Los Angeles Lakers: LeBron James’ Bronny ‘Priority’ Draws Shocking Woj Bomb Ahead of 2024 NBA Draft

Los Angeles Lakers superstar LeBron James has always been vocal about wanting to play with his son, Bronny James, in the NBA before he calls time on his decorated career. With Bronny recently declaring for the 2024 NBA Draft, that time could be upon us.

For his part, however, LeBron may have had a bit of a change of heart now that a lot of other factors have come into play.

Los Angeles Lakers News: LeBron James’ Desire to Play With Bronny No Longer a Priority

ESPN’s NBA guru Adrian Wojnarowski recently dropped a bombshell about LeBron’s renewed outlook on playing with his son on the same team. Speaking on Tuesday’s episode of NBA Today, the renowned league insider revealed “that the idea of them playing together is not a priority; it’s not foremost, at least any longer, in LeBron James’ mind.”

Woj went on to say that he spoke directly with Rich Paul, who represents both LeBron and Bronny. At this point, the priority appears to be finding the best place for the younger James to be in terms of his future in the NBA — be it alongside his dad or otherwise:

“Rich Paul’s goal here in the pre-draft process for Bronny James is to see if there’s the right developmental system or organization, a place that can take a young player like Bronny James, who went five months without playing after his heart episode certainly limited him in his season at USC,” he said (h/t Dorc Sam of Bleacher Report). “If he does go in the draft, he very likely would spend next year in the G League.”

Taking all this into context, it comes as no surprise that LeBron has softened his stance on playing alongside his eldest son. Being the loving father that he is, it only makes sense that he prioritizes his son’s future as opposed to his own desire to fulfill a long-time dream.

“I think what LeBron James, Bronny James and Rich Paul said was, if organically somehow they ended up together, that would be great,” Wojnarowski said. “But you look at the Lakers’ draft assets, No. 17, that’s a really important pick for the Lakers probably to use in a big trade. You’re not gonna use it on Bronny James at 17. And then they have No. 55. He could very well be gone by then.”

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