When will Bronny James debut with the Lakers in Summer League?
The Los Angeles Lakers made the biggest pick of this years Draft. With the 55th pick, they took Bronny James which ensures his dad LeBron is staying in town.
The James gang has doubled down in Los Angeles and now the league’s All-Time leading scorer will be there for each moment as his son’s NBA journey tips off. Bronny James was taken with the 55th pick in the NBA Draft, joining forces with his dad, LeBron, Anthony Davis and new coach JJ Redick.
First father son duo in NBA
It was the news we all expected ever since LeBron planted the idea in the minds of millions a few years ago when he said he wanted to play with Bronny before he retired. He would later back track on those remarks, but there was no turning back once that was in the air.
It seemed like a countdown was set since that moment. LeBron is still at the top of his game, and Bronny completed his mandatory year out of high school before he could enter the draft. It may have been a rushed decision from Bronny, who averaged less than five point per game with the University of Southern California this season, but when LeBron is your dad and pulls a considerable amount of strings in the league the unification of the James father son duo was inevitable.
Bronny did have a major set back on his path to the NBA at the beginning of his college career suffering a cardiac arrest before even starting his freshman year. The fact that he even made it back to the court just months after the traumatic event is impressive enough, and now here he is one of the newest members of the NBA.
When’s the debut
There were warnings made to other teams, if they drafted Bronny he would go to Australia to play to ensure the Lakers got a chance to take him. With all that behind him, it’s now time to look ahead. Bronny was taken by the Lakers along with Dalton Knecht who was selected with the Lakers first round draft pick.
Los Angeles fans won’t have to wait too long before they see him in a Lakers jersey. The Summer League starts in early July and the Lakers are set to tip off the festivities from California. Los Angeles will be featured in the first game of the California Classic as they play the Sacramento Kings from the Chase Center in San Francisco, California.
They have three games in California, against the Kings on July 6th, Golden State Warriors the next day, and the Miami Heat July 10th. They NBA’s 2K25 Summer League will be held in Las Vegas from July 12-22, but the schedule has yet to be announced.
Obviously LeBron has no need to play in the Summer League so if seeing them on the same floor is all you are interested in, then you may have to wait until the first day of the NBA season which is set for late October.