Source – Bronny James getting 4-year, $7.9M deal with Lakers

LOS ANGELES — Bronny James agreed to a four-year, $7.9 million contract with the Lakers on Wednesday, a league supply instructed ESPN, reaching the deal on the identical day LeBron James agreed to an extension with the crew and warranted the primary father-son duo in NBA historical past will play for the purple and gold subsequent season.

Bronny James’ rookie deal begins at $1,157,143 in 2024-25 and progresses to $1,955,377 the next 12 months, $2,296,271 in 2026-27 and finishes at $2,486,955 for a crew possibility in 2027-28, sources instructed ESPN.

The 19-year-old guard averaged 4.8 factors on 36.6% capturing (26.7% from 3), 2.8 rebounds and a pair of.1 assists in 19.3 minutes per sport at USC after present process a coronary heart process final summer time. He mentioned the practically five-month layoff because of the medical subject affected his growth.

Lakers vice chairman of basketball operations and common supervisor Rob Pelinka praised James’ mindset and potential as a point-of-attack defender, and new Lakers coach JJ Redick mentioned James, whom Los Angeles chosen with the No. 55 choose final week, might be a high precedence with its revamped participant growth program.

“We view Bronny as [a] Case Research One as a result of [of] his base stage of really feel, athleticism, point-of-attack defender, capturing, passing,” Redick mentioned. “There’s lots to love about his sport, and as we construct out our participant growth program holistically, he’ll have an ideal alternative to change into a superb NBA participant.”

James and the Lakers’ No. 17 choose, Dalton Knecht, will make their summer time league debuts Saturday in San Francisco towards the Sacramento Kings within the California Basic.

James’ signing brings the Lakers’ roster to fifteen, the utmost variety of gamers an NBA crew can carry.