wednesday night, LeBron James watched his oldest son Bronny score his first NBA pointssomething he did in Cleveland – an arena in which young Bronny was practically raised during the early years of LeBron’s career.
Would LeBron want to repeat the process and play with his younger son, Bryce?
LeBron’s former teammate Tristan Thompson brought up the idea a recent conversation with Cleveland.com’s Chris Fedor. With LeBron in Cleveland, Fedor asked him about it.
“Oh dude,” LeBron said with a laugh… “Bryce’s an old man. I don’t know. We’ll see. We’ll see. That would be pretty cool. It’s all about my mind and then. seeing how my body reacts over these next two years .”
Is anyone really going to doubt that LeBron can do that if he wants to?
There are a few layers to this. First, is Bryce an NBA prospect? Maybe, but he’s not there yet, is what a scout who watched Bryce play told NBC Sports. The way it was put was that Bryce had maybe a higher ceiling than Bronny, but has a long way to go to get there. Bryce is said to be 6’6″ – taller than Bronny by four inches – and may not be done growing, but he’s also not as athletic as his older brother. Bryce has a good shooting touch and the ability of a wing player, but those skills are still pretty raw and needs work – ESPN has him outside the top 100 players in the class of 2025, and most services have him as a three-star recruit.The younger James reportedly has scholarship offers from Ohio State, USC and Duquesne.
Could LeBron’s will draft Bryce even if he’s not ready? Well, Bronny was drafted, and if he wasn’t LeBron’s son, he’d still be in college, so it’s not out of the question if Bryce is developing his game enough.
Will LeBron want to play for a few more years? Physically, he looks like he can. LeBron is averaging 21.2 points, 6.8 rebounds and 6.6 assists a game while shooting 38.5% on 3-pointers to start this season at the age of 39. No player works harder to take care of his body and mind than LeBron. That said, we’re in the first mile of this season’s marathon, then there’s the playoffs, and then there’s another whole season before Bryce could even be drafted. LeBron, of course, doesn’t seem like he wants to look that far down the road. It could happen, but two NBA seasons is a lifetime between now and then.
But the seed has been planted.
