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, the NBA's all-time leading scorer, said on his Instagram account that he plans to maintain his college eligibility and enter the college transfer portal. “I've had a year of ups and downs, but it all adds up to me growing as a man, [as] a student, and [as] an 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, averaged 4.8 points per game in the twenty-four games he played. If he is chosen by a team in 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. A four-time champion, the Los Angeles Lakers player became, last March, the first in NBA history to cross the 40,000 points mark in the regular season. And he maintains the vagueness about the end of his career: "I have not decided the number of seasons that I have left to play", he explained in mid-February, while he can activate a year of additional contract with the Los Angeles Lakers this summer.
