There Is One Name Bronny James Can’t Call LeBron While On The Basketball Court

Now that we may be closer to witnessing the first father and son playing basketball on the same NBA team at the same time, Los Angeles Lakers father LeBron James has instructions that his son, Bronny, can not call him “Dad” while both are on the basketball court.

During the latest episode of “The Shop,” when questioned on how the two will refer to one another while on the court together, LeBron makes it known that Bronny will NOT be allowed to call him the only thing he may have called him his whole life, Dad.

“We already laid that down, he cannot call me dad in the workplace,” LeBron emphatically states. “Once we leave out the private facility and the gates close, I could be Dad again, in the car if we ride together, at home I could be Dad.”

But, he did lay the groundwork on some names he may be allowed to say if they are coming down the court together.

“No, he got to call me like ‘2-3’ or ‘Bron’ or, you know, ‘GOAT’ if he want to. That’s up to him.”

But, he did say that it’s easy for him since he’s been calling his namesake Bronny since he was a child. So, since he’s been referring to LeBron James Jr. as Bronny, he needs no adjustment.

“We cannot be running down the court and he’d be like, ‘Dad, I’m open! Dad, come on!’ No, you cannot do that.”

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Time will tell when that moment does take place as the Lakers have intimated that Bronny will start the season and spend some time in the NBA’s developmental league, the G League. He may not be ready to face NBA competition just yet and will have to be developed more to compete.

The Lakers drafted Bronny in the second round of the NBA Draft with the 55th pick, a move that has elicited controversy based on his low-scoring and tepid numbers during his only season at USC (University of Southern California).