Tag: Sierra Canyon

Recruiting analyst believes Bronny James ‘at least top-25’ in his class

The eldest son of LeBron James, Bronny James, is projected to be one of the best players in his high school class in the nation.

Bronny James and several other young basketball players were unable to do their typical summer routine this year, with the pandemic greatly limiting the number of tournaments and summer basketball available. But even though his high school team was unable to finish the season and he was held out of playing this summer on the AAU circuit, Bronny is still regarded as one of the best players in his class.

The latest to publish their belief in Bronny’s future as a basketball prospect was Rivals.com analyst Eric Bossi, who answered a question about Bronny’s ranking in his class, saying he believes he’s at least a top-25 player in the class of 2023.

Bronny is a kid who we did get to see quite a bit during his freshman season playing for a loaded Sierra Canyon program. He’s a nice athlete, shows potential as a jump shooter and is an alert passer. Obviously, his bloodlines are incredible. He would have to rank in at least the top 25 or so to start off with.

Bronny is the biggest name in his class, but he also has the game to go with it. And at only 15, he has plenty of improvement to make that can help him grow even more over the course of his high school career.

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Bronny James enlists whole family for James Family TikTok

Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James and his family are staying busy by helping their son Bronny make TikTok videos.

LeBron James and his family are doing their best to keep themselves entertained as they self-quarantine. LeBron has resorted to watching old games, even ones from high school, while also going on Instagram Live for the first time and answering questions from fans. His son Bronny has also managed to keep the family busy by enlisting various members of the family to join in TikTok challenges. On Saturday night, with everyone still at home again, Bronny got the entire James family to participate in one of the latest TikTok challenges, which has also been done by Jennifer Lopez, Alex Rodriguez, and their family.

Bronny himself has already generated a strong following on TikTok, having 2.1 million followers, in large part because of he and his brother Bryce posting videos pretty often, as well as their adorable sister Zhuri. Bryce also has a TikTok account, but they deem it the James Family account, meaning that it’s managed by LeBron and Savannah. Bronny also stayed busy last night playing Call of Duty with a bunch of NBA players.

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Bronny James gamed with NBA players in SLAM’s Call of Duty tourney

Bronny James Jr. showed out on the sticks Saturday night during SLAM’s Call of Duty tourney

At 15 years old Bronny James Jr. is in the prime of his video game days, and he showed he is not to be played with on the sticks Saturday night.

SLAM held a Call of Duty: Modern Warfare tourney, and it live streamed the games on Twitch.  A freshman at Sierra Canyon, Bronny played with and against NBA players in the 6 vs. 6 tourney. Meyers Leonard, Mario Hezonja, Zach LaVine and Donovan Mitchell were on his team.

The NBA players on the opposing team were Ben Simmons, Royce O’Neale, Josh Hart, along with Kentucky commit Terrence Clarke. Bronny and his team lost the series, 4-3, nearly coming back from a 3-0 deficit.

The first game Bronny and his team won was Capture the Flag on the map Speedball. Hezonja was the MVP of that game, but Bronny and Leonard were viable sidekicks. Along with playing well in Capture the Flag, Bronny also had a solid game when the group played Headquarters on Shoot House.

With the country engaging in social distancing to slow the spread of the coronavirus, events like these can be a good way for athletes and their fans to interact with each other.

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Dwyane Wade isn’t happy that his son isn’t getting playing time at Sierra Canyon

Dwyane Wade sounds like every normal basketball dad ever.

We know Dwyane Wade as a three-time NBA champion, a 13-time All-Star and a future Basketball Hall of Famer, but before all of that, he was a dad first.

So it’s easy to understand why Wade seems to be upset that his son, Zaire Wade, isn’t getting any playing time at Sierra Canyon.

Seirra Canyon advanced to the CIF State Title game with a win over Etiwanda on Tuesday night in a thriller. Wade did not play in the game, which Sierra Canyon won on a last-second shot.

When asked about it during the postgame show on NBA on TNT, Wade said he wouldn’t be attending the game because Zaire wasn’t playing.

It also seemed like he might have a problem with head coach Andre Chevalier.

“I will not be there. My son ain’t playing and I don’t want to do nothing to the coach. So, I won’t be there…I won’t be there, but I’ll be rooting for the kids.” 

Clearly, Wade has an issue with his son not getting playing time.

He probably did a bit too much there by calling out Chevalier on national television, but hey, he’s a dad! That’s what dads do. I mean, he could’ve done worse, right? He could’ve just gone to the game and berated the coach publicly like one of those wild AAU dads.

