Earlier this season, LeBron James and Bronny James made NBA historical past after they grew to become the primary father and son duo to play collectively on the identical crew. However there’s one other James who’s carving out his basketball path as effectively. Bryce James, the youthful son of LeBron James, is presently a junior at Sierra Canyon Excessive Faculty, and this weekend he made his debut on the Hoophall Traditional.
The Hoophall Traditional is an annual highschool basketball showcase, offered by the Basketball Corridor of Fame, and Sierra Canyon made their look within the showcase on Saturday. LeBron James wasn’t capable of be in attendance for Bryce James’ Hoophall debut, however he was capable of watch from afar and took to social media to convey his response.
“Bryce James going loopy within the Hoophall Traditional proper now! Flame thrower,” LeBron posted on social media. He adopted that up with one other put up after the sport during which he stated, “So happy with you Maximus!!! I actually simply shed a tear. PROUD POPS!!”
Bryce and Sierra Canyon pulled off a 60-46 win in opposition to Grayson Excessive Faculty (Georgia) with Bryce being named the MVP of the sport. He completed with 16 factors and shot 4-of-6 from the three-point line.
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Bryce not too long ago made headlines asserting his resolution to play faculty basketball at Arizona. He nonetheless has another 12 months of highschool basketball after this one.
Bryce performed his first two years of highschool basketball at Sierra Canyon earlier than transferring to Campbell Corridor Excessive Faculty, the place the Vacation brothers performed. He finally transferred again to Sierra Canyon. His older brother Bronny performed all 4 years of highschool basketball at Sierra Canyon earlier than taking part in at USC for one season. Bronny was the No. 55 choose within the 2024 NBA Draft.
The youthful James’ son is a stable prospect in his personal proper and had presents from Duquesne and Ohio State earlier than deciding on Arizona. It will likely be fascinating to look at his improvement over the following couple of years. It appears extremely unlikely although that Bryce would play within the NBA, if he reaches that stage, similtaneously his dad.
LeBron signed a two-year contract extension with the Los Angeles Lakers this offseason with a participant choice after this 12 months.