Tag: Bronny James

Zaire Wade to go to Brewster Academy for post-grad year

The oldest son of Dwyane Wade will pursue his hoop dreams at the lauded Brewster Academy in New Hampshire.

The oldest son of Dwyane Wade, Zaire Wade, who transferred to Sierra Canyon for his senior season to play with Bronny James, as well as other high-ranked prospects like Stanford’s Ziaire Williams, has decided to take a different path in following his hoop dreams than going straight to college.

Wade will be taking a post-grad year and continuing the pursuit of his hoop dreams at the well-regarded Brewster Academy in New Hampshire. Several NBA players, including Isaiah Thomas, Denver’s Will Barton, Charlotte’s Devonte’ Graham, and Indiana’s TJ Warren, all spent some time at Brewster during their youth. Wade announced his decision on Instagram on Tuesday.

LeBron James shared his best wishes to Wade: “Good luck nephew! Go get it! 🙏🏾💪🏾❤️”

According to recruiting analyst Jake Weingarten, Wade has a couple of Division I offers but is deciding to take another year to develop.

Wade dealt with injuries for the first part of the season with Sierra Canyon, while his father Dwyane wasn’t shy to publicly air his displeasure with Sierra Canyon’s coach Andre Chevalier for not giving Zaire enough playing time down the final stretch of the season. Hopefully, for the Wades, the fresh start and the extra year of development will help Zaire have a better runway into his college career.

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Sierra Canyon star Ziaire Williams commits to Stanford on UNINTERRUPTED

The star player of the Sierra Canyon Trail Blazers that made it all the way to the CIF Open State Final is going to Stanford.

Sierra Canyon’s star player Ziaire Williams, who hit a thrilling game-winner for the Trail Blazers before the coronavirus canceled sports all across the country, still had a big decision to make even though the season is over. As senior, Williams had to decide where he wanted to go to college, even if college sports and college basketball don’t start when the coming school year does.

But on Sunday morning, Williams announced his choice, indicating that he will stay on the west coast to play his college ball with the Stanford Cardinal. Williams announced the decision through LeBron’s UNINTERRUPTED sports media company, which also had a camera crew following Sierra Canyon through the season.

Just as it’s unclear when sports will return in any way at the college level, there’s also plenty of uncertainty of when sports will resume at the youth and high school levels. Even though Williams is gone, Sierra Canyon will have high expectations once again whenever high school basketball resumes.

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LeBron James and son join Diddy’s dance-a-thon for healthcare workers

The James family and the Combs family got together virtually yesterday afternoon as part of a fundraiser for healthcare workers.

With yesterday being Easter Sunday and everybody being stuck at their respective homes for the day, rather than being able to go to church or mingle with friends and extended family, music legend and mogul Diddy hatched an idea to turn the day where everyone is at home into an opportunity to raise money for healthcare workers. It just so happened that when Diddy executed the plan on Sunday afternoon with his millions of followers on Instagram Live, LeBron James decided to join in, with both bringing in their family on the family occasion.

LeBron and his son Bronny joined Diddy and his children for the dance-a-thon.

You just never know who is going to pop on IG Live these days with something fun or something new. And if they are, there’s a pretty good chance that LeBron will join in, given that he’s stuck at home like the rest of us and is looking for ways to connect with the outside world.

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LeBron James gets help from wife Savannah to trim quarantine beard

Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James decided it was finally time to trim his very long quarantine beard with the help of his wife.

During what would under any other circumstances the final week of the regular season for LeBron James and his Los Angeles Lakers, James finally made a move at home during his quarantine that had been long overdue and likely would have been taken care of if the Lakers were still playing. James shaved his overgrown quarantine beard that had taken on mythic proportions when featured in his kids’ TikTok videos.

Luckily for LeBron, he had an assist with the steady hands of his wife Savannah to cut off the neckbeard that had been growing throughout most of the self-quarantine at the James compound.

It’s hard to find the motivation for such things when you aren’t going to work and aren’t leaving the house but keeping some semblance of a routine is important, even in the absence of all the things that help us keep that routine. Perhaps we will see more of LeBron on IG live now that he’s taken care of the beard.

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LeBron James says spending 24/7 time with family is ‘a blessing’

Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James told reporters on Wednesday that he’s glad he gets to spend so much time with his family.

Among the ways in which LeBron James is spending his time, between putting himself through rigorous workouts in his home gym or joining his kids on TikTok, one of the things that James has been working on, he told reporters in a Zoom conference call on Wednesday, is expressing gratitude for what he has in his life while also increasing his meditation practice, according to our own Mark Medina of USA TODAY.

To keep himself inspired, James has adhered to a strict routine. He goes to sleep using the Calm App, which plays uplifting stories and inspiring music. He wakes up feeling invigorated because he sees his sons (Bronny, Bryce) and daughter (Zhuri) have what he calls “a positive mindframe.” After eating, practice and training, James has kept himself engaged in other ways. He will meditate for 10-minute intervals. He will complete breathing exercises. He will express gratitude for his various accomplishments and fortunes. He then enjoys free time with his loved ones.

“It’s definitely been a bit of a blessing to be able to be here 24/7 and be here with your family,” James said. “And being able to – I don’t want to say ‘recoup’ the time, because that’s one thing you cannot do. Time waits for no man and you can’t do that. But to be able to appreciate it and be in this moment, it’s been pretty cool. Even though I’ve missed the game of basketball like none other.”

During a time where it’s hard for people to take themselves out of their own situation, expressing gratitude for what is going well is a positive way to deal with the circumstances. Obviously, LeBron misses basketball and it’s hard to blame after the season he had in Year 17, but he knows that he’s getting a chance to do things that he wouldn’t be able to do otherwise.

