‘Bronny doesn’t have to play’: LeBron James glad he does because father-son duo ‘pretty special’

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Lakers’ LeBron James, left, and his son, Bronny, warm up before a road game against the Houston Rockets on Jan. 5. (Ashley Landis / Associated Press)

Bronny James is the son of a billionaire. He doesn’t need to be busting his butt trying to prove himself as a Lakers rookie or a player on the team’s G League affiliate.

“Bronny doesn’t have to play basketball at all,” LeBron James said on this week’s episode of Jason and Travis Kelce’s “New Heights” podcast. “It’s not like he needs the money. He can do whatever he wants to do.

“Like, if he wants to be the CEO of my company, he could be that. I’ll start teaching him right now to be that if he wants to. But he’s like, ‘This is my career. [These are] my goals and … aspirations and I want to play ball. This is something I love.’”

James added: “I love that kid. He’s awesome.”

The Lakers superstar from Akron joined his fellow northeast Ohio natives —the Kelces grew up in nearby Cleveland Heights before achieving stardom with the Philadelphia Eagles (Jason) and Kansas City Chiefs (Travis) — for an hour-long discussion that covered such topics as James’ NFL dreams and his real-life experience playing in a pick-up game with Michael Jordan at age 16.

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Bronny’s name came up when Jason Kelce asked what James considered to be his greatest career achievement, outside of his four NBA championships.

“When it comes to the titles that’s one separate thing,” James said, “but to be able to be in this league and play in this league and also being able to do it alongside Bronny right now, that’s like one of the biggest accomplishments and probably the No. 1 accomplishment I’ve ever been able to do.”

James said the reason he feels that way isn’t simply because he’s been able to last 22 seasons in the NBA and play into his 40s.

“Like, to work with your son — I’ve heard from a lot of people, not only sports but I’ve heard it in business and [other] walks of life, and they say it’s the greatest thing you can ever, ever have,” James said. “To see him every day grinding…

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Author : LA Times

Publish date : 2025-01-15 22:18:00

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