot of second rounders don’t turn out to be good enough to be NBA players.
Just quoting PPG and FG% leaves out some context, anyhow. Dude’s heart stopped at practice before his college season started. so there might be some reason to assess him based on how he scouted before that. If you read his college recruiting profile, it reads exactly like the sort of guy you might draft late in the 2nd because he sounds like he could be a bargain role player - good perimeter shooting, engaged on defense, can impact the game without the ball in his hands, above-average athleticism.
I mean, there are 3 guys who got drafted ahead of him who are playing in Europe and might never even suit up for an NBA game. Late second round picks are pretty much definitionally players who you expect to wash out before the end of their rookie contract but if things go just right, they could make an NBA rotation. So why are we acting like it was some overreach to pick a guy who didn’t look NBA ready but you could see how he might have NBA upside?
Almost the reverse of the Currys. Steph is shorter than his dad, Dell, and was considered by most growing up to not be as talented or as athletic. College basketball was considered his ceiling. The game had changed by then and three-point shooting ability wasn’t considered a specialist/sniper role like it was for people like Dell or Steve Kerr. Now it’s the son who’s considered having the better career.
the son is the best shooter to ever play the game of basketball lol.
He’s put the work in to get better. It’s not athleticism. He did what his coaches said and now he can be both a pest as well as has the confidence now to shoot it.
Do you understand how many raw athletes there are that dont make the league? Its about more than that
Ehhhh
Disagree. Bronny is a good basketball player, but there are thousands of other players his caliber stuck in the G League or overseas. It can be tough to see the difference when a guy comes up for a 10-day contract and he unexpectedly lights it up a little bit, but Bronny’s size and athleticism aren’t NBA caliber for his ability. Thats not really a knock on him either - he’s good!
Yeah. Honestly, he’s not even bad for a second round. He probably would’ve stayed in college for another year, but I still think he would’ve made it even if he wasn’t LeBron’s son. He gets 7 minutes per game and gets 2.1 points and 1.2 assists in that time on average. He’s a fringe player and that’s not bad. He’ll have a short career, but that’s how it goes for most.
He was going to make it into the league, just not a year after cardiac arrest.
I don’t follow basketball at all. But the comments I read when he started in the league, it sounded like he wasn’t at that level at all. Has he gotten much better as a player?
He improved a lot. I wouldn’t say he’s a rotation player but there’s a couple of guys worse than him that are in NBA rosters
A late second round pick was right. Lakers have been developing and he’s right along schedule as a defender who can hit a 3
Theres alot of nepotism that isnt talked about in sports. Like the Buss family and Jerry Jones with his family.
It will be even crazier in 20 years when LeBron James III gets the assist from his grandpa
Or if Lebron James lll throws up an alley oop for Lebron James l.
“fuck it, grandpa up there somewhere”
“he can afford new hips, go get it.”
”Hell yeah gramps, go get the bag. Your colostomy bag, it’s there by the post”
His toes have fallen off completely by this point
Father-son kamehameha
Bronny having been out of the league for 19 years at this point
Slam dunks will be wild on the moon at 1/6th earth gravity.
Falling for a fake pass to Vando for 3 is offensive to the game
i mean. it’s funny but also if you’re really playing you’re reacting. your body isn’t reading who’s in the corner
Nah he knew Vando was there, he was guarding him the whole possession and even peeked Vando’s way before running to Bronny. He just gambled and got it wrong
Bronny got them iq
LeIQ
lol that’s literally his job
Getting paid millions just to have the court awareness of a YMCA player lol.
Bruh yes a professional NBA player is actually expected to know that and react accordingly lmao
Nah, there are entire scouting reports and everyone knows a lot about who they are guarding.
No dude that just happened to be the best fake pass in history of the NBA.
It was a really good fake pass though. I know he was going to score and I thought there might be another passing sequence before or something
And almost missed the historical moment by passing it
Vando has actually been landing a lot of his corner threes lately. Seems he’s been working on it.
That is some wild shit. Like no matter how you feel, no one ever did this in the NBA lol
I still remember the viral video of LeBron shooting around with his toddlers at I wanna say… a 2010 ASG practice? Definitely going to feel like the final episode of basketball when LeBron announces his final season.
I vividly remember when the sports illustrated came in 2003 with LeBron picture on the front saying his time arrived. Crazy to think still going strong 23 years later
I hope Bron plays long enough to play against his son at some point
I want Bronny to succeed so bad
A dad would just be proud their kid made it to this level but to be the dad who plays in a game and gives you an assist for a three? Damn Lebron won at life. He’s got a lot of it for sure.
Especially since LeBron’s dad wasn’t in his life. He wanted nothing more to be the dad he never had. That includes making all the dad jokes and corny LeBron stuff.
Bro if Bronny could improve I think that’s the only way LeBron stays past whatever his contract is
Hes alr improved a lot. The “worst player in the league” shit aged poorly. Hes basically a normal 55th overall pick
I would say he’s a lot better than a normal 55th overall pick, given his G-League stats and the way he’s been playing in the past few games that he’s been in. A lot more confident than at the beginning of the season. Still a long long long way to go, but I honestly think Bronny is starting to really get to move from a 15th man to 10th man caliber player. Still not good by any means, but better than a typical 55th overall pick imo.
Many 55th overall picks don’t see a 3rd, 4th or 5th season. It’s normal for them to leave the league because the league doesn’t need 50 new players each year. Only 450 players overall after all.
Is this his first ever assist to Bronny?
