Can LeBron James last long enough to play with his youngest son Bryce James in the NBA?
By SAM LANCE
NORTH AUGUSTA, S.C. — LeBron James will spend next season playing in the NBA with his older son Bronny on the L.A. Lakers.
But can the soon-to-be-40-year-old LeBron last long enough in the NBA to play with his younger son Bryce?
“We got to see,” Bryce James, a three-star Class of 2025 shooting guard at Sierra Canyon (CA) school, told ZAGSBLOG at the Nike Peach Jam, where he’s playing with Strive for Greatness. “We’re gonna find out.”
Tom Brady played in the NFL until he was 45 years old. Several NBA players, like legend Vince Carter, have played basketball into their 40s.
So the question is: can LeBron — one of the greatest athletes of the 21st century — last long enough to play with his youngest son, Bryce James? Does he even want to?
After the Lakers drafted Bronny with the 55th pick in the NBA Draft, LeBron signed a two-year, $104 million contract to stay in L.A. He will be a free agent in 2026, which just so happens to be the year Bryce James would be draft eligible.
LeBron is currently 39 years old and would be 41 prior to the start 2026 NBA season. It’s very possible he could sign another deal, even though James said the new Lakers contract “could be” his last.
No father and son has ever shared the NBA court together. LeBron and Bronny could be the first to do it. Bryce said that fact hasn’t really set in yet.
“It’s a great feeling knowing my brother, the journey he’s had,” Bryce James said of the two teaming up for the Lakers. “He’s come far from the cardiac arrest, all the difficulties that he’s had in his career, college. It’s amazing seeing him get to play with his dad.”
Most of all, Bryce James is excited for one thing.
“I’m ready for them lobs to be honest.”
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