Bronny James was on the Los Angeles Lakers’ active roster for the team’s season-opening game Tuesday against the Minnesota Timberwolves to have a shot at making history with his father. Bronny ended up being a part of a very interesting photo with LeBron instead.
The Lakers, who drafted Bronny in the second round of this year’s draft, planned to have the young guard make history by joining his father on the court to become the first father-son duo to play in the same NBA game. In anticipation of the game and event, the NBA shared a few photos of the two together on the court during pregame warmups.
There was one aspect of the photos that stood out: Bronny looked tiny next to LeBron.
Like father, like son pic.twitter.com/BiciMplHwq
— NBA (@NBA) October 23, 2024
LeBron is 6-foot-9 and 250 pounds and has always been regarded as a physical beast, so he looks formidable next to just about anyone. Bronny is still 6-foot-2 and 210 pounds, which is good sized, but he really does look like a little kid next to his 39-year-old father.
Of course, the angle for those photos didn’t help matters, nor did they help the perception that Bronny doesn’t belong.
Bronny looks 4 feet tall in those pictures.
— FundamentalSage (@FundamentalSage) October 23, 2024
Horrible angle on the picture on the left lol
— Rich 💪 (@TheKaneMochi) October 23, 2024
Anyone who looked at those photos probably had the same takeaway.
