While the Los Angeles Lakers probably have more pressing issues as a team — including how JJ Redick’s starting five will shake out — a lot of the focus on them will understandably center on LeBron James’ playing relationship with his son Bronny.
Fortunately, it sounds like Redick and the Lakers are already considering this in their organizational calculus.
During a press conference Wednesday, Redick clarified that Los Angeles has not yet nailed down specifics about when LeBron and Bronny will actually play together for the first time. That, of course, will have the duo make history as the first NBA father and son pair ever to share the floor.
However, Redick maintained the Lakers have thought about it — and that they will involve both LeBron and Bronny in planning — because it’s an important moment they want to give proper credence to:
JJ Redick on when LeBron and Bronny will make their regular-season debut together pic.twitter.com/rykUPEte7f
— Mark Medina (@MarkG_Medina) September 25, 2024
If you think about it, this is a situation that will require a little more thought.
After all, do you start Bronny for one of the Lakers’ first few home games while giving him the equivalent of a bench player’s minutes? Do you bring him off the bench and have LeBron stagger? If it’s at home, how do you involve the Lakers’ arena staff? Is there any additional fanfare they should be ready for?
These are all questions that Redick and the Lakers have to consider before this fateful, awesome moment finally arrives. It is cool, though, to learn that both LeBron and Bronny will be involved in the planning.
