Bronny James chose a very special and meaningful number to start his NBA career with the Los Angeles Lakers alongside LeBron James.
Bronny James is a new member of the Los Angeles Lakers. The son of LeBron James was chosen with the No.55 pick of the 2024 NBA Draft fulfilling a long awaited dream for the King.
“I need to be on the floor with my boy. I got to be on the floor with Bronny. Either in the same uniform or a matchup against him. But I would love to do the whole Ken Griffey Sr. and Jr. thing. That would be ideal for sure. Being with him. Spending a full year with him in the same uniform, that would be the icing on the cake.”
Of course, one of the hottest topics in the NBA was which number will Bronny wear for the Lakers. In the case of his father, the 23 marked his career and, during certain periods, the 6 also had a huge role for the legend. That’s why his son chose that number in USC.
“Six has a lot of meaning to me. From my family and numbers and things of that nature to what I believe in and things of that sort, but my mentality doesn’t change.”
What number will Bronny James wear for the Lakers?
Bronny James has chosen No.9 for his new jersey with the Los Angeles Lakers. It’s an interesting decision considering No.6 was still available. Bt the way, the jersey name will be “James Jr.”
Why is Bronny James No.9 with Lakers?
According to many reports on social media, the decision might be to pay homage to Juice WRLD. The famous rapper passed away in 2019. His debut EP was called 9 9 9.
In fact, many fans immediately pointed out that 9 was a hint to an upside 6. Juice WRLD once said that’s a way to transform negative things (associated to a triple 6) by converting them in 9s (positive things).
LeBron James has indicated he is willing to take as much as a $20million annual pay cut to help the Los Angeles Lakers, according to a new report.
LeBron has been with the team since 2018 – winning a championship in the Covid-affected 2020 season – and they selected his 19-year-old son Bronny at No. 55 overall in this week’s 2024 NBA Draft.
Just hours later, LeBron opted out of his $51.4m player option – and it has now been reported by ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski that he is willing to take a huge wage decrease if it enables the team to strengthen their roster.
When asked what James’ decision to opt out meant, Woj explained: ‘It means, No. 1, that LeBron James plans to return to the Lakers, but the question is: What kind of contract does he do moving forward?
‘What LeBron James has told the Lakers, is essentially: If the Lakers have the chance to get at a couple of the impact players that are available in free agency, with their mid-level exception, that LeBron James is willing to take less money on this deal.
‘It would be considerably less money, maybe upwards of $20million, so the Lakers can have their full mid-level exception. That’s why the Lakers are preparing pursuits now of Klay Thompson, Jonas Valanciunas – the center from New Orleans who’s another player in this free agency class that’s a veteran and accomplished.’
