Los Angeles Lakers star forward LeBron James has had a lot of great things happen to him over the course of his career and he’s accomplished a whole lot.
But one thing stands out above the rest: Sharing the floor in the league with his son, Bronny.
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The two have played together on multiple occasions during the regular season, and with the Lakers shorthanded headed into the playoffs, the father-son duo could soon share the court during the postseason, too.
“Me being on the floor with him, it’s the best thing that’s ever happened to me in my career, above everything that I’ve accomplished,” James said, via ESPN. So, the fact that he’s put himself in a position to get his number called for a postseason game is pretty remarkable and pretty cool given the circumstances that he’s been given the last couple years. He earned it, he deserves it, and he’ll be ready.”
For Bronny, playing in a playoff game will be a dream come true.
“I mean, it’s what I’ve wanted,” Bronny said Thursday. “My dream is to play in the playoffs. I wasn’t able to play in March, so this is a bigger stage than that, and I’m completely and totally excited to get out there with my teammates.”
Given his father’s unparalleled playoff experience, Bronny plans to listen to his old man when it comes to anything involving the team’s upcoming postseason run, and he thinks the rest of the roster should follow suit.
“He’s been in the playoffs I don’t know how many times,” Bronny said. “So, he’s won series, won Finals. I think we just need to have our mind open and ears open and listen to whatever he says because he knows the most. He’s only saying that because he wants to win. So, he’s going to help us do that and we just got to listen to him.”
The Lakers will have their hands full in the first round of the playoffs against the Houston Rockets, especially since they will be without star guards Luka Doncic and Austin Reaves, who are both battling injury issues.
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With those guys sidelined to start the playoffs, a lot more of the offensive burden will fall on LeBron’s broad shoulders, but he’s prepared for that and he certainly has the requisite experience to lead an undermanned team on a playoff run.
“Nothing changes for me from the regular season to the postseason besides just [having] even more heightened focus,” LeBron said. “The only thing that changes in the postseason, you just know that you are going to be playing the same team at least four times — so you got to key in on them and understand like tendencies even more and be more thorough.”
Basketball fans will want to pay extra attention to the series between the Lakers and Rockets, because there’s a chance that it’s the last time we’ll get to see James face off against Kevin Durant in the postseason. Hopefully not, but with both guys in the twilight of their careers, you never know.
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