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It looks like the Los Angeles Lakers are putting father and son on pause. The team has assigned Bronny James to the G League.
As per NBC News the rookie will split his time honing his skills in a developmental division of the NBA. ESPN is reporting that organization will have the son of LeBron James join the South Bay Lakers. Originally launched in 2001, the G League serves as the National Basketball Association’s minor league. According to sources Bronny will still suit up in the purple and gold for Lake Show home games but will not travel with his father and the rest of the team so he can play for the G League.
This should not come to fans as a surprise as head coach JJ Redick made it clear this was the strategy for Bronny all along. “The plan for Bronny to move between the Lakers and South Bay has always been the plan since day one. [General manager] Rob [Pelinka] and I have talked about that. LeBron’s talked about that” he said to sports news network last month. While he made history by being the first NBA talent to play on the same team with his father, Bronny has only averaged about one point per game and a 16% shooting average in four games.
In 2023 he suffered a cardiac arrest during a basketball workout. He was soon admitted to the ICU at the University of South California and was treated by the medical staff. Bronny then underwent a procedure to treat congenital heart defect; months later he was cleared to play.
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Last month, Hip-Hop culture was shocked when news of the sudden passing of the legendary DJ Clark Kent was announced. With many of his peers paying homage in the following days, NBA legend LeBron James went about paying tribute in his own way.
Recently, the NBA icon styled in a pair of exclusive Air Force 1s Lows that were dedicated to the memory of “God’s Favorite” DJ and truth be told, they’re low-key fire. The classic silhouette was fitted with a reflective base in a colorway reminiscent of the “Easter” Air Force 1 colorway with the word “GODs” etched on one heel tab and “Favorite” etched on the other. The tongue on the sneakers also feature a “DJ Clark Kent” patch just in case no one knows who “God’s Favorite” DJ is.
LeBron James arrived to tonight’s game paying homage to DJ Clark Kent wearing his “The List” Nike Air Force 1 🙏 pic.twitter.com/7Cp7PAb0x1
— Nice Kicks (@nicekicks) November 5, 2024
LeBron James honors “God’s Favorite DJ” DJ Clark Kent with his Friends & Family “The LIST” Air Force 1s 🙏 pic.twitter.com/RylIM1Sa53
— Sole Retriever (@SoleRetriever) November 4, 2024
If you know anything about DJ Clark Kent, he was a sneaker connoisseur way before sneaker culture was the “in” thing to be a part of and he had collection of kicks that would rival some of your favorite artists.
Naturally, we doubt that these will ever see the light of day as Nike is notorious for giving athletes like LeBron James and artists like Travis Scott their own exclusive sneaker colorways for friends and family. Still, don’t be surprised if a pair of these hits the sneaker resale market as player and artist exclusives are known to slip onto the secondary market here and there.
Do expect to pay a grip though as scarce sneakers fetch big bucks.
What do y’all think of LeBron James’ exclusive DJ Clark Kent sneakers? Would you cop if these were to drop? Let us know in the comments section below.
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Are the Los Angeles Lakers father-son duo, LeBron and Bronny James, coming to Call of Duty as playable operator skins?
Like his son, Bronny, LeBron James is a gamer. He has his own PS5 DualSense Controller and has been featured as a playable character in the WB Games Interactive fighter MultiVersus.
Bronny and LeBron also starred in a hilarious television spot for PlayStation’s God of War: Ragnarok.
Now, for their next trick, there seems to be a very good chance the two professional hoopers will join the likes of Snoop Dogg, Nicki Minaj, and 21 Savage by having their own operation skins in Call of Duty.
The buzz all started when LBJ lobbied for his son, who was once a member of FaZe Clan, to have his own operator skin in Call of Duty on X, formerly Twitter, writing in a post, “Bronny just said he want his own “Skin”. @Activision @CallofDuty talk to me.”
When LeBron James calls you out, you have to respond, and the official X account for COD did respond with a GIF of The Replacer, writing, “We know Bronny is a shooter, let’s talk. First father son duo in NBA history. Could be a #CallOfDuty first too.”
The Replacer Has Been Busy
So maybe The Replacer will replace both Bronny and LeBron so they can play some Black Ops 6.
Adding more fuel to the speculation fire, notable Call of Duty news site CharlieIntel also took notice, dropping the “looking eyes emoji.”
This latest development comes after The Replacer stepped in for Angel Reese so she can play some Black Ops 6, speculating the Chicago Sky superstar will be involved in the next installment in the Black Ops franchise.
Bronny also won the Call of Duty two-minute drill at the NBA Summer League, so the young hooper’s involvement in the game could have been in the works for a minute.
We shall see how this plays out. The gallery below shows more reactions to LeBron and Bronny James possibly getting operator skins.
1. LOL, chill
2. Nepotism we have no issue with
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Bronny James’ parents are opening up about his cardiac arrest for the first time ever.
LeBron and Savannah James couldn’t help but get emotional about almost losing one of their most prized possessions, their son, Bronny James.
