This is the primary take a look at Bronny James in Purple and Gold — LeBron’s son will put on No. 9 for the Lakers … in addition to “Jr.” on his nameplate.
L.A. simply launched visuals of its latest rookie on Friday … exhibiting the 19-year-old guard proudly donning the threads.
The digit is fascinating — Bronny rocked No. 6 with the USC Trojans final season, however that’s retired leaguewide in honor of NBA legend Invoice Russell.
Previous to that, he wore No. 0 with Sierra Canyon … however that at the moment belongs to teammate Jalen Hood-Schifino.
So perhaps Bronny settled for nueve because it’s his outdated quantity the other way up??
Bronny famously did not put on his dad’s iconic No. 23 — with LeBron explaining he did not need folks to know who he was on the court docket (yeah, we all know … identify kinda offers it away).
As for the again of the jersey, James can have “Jr.” on the again — which is fairly commonplace, but additionally raises the query — will LeBron now have “Sr.” on his jerseys??
In that case, count on jersey gross sales to skyrocket … ‘trigger any LeBron stan might want to add that to their assortment.
As we beforehand reported, Bronny went No. 55 general to the Lake Present within the second spherical of the NBA Draft on Thursday … a transfer that has had the entire basketball world buzzin’.
With the fifty fifth choose, the Lakers choose Bronny James. pic.twitter.com/QseLtHp4tx
— Los Angeles Lakers (@Lakers) June 27, 2024
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It made LeBron and Bronny the primary father-son duo in NBA historical past — not to mention the primary father-son teammates.
No phrase on when the jerseys go on sale … however we take it they’re going to be a high vendor for the rookie class.
