Like father, like son.
Twenty years after LeBron James won the dunk contest as a part of the McDonald’s All-American festivities, son Bronny James skied over his younger brother Bryce in the identical highschool competition Monday in Houston.
Bronny, who has not yet committed to a university for next season, positioned Bryce a number of feet in front of and facing the ring before dribbling up and skying over his younger sibling, ending with a tomahawk slam as a part of the ultimate round of this 12 months’s Powerade JamFest.
The dunk, which required three previous attempts meant to combine in a double-pump move that was abandoned on the successful slam, scored a 63.
Proud papa LeBron, whose Los Angeles Lakers had the night off before Wednesday’s game in Chicago, weighed in on Twitter while watching Bronny compete
“LET’S Go BRONNY!,” LeBron wrote “(Two up emojis) and Away.”
Unlike dad, Bronny settled for second place within the competition to Duke commit Sean Stewart — himself the son of NBA veteran Michael Stewart, who played for the Cleveland Cavaliers a season before the franchise chosen LeBron James first overall straight out of highschool in 2003 and even teamed with the long run legend for eight games as a rookie.
Bronny James, who also will compete in Tuesday’s McDonald’s All-American Game, earlier opened his run within the competition with a lob pass to himself, catching it off the bounce and landing a two-handed reverse slam for a rating of 65.
“It’s cool. Must have been 10s across the board! Obviously. Hahaha,” the all-time NBA scoring leader wrote.
In his other jam, which helped him qualify for the four-man finals, he recovered from three flubbed attempts before successfully lobbing a pass to himself for a strong windmill that earned a 57 for a complete rating of 122 to advance.
