LeBron James reacts to Bronny James' Lakers debut

Former USC guard Bronny James made his NBA summer debut for the Los Angeles Lakers over the weekend. With LeBron James watching, James finished with 4 points on 2-for-9 shooting, 2 rebounds, 2 assists and 1 steal in 22 minutes.

Dane Johnson, the coach of L.A.’s G League affiliate, the South Bay Lakers, had this to say about the rookie: “He’s just got to keep learning, keep getting reps and learning how much he’s capable of.”

“Like, his body, he can get downhill if he uses his shoulder if he has a little bit of an advantage on somebody. And just building that confidence into him.”

LeBron’s reaction contained multiple dimensions.

LeBron said this, via ESPN NBA reporter Dave McMenamin:

“Just imagine if you were a kid, you were born into a situation where your dad was super famous, super wealthy and you the kid still had the drive to want to be able to accomplish things for yourself… I personally don’t know if I would’ve been able to do that if the roles were reversed… When I was coming up, I had no choice… I had to make it out for me. My mom, my family, my hometown, my city… If Bronny wants to stop right now or never play basketball or just wanted be a gamer or wanted to be a chef… he could have done that… People don’t understand how hard that is and the commitment for him to be coming out of heart surgery less than a year ago, for him to be able to be in the NBA, the kid, he’s special.”

LeBron’s reaction to Bronny’s first points also contained a visual element, presented below in the video.

Watch the real-time reaction from LeBron James as he watched his son, Bronny James, score his first points as a Los Angeles Laker at the California Classic before both spoke about the bucket.

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