Basketball player Bronny James announced on Friday, April 5, that he would enter the NBA draft, the North American professional basketball league, after a season at the University of Southern California, shortened by a period of convalescence. following a cardiac arrest.
At 19, the son of LeBron James, leading scorer in NBA history, declared on his Instagram account that he planned to retain his college eligibility and would enter the college league transfer portal. “I’ve had a year with ups and downs, but it all helped me grow as a man, [en tant qu’]student and [en tant qu’]athlete “, writes Bronny James.
In July 2023, the player collapsed during a training session at the Galen Center, suffering from cardiac arrest. Doctors diagnosed him with a treatable congenital heart defect.
Bronny James, who returned to competition in December 2023, scored an average of 4.8 points per game in the twenty-four games in which he participated. If he is chosen by a team during the NBA draft, he could then find himself on the same floor as his father, who will celebrate his 40th birthday in December.
LeBron James has already expressed his desire to play with his son in the NBA. Four times champion, the Los Angeles Lakers player became, last March, the first in NBA history to cross the mark of 40,000 cumulative points in the regular season. And he maintains the vagueness about the end of his career: “I haven’t decided how many seasons I have left to play”he explained in mid-February, when he can activate an additional year of contract with the Los Angeles Lakers this summer.