Lebrons favorite assist all time!!! Much love!
Bronny getting minutes in a close game? Love to see it!
He’s been a legit end of the roster NBA player this year despite all the criticism. He improved a lot.
Don’t forget that he had a heart attack and died on the court one time.
Yeah he’s shooting super solid both NBA and G-League
It’s almost like literally dying with a heart attack takes a couple of years to be fully back mentally
We’re not deep and smart is hurt. Bronny played 4 minutes.
I understand some of the hate but man this is just so cool and feels right for the GOAT to experience this full circle
You know, it’s moments like these that make nepotism okay. I actually hope Bronny has a good career. To be LeBron James’ son and be on an actual NBA roster must feel like college debt or something like that
Nowhere near as cool as college debt
This is so cool to watch man fr
I’ve been hoping for Bronny to find success. The hate is unnecessary with this kid, but because his pops is LeBron, he has to live up to that standard. And if he falls shy of that, he doesn’t belong? Development takes time, and Bronny is showing what he can do when given it.
Nba is full of nepotism but genes and upbringing are a damn good recipe
Ye he got so much uneccesary hate. These haters almost had me convinced the 55th pick was more important than the first pick. Its funny how the only year we ever heard the 55th pick is a verry crucial and important pick was the year Bronny got drafted.
Falling for a fake pass to a Vando corner 3 is crazy
bronny james is at 40% from 3 on the NBA season granted on pretty low volume but in the G league he is also surpassing 42% from 3 on decent volume 64% from 2 as well, not quite NBA ready though due to confidence issues but a clear NBA level project at least.
Old bronny would have run that into the paint. Nice development
Is this his First official assist to Bronny?
First ever father-son assist in the NBA, yes
What a wild fucking sentence lmao. Idk if we’ll ever see anything like this again
Looks like it’s the first father to son assist ever. Makes sense since Bronny mostly plays garbage time and Bron is sitting by then
That first half deserves some Nets highlights! Dunking on everyone, Saraf blowing by LeBron, and Traore playing lights out.
Be the change you want to see
Wish we got more highlights altogether tbh
LeAssist to LeSon
That must feel weird and good for lebron
LeDaddy finds LeSon👨🏿🍼
LeSsist
LeBron trouve LeBronny?
I still dont think people understand how insane of a sentence this is
I thought bronny never played important minutes? Or is it just a nets thing
Usually he doesnt but we have a couple players out and it’s the Nets
Nice ball fake.
Bron so goated that he nutted and it came back 21 years later to mog you on television
Im going to bed
Ok, real ball talk though, that fake pass by Bronny was hella clean…
G leaguer life kinda fucked tho, he played last game a little, then played yesterday g-league game almost 30 mins and now play today game a little
So much grind if you want to make it
Then has to practice for development, imagine guy with family stuff and etc
Lebron should be credited with 1.5 pts for that, assist plus creator of teammate life point value
Wow that is awesome
now thats some generational stat padding lmao
I’m here to appreciate your wordplay, gave me a chuckle
It’s genuinely heartwarming to see that father-son connection translate so perfectly on the court.
Will this ever happen again? Similar has happened in baseball but basketball? That’s really special.
Neat.
Nice fake pass from Bronny. Legitimately a great 2-man game, there.
Great ball fake
I’m a lebron hater but this is just awesome
Enjoy life man
That is awesome.
This is wild!!! STILL TILL THIS DAY
That was a horrible pass to his father. He telegraphed it from a mile away.
Good pass fake to the corner to give himself more space for the shot.
This disrespect to Brooklyn playing Bronny in the 2nd quarter lol
What could be cooler as a father? I guess handing him The Larry OB but not sure it’s gonna happen before one of them leaves The Lakers.
straight up nepotism! Dad took the double team to give his kid an easy wide open 3!
/s
That was a nice fake ngl
Both out of the league in one or two years
God I wish I was Savanah
I could be bias but Bronny looks real good. Strong, fast and very athletic. I think physically he got everything from bron except the height. I guess he traded the height for the hair.
Craziest part is bronny didnt brick the 3
Man time flies. Just imagine in another 20 years Bron, Bronny, and Bronny’s unborn son all playin together.
That probably felt good for both father and son.
LeAssist
This is a disgrace to the game of basketball
It’s kind of funny to see a team as bad as the nets not even try and guard Bronny
i cant help but root for bronny. just seems like a good kid chasing his dreams.
I can’t wait for LeBron to play with LeGrandson 😆
I’ve decided this is worth more than any championship.
instant pass fake got his defender from collapsing on him
He didn’t find him he was already there
That Was Awsome ❗️ 👀 💯 🏀 I Just Got Done Watching The Goat Movie 🐐 😅 👑 🤘 😎 🏆
first father to son assist, crazyy
LeGenetic Three
Face: 😐 Brain: “I’m never missing again”
Honestly what we have all been waiting for. An oop next hopefully. Good for them.
Bron finished the main campaign and now he’s out there throwing assists to himself
LeShootitson
LeBron assists LeSperm with a deep shot.
LE41 Years old
About time
wow
I wonder how many bronny to bron or vice versa assist there are
that’s just weird
Boring highlight + LeBron James = Karma
I feel like Bronny could turn into an Austin Rivers type role player. You can see he’s really improving and that he’s putting in the work. Ha, I’m sure having his dad around helps with that work ethic.
Wow so incredible!!!!!!!!!!!
An actual passing of the torch to LeSeed
Is that considered an assist statistically
Yes, quite obviously.
Fire the nets