The emotional moment was captured for Netflix’s new sports docuseries, Starting 5, which follows LeBron James, Jimmy Butler, Domantas Sabonis, Jayson Tatum, and Anthony Edwards throughout the 2023-24 season.
“I think at the end of the day, it was just about us supporting each other and just being super grateful for the outcome,” an emotional Savannah James said in the episode.
The episode also shows LeBron and his mother, Gloria James, meeting with Erin, a USC medical staff member who immediately responded when Bronny collapsed on the court, saving the young hooper’s life.
“Shout out to the man above,” James, 36, said during the confessional segment as footage of Gloria and himself meeting Erin is shown. “And to the whole coaching staff, training staff, members of that program,” LeBron continued, calling Erin a “lifesaver, literally.”
“Erin performed CPR on Bronny when he went down,” LeBron said to his mother during the meeting.
LeBron said the university’s medical staff is “the reason Bronny is alive now and smiling and thriving and doing what any 19-year-old should be doing, and that’s living out their dream.”
What Happened To Bronny James
Bronny, who is now about to make his regular-season debut alongside his dad as a member of the Los Angeles Lakers, was diagnosed with “an anatomically and functionally significant congenital heart defect.”
He underwent successful surgery in August before beginning rehabilitation. He worked his way back on the court to make his collegiate debut, where his dad and grandmother watched and cheered him on.
During the episode, LBJ admitted to being nervous watching Bronny take bumps and run up and down the court, but the best moment for him was watching Bronny walk off the court after the end of the game and not be carried off on a gurney.
Starting 5 is now streaming on Netflix.
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A new documentary on the unknown story behind the rise of digital piracy produced by Eminem & LeBron James debuts in June.
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One of the more obscured stories behind the rise of digital piracy and how it transformed the music industry into what it is today, is on display in a new documentary series, entitled How Music Got Free. The two-episode series is based on the best-selling 2016 book by Stephen Witt. Eminem and LeBron James are executive producers along with Maverick Carter, Paul Rosenberg, and Steve Stoute. The series is directed by Alexandria Stapleton, a veteran who recently was at the helm of the Amazon Prime documentary Reggie, about New York Yankees Hall-of-Famer Reggie Jackson.
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How Music Got Free focuses in part on the life of Dell Glover. Glover, a man from Shelby, North Carolina, worked at the Universal Music compact disc pressing plant and used his access and ingenuity to leak music as part of the disruption that upended the music industry in the late 1990s and early 2000s. The series shows how his efforts and others led to the rise of Napster and other downloading sites. As Stapleton expresses in the press release, “The real visionaries, rebels, and anti-heroes of the era were a ragtag group of young people hidden behind online aliases. They leveraged tech and proved to the world how fans really wanted to consume music in the 1990s, 2000s, and beyond. The music industry was too busy raking in profits from CDs to see the digital tsunami that was about to swamp them. When the flood came, the industry didn’t build better boats, they blamed the pirates riding the wave and tried to put them in federal prison.”
How Music Got Free is narrated by Method Man, and features interviews with Eminem, 50 Cent, Steve Stoute, Timbaland, Jimmy Iovine, Rocsi Diaz, Rhymefest, and more. Also involved in the series’ production is Warner Bros. Unscripted Television/Telepictures, in association with SpringHill, Interscope Films, and Shady Films. How Music Got Free will make its premiere on Paramount Plus on June 11.
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Bronny James’ name has yet to be called during the 2024 NBA Draft, but the chatter around LeBron James’ son, where he will land, and if the Lakers superstar will join the team that takes a chance on his seed is deafening.
Word around the NBA streets was that LeBron James was very gung-ho about playing alongside his son in the league, giving many teams the impression that if they draft Bronny, they could land LBJ in free agency.
According to reports, teams shouldn’t bet on that because Bron Bron has no desire to ditch the Los Angeles Lakers to hoop with his son.
The Athletic’s Shams Charania reports that James is telling teams not named the Lakers who believe their chances to sign him in free agency will increase if they draft Bronny “No, as of right now,” regarding leaving Los Angeles.
Yahoo! Sports reports the “as of right now” in his statement leaves enough wiggle room for teams to continue to continue working on a situation that would pique his interest.
Interest in Bronny James increased following his strong showing at the NBA Draft, and some people believe he could be drafted in the second round.
LeBron James Did Express In The Past He Wanted To Play With Bronny In His Final Season
Regardless of the chatter around Bronny James, the Los Angeles Lakers are still the front runners to resign James, who has a $51.4 million player option for the 2024-25 season, if they land a head coach LeBron James approves of and a third piece to compliment him and Anthony Davis.
LBJ’s new alleged stance on playing alongside his son starkly differs from his past comments.
He made his desire to play his final season as a teammate with Bronny, even saying he would sign with the team that drafts his son.
That changed after the Lakers were bounced out of the playoffs by the Denver Nuggets, with James telling people hooping with Bronny was no longer a priority for him.
As for Bronny James, a conversation is happening now that he doesn’t deserve the attention he is receiving. Some people believe the spotlight is on him because he is the son of arguably the greatest professional hooper not named Michael Jordan.
ESPN NBA analyst Kendrick Perkins has been very loud on the matter.
