LeBron James Shuts Down Report That His Son, Bronny, Is Entering Transfer Portal

On Tuesday, Cock Weiss of the New York Daily News reported Bronny James, kid of NBA super star LeBron Jameswas going into the college basketball transfer website.

After the Los Angeles Lakers’ 128-111 win over the Toronto Raptors, LeBron was inquired about those reports.

“I do not understand where it originated from,” James stated to press reporters consisting of ESPN’s Dave McMenamin“At the end of the day, Bronny’s his own guy and he has some hard choices to make. And when he’s prepared to make those choices, he’ll let all of us understand. As his household, we’ll support whatever he does.”

James is coming off his freshman season with the USC Trojans, and numerous questioned if he would state for the NBA Draft. In the meantime, however, it appears he’s yet to decide.

USC’s head coach, Andy Enfield, just recently left the Trojans to end up being the head coach at SMU. Ever since, USC has actually currently lost their leading hire for the 2024-25 season in four-star All-American Trent Perry. It stays to be seen if the Trojans lose more employees and/or existing gamers following Enfield’s departure.

James’ USC period left to a postponed start after he suffered a heart attack on July 24 throughout a USC practice. James wound up making his USC launching on December 10, and appeared in 25 video games throughout his freshman season.

James balanced 4.8 points, 2.8 rebounds and 2.1 helps in 19.3 minutes per video game. He revealed flashes as a passer and on the protective side of the ball, consisting of some timeless chase-down blocks that offered tones of his dad (like this one through Hoop Central on X:

James, nevertheless, never ever got his shot going throughout his freshman season, leading numerous to question if he would state for the draft or go back to college for another year. James shot 36.6 percent from the field, 26.7 percent from deep, and 67.6 percent from the free-throw line in his very first season with the Trojans.

James’ dad has actually been determined about wishing to have fun with his child in the NBA. Lots of hypothesized that the large reality of LeBron joining his boy might lead a group to prepare Bronny, possibly as early as the preliminary.

The older James even reached publishing on X in 2015 that his boy was “certainly much better” than a few of the gamers he was seeing on NBA League Pass.

While Bronny didn’t have the freshman season numerous were anticipating him to have, the reality that he had the ability to go back to the court simply months after suffering heart attack was remarkable enough.

James likewise revealed his flashes, consisting of a career-high 15 points at the end of December versus Oregon State. James played huge minutes in USC’s 2 greatest wins of the season– an upset win over the Arizona Wildcats to liquidate the routine season and a first-round win versus the Washington Huskies in the Pac-12 competition.

Versus Arizona, James had 5 points, 6 rebounds, 2 takes, and one block in 19 minutes. Versus Washington, James had 7 points, 5 rebounds, and one take in 18 minutes.

James has some hard choices to make in the coming weeks concerning his future. For now, according to his daddy, it sounds like he hasn’t reached one.