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LeBron James, Bronny James and the Los Angeles Lakers are acceptable to marque past this play erstwhile the 2 hoops players measurement connected the tribunal arsenic the lone father-son duo ever to play unneurotic successful the NBA.
The 2 played unneurotic successful the preseason, but with Bronny James reportedly connected the way of making the 15-man roster to commencement the year, helium and his legendary begetter volition marque authoritative NBA past successful the regular season.
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Los Angeles Lakers guardant LeBron James with defender Bronny James earlier the preseason crippled against the Golden State Warriors astatine T-Mobile Arena successful Las Vegas connected Oct. 15, 2024. (Candice Ward-Imagn Images)
The Lakers’ determination to prime Bronny James successful the 2nd circular of the NBA Draft implicit the summertime did bring its stock of detractors. While nepotism accusations person tally rampant, erstwhile NBA prima DeMarcus Cousins suggested helium didn’t deliberation it made consciousness roster-construction wise.
"I don't truly deliberation the Lakers are superior anymore," Cousins said Tuesday connected FanDuel’s NBA amusement "Run It Back." "I emotion everything that helium stands for, what LeBron is doing with his bequest and arsenic a businessman and everything that comes with it. I deliberation it’s a beauteous thing.
"As acold arsenic the Lakers really competing, I don't know. I instrumentality that arsenic a motion that they aren't truly serious. The mode their play ended past twelvemonth with the precocious expectations, I expected much from them arsenic acold arsenic making moves. I bash similar the kid from Tennessee that they drafted (Dalton Knecht). I bash deliberation helium could beryllium an instant interaction subordinate for them. But they person a batch of concerns past twelvemonth that I don’t deliberation truly were addressed."
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Nuggets halfway DeMarcus Cousins during the Los Angeles Lakers crippled astatine Ball Arena successful Denver, April 10, 2022. (Ron Chenoy-USA Today Sports)
The Lakers made the league finals successful 2023, 2 years aft winning the NBA title successful the bubble. Last year, the squad won the in-season tourney but exited the playoffs successful the archetypal round.
LeBron James is different twelvemonth older and playing with adjacent much mileage connected him acknowledgment to a golden medal tally astatine the Olympics. Anthony Davis’ wellness volition beryllium a focal constituent arsenic good arsenic the accordant play of Austin Reaves, D’Angelo Russell, Gabe Vincent and Rui Hachimura.
Also, J.J. Redick volition beryllium looked upon to find his footing arsenic a caput manager aboriginal and get the squad disconnected to a coagulated commencement to statesman the year.
Los Angeles Lakers defender Bronny James dribbles up the tribunal against the Golden State Warriors during their preseason crippled astatine T-Mobile Arena successful Las Vegas, Oct. 15, 2024. (Candice Ward-Imagn Images)
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Los Angeles volition unfastened the play astatine location Tuesday against the Minnesota Timberwolves.
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