Now, Bronny knows that carrying the James torch is the main topic of discussion, but the young hooper has made it clear he doesn’t want anything handed to him because he is the son of LeBron James and wants people to judge him on his skills and what he does on the court.
“Everything that follows my dad, people just try to link me with that and all the greatness he’s achieved and I haven’t done anything yet,” Bronny told reporters. “So there needs to be that divide between Bronny and LeBron. I just want to let people know that my name is Bronny James and not being identified as LeBron James’ son.”
We hear you Bronny.
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1. Draymond Green is a believer in Bronny James
2. Interesting
3. Fair question
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LeBron James continues to make sure life after basketball is very prosperous.
Variety exclusively reports that Vice TV has picked up a new unscripted basketball series produced by LeBron James and Maverick Carter’s athlete storytelling brand, Uninterrupted.
The website reports that the series will be called Uninterrupted: The Real Stories of Basketball and will “explore iconic moments, players, and stories from inside basketball.”
In a statement, the Los Angeles Lakers superstar and future first-ballot Hall-of-Famer said, “As a lifelong student of the game and all of its iconic history and culture, I’m excited about this series that relives some of basketball’s biggest moments and the stories behind them for a whole new generation to experience.”
James’ best friend and business partner, Maverick Carter and Chief Executive Officer of The SpringHill Company, adds, “At the SpringHill Company, we are always looking to take our storytelling to the next level, and ‘Uninterrupted: Real Stories of Basketball’ allows us to do just that. This project offers us a chance to shine a light on the real, unfiltered, hoop stories, giving athletes a platform to share their voices and empower through content.”
Per Variety, the series will focus on stories from pro basketball Hall-of-Famers, getting firsthand accounts from the likes of Jason Kidd, Bill Laimbeer, Gary Payton, Bill Walton, Shawn Kemp, Richard Jefferson, Kenyon Martin, Detlef Schrempf and Spud Webb.
All The Smoke podcast co-host and former NBA hooper turned analyst Matt Barnes will be the series narrator.
LeBron James, Maverick Carter, Jamal Henderson, Phillip Byron, Bryan Terry, Joe Townley, and Michael Yudin serve as executive producers on the series.
Dan Levin will serve as showrunner and director on the series coming June 4.
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The 2024 NBA playoffs are here and one of the most anticipated matchups pit the Los Angeles Lakers against the Denver Nuggets. The Western Conference series has no shortage of star power, with Nikola Jokic and last season’s NBA champs Nuggets facing off against LeBron James and the always-powerful Lakers.
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L.A. Lakers vs. Denver Nuggets Playoff Games: Date, Time
The Lakers and Nuggets open the best-of-7 series tonight, Saturday, April 20 at 8:30 p.m. ET / 5:30 p.m. PT from Ball Arena in Denver.
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Nelly’s resume is often downplayed but his impact can’t be denied. He says the era he thrived in was the hardest era of Hip-Hop ever.
Vibe Magazine is reporting the St. Louis Missouri native has got the Rap community in a heavy debate. The rapper was recently a guest on The Shop where he joined Maverick Carter and others in a discussion about not only his career but the culture overall. He was quick to point out that his success from his multi-platinum debut album was bitter sweet for a couple of reasons. “Country Grammar sold five million and I didn’t even get nominated Best New Artist” he said.
He would go on to claim that the competitive landscape around that time was the toughest it has ever been. “When I put out songs, I had to go against DMX, JAY-Z, Eminem, Lil Wayne, 50 Cent, [Ludacris] he began. “All of us are fighting for one spot. So from ’99 to 2008 – 2010, it’s the hardest ever to get records.” Naturally his statement got the cast and guests to start thinking about that distinct period in Rap and while everyone on the set didn’t agree everyone understood why the “Ride Wit Me” rapper felt like this.
You can watch the group discussion between Nelly, Cedric The Entertainer, Maverick Carter, Paul Rivera, and Becky Hammon below about Rap’s hardest era starting at the 18 minute mark.
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LeBron James is taking his talents to the grooming industry. His company SpringHill is launching a line of products for men.
As spotted on Hype Beast the NBA All Star talent and his team have partnered with Parlux to launch a collection of products so men can look and feel their best. This week The SpringHill Company announced that they are expanding their Emmy Award winning talk show series The Shop Uninterrupted to a grooming line
The initial collection includes grooming essentials such as a face lotion, an after shave, a daily cleanser, shaving cream and a hair styling pomade. In a statement to WWD co-creator Paul Rivera detailed their mission behind the new roll out. “We created The Shop out of a deep love and passion for the barbershop experience” he explained. “Our show was designed to bring people inside the shop for the debates, the arguments and the therapy you can only get at a true neighborhood spot. Now, we want to give people another side to the experience.”
While LeBron James has to comment on the launch he was spotted on set of The Shop Uninterrupted taking a photo with Chad “Ochocinco” Johnson with the product prominently featured in between the two stars. The Shop’s grooming line is set to launch later this year at 1,600 Walmarts across the country. Each product will be priced under $10 dollars making it accessible to men with different grooming needs.