LeBron is trying to stay positive, as is the rest of the league when it comes to hoping there is some type of way to salvage the 2020 season and eventually crown a 2020 NBA Champion. After missing the playoffs in 2019 for the first time since 2006, James was primed to show what he could do during his first career appearance in the Western Conference playoffs.

Both James and Lakers president Rob Pelinka, as well as several other players and decision-makers, have also expressed their hopes to keep the possibilities open when it comes to figuring out some way to close out the season, without live fans in attendance.

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Zhuri again steals the show in LeBron James Family TikTok dance

LeBron James and his family have been busy on TikTok during the quarantine, dropping another last night with daughter Zhuri leading the way.

During the current NBA hiatus, NBA players have gravitated to several different activities to spend their now seemingly endless time at home. A lot have taken to playing more video games, streaming and playing with other players, going on Instagram Live more often, or joining TikTok. In the case of Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James, TikTok is something he’s been involved in for a while now thanks to his kids. Even though James himself says that his kids have him looking like a ‘damn fool’ in the videos, he’s ever the good sport when they recruit him to be in an all-family video.

James and his long beard joined with the family last night, where his daughter Zhuri stole the show on his son Bryce’s TikTok page as they did a dance to Drake’s new TikTok-centric song “Tootsie Slide.”

LeBron’s own statements about the TikTok’s have also been fodder for some good jokes.

 

LeBron James parties with virtual crowd on son Bryce’s TikTok account

Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James showed off some more of his dancing adventures on TikTok with his son Bryce Maximus.

It’s Friday night and just because you’re probably at home doesn’t mean you’re not entitled to some kind of fun, whatever your idea of fun is. Perhaps it’s watching the NBA Player’s Only 2K tournament or something more traditional like something on Netflix, or maybe you can get into doing some of the many viral dance crazes on TikTok. We know that LeBron James is doing a lot of the latter and even though he admits that he looks like a fool at times, his son Bryce Maximus recruited him to do another one of the dance challenges, where participants put themselves in the middle of a virtual club.

LeBron has spent plenty of time on TikTok with his kids, because what else is he going to do these days?

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LeBron James says his kids and TikTok make him look like ‘a fool’

Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James is coming to terms with how his kids have him feeling when they put him on their TikTok videos.

Among the many things that LeBron James is trying to use his extra time to do while being at home with his kids and his wife has been joining them on TikTok. LeBron’s oldest son Bronny already has a pretty strong following on the platform, often enlisting their sister Zhuri and the rest of the family to join in on viral dance challenges. LeBron’s younger son Bryce also has a TikTok, so that means LeBron has been in double the ‘Toks during the NBA hiatus and his time in self-quarantine after two members of the Lakers tested positive for coronavirus. However, while LeBron knows he is winning Dad points, he is not winning any cool points.

Of course, it looks in the videos as though LeBron is taking it all with a humorous perspective as best as he can. While everyone is looking for different ways to cope during a difficult time in the world, acting a fool on TikTok is just one of the ways LeBron is doing so.

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Ben Simmons and team got swept in SLAM’s second Call of Duty tourney

Ben Simmons didn’t snag a second straight win in SLAM’s latest Call of Duty tourney

Philadelphia 76ers star Ben Simmons had a rough Saturday night on the sticks with his squad in SLAM’s latest Call of Duty: Modern Warfare tourney.

After showing why he’s one of the NBA’s best Call of Duty gamers in the first tourney, Simmons did not have as dominant a showing this time around.

He played alongside Zach LaVine, Donovan Mitchell and Sierra Canyon freshman Bronny James, and his team was swept, 4-0, in the seven-game series.

The winning team had more cohesion, with Meyers Leonard and De’Aaron Fox being two of the squad’s best players. Josh Hart, Grayson Allen, Kentucky commit Terrence Clarke and former Hillcrest Prep star Kyree Walker made up a solid supporting cast.

Simmons and company went down 2-0 quickly, losing first in Search and Destroy on Rammaza. Simmons usually does well in Search and Destroy, as he is skilled with sniper rifles. He typically knocks opponents down with one shot, but during this game he finished with six kills.

After the lost in Search and Destroy, Simmons and his team lost a 200-110 rout in Domination on Gun Runner. Following that loss, the team lost 9-1 in Capture the Flag on Shoot House. The only hope for Simmons’ squad was to snag a win in Headquarters on the map Vacant.

Despite starting with a 51-0 lead, Simmons and his team didn’t continue their aggressiveness, losing 200-97 in the series’ final game.

Simmons had one of his best performances in the series during the last game, tallying 29 kills for the second-highest amount on the team.

Though the series ended relatively quickly, the two teams still played out the remaining three games. Simmons team didn’t win any of those, either. They lost in Search and Destroy again, as well as Capture the Flag and Headquarters.

 

As the NBA’s hiatus continues, perhaps more of these tournaments will be in store for fans and players to relax and entertain themselves.

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LeBron’s comical reaction to Bronny’s long hair: ‘You’re like a 1950’s R&B singer’

LeBron James offers funny reaction to how long his son Bronny’s hair has gotten. James says in video, ‘You’re like a 1950’s R&B singer.’

Since the barbershops are closed as a safety measure, it’s not that easy to get a haircut these days. That’s part of the reason why young Bronny James has been growing his hair extra long lately. In a video LeBron shared on his Instagram story we can hear the older James react to just how long he thinks his son’s hair has gotten.

While laughing and asking Bronny to pop his hair to the side, LeBron jokingly refers to his hairstyle as being similar to “a 1950’s R&B singer.” Maybe that’s a persona we will see Bronny leverage in the next James Family Tik Tok video?

Below is the video that LeBron shared on his IG by way of SportsCenter of his reaction to how long Bronny’s hair is now.

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