Shoutout to Dwyane Wade removing himself from that situation and not publicly embarrassing himself or his son. I’d be willing to bet that Zaire Wade probably won’t be at Sierra Canyon next season, though.

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Bronny James and Sierra Canyon defeat Mater Dei to win Open Division championship

Bronny James and Sierra Canyon defeat Mater Dei to win Open Division championship as Ziaire Williams and Brandon Boston Jr. show out for Trailblazers.

Bronny James’ Sierra Canyon Trailblazers are led by two seniors who will be playing in the 2020 McDonald’s All-American game on April 1 at the Toyota Center in Houston. Both of these young superstars—Brandon Boston Jr. and Ziaire Williams–showed out in a big way on Friday to help their team win the Open Division title against California powerhouse Mater Dei.

Williams, who is currently undecided on which collegiate program he will play for next year, scored a game-high 25 points to help deliver a 59-48 victory. Meanwhile, Boston–who will be attending Kentucky next season–added 16 points of his own. Fellow Kentucky commit, Devin Askew, scored 15 for Mater Dei while Wilhelm Breidenbach led the Monarchs with 18 points and 14 rebounds.

Bronny James did not score in the contest but he did compete defensively and provide energy off the bench as evidenced in the clip below shared by L.A. Daily News reporter, Tarek Fattal.

Sierra Canyon will now move on to the Southern California regional playoffs that begin on Wednesday as the high school basketball postseason continues to heat up.

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LeBron shares supportive message with Bronny following incident with hater at Sierra Canyon game

LeBron James shares supportive message with his son Bronny following the incident with hater at Sierra Canyon game.

After a fan at the Sierra Canyon game threw something from the stands at Bronny James that looked to Krysten Peek of Rivals.com like a yellow starburst or a piece of trash while he inbounded the basketball in the third quarter on Monday, LeBron James issued the following statement on Twitter.

“Hating has no age limit!” James Tweeted. “#JamesGang is build for it and well equipped. As we proceed 👑 ”

Following the Los Angeles Lakers 139-107 loss to the Boston Celtics later that night, LeBron offered a message of support to Bronny on Instagram who remained on his mind throughout the night. He let his son know that he will always be there for him regardless of what he encounters on the road ahead.

“Know I got your back and front throughout it all!” LeBron wrote. “I’d die for you and your siblings. Never waver no matter what disrespect, hate, envy, jealousy, etc comes your way! Only push forward and continue to be the great kid/young man/person you are! Love you kid!! ❤️ #JamesGang👑”

“You’d be surprised by all the stuff Bronny has to go through,” teammate Ziaire Williams told Yahoo Sports after the game. “It’s not fair, but he doesn’t let it faze him at all. I’m learning how to be more like that from him and he’s younger than me.”

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WATCH: Fan ejected after throwing object at LeBron James’ son, Bronny

A high school game with LeBron James’ son playing in it was halted for a time when an object was thrown at Bronny.

The Sierra Canyon (CA) game against Paul VI Catholic (Va) in the Spalding Hoophall Classic in Springfield, (MA), was halted Monday when a fan threw something, possibly a piece of candy, at Bronny James, son of LeBron James.

LeBron James was among the 4,00 fans at Springfield College to watch the game. Forty cops were scattered around the gym and outside the small arena for additional security.

Yahoo reported:

LeBron came alone Monday and took his reserved seat flanked by five security guards on the baseline nearest the Sierra Canyon bench.

Bronny only played 13 minutes and took two shots, missing them both. Early in the second half, a fan threw what appeared to be a piece of candy at Bronny from the stands, causing the ref to stop the game and call security over to kick the fan out. LeBron sat 50 feet away shaking his head as any father would do.

LeBron James tweeted after the game about the incident.

Bronny James was held scoreless and Zaire Wade, son of Dwyane Wade, did not play, as Sierra Canyon lost, 70-62.

LeBron James attends Bronny Jr.’s game before Celtics-Lakers

The Los Angeles Lakers star will try to be an All-Star Dad and team leader on the same day, according to The Athletic’s Jared Weiss.

LeBron James is being an All-Star Dad on the same day that he plans to return to his regular job working nights as an NBA superstar later in the evening.

LeBron James will be in fan mode on Monday morning for Sierra Canyon’s game that tips off at 1 p.m. EST at the Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield, Mass. before going back to the TD Garden to face off against the Boston Celtics tonight at 7:30 p.m. ET. Tarek Fattal of the L.A. Daily News is on the scene in Springfield and confirmed LeBron’s arrival to support his son Bronny Jr. and the Sierra Canyon Trail Blazers.

Today’s game for Sierra Canyon against Paul VI at the Basketball Hall of Fame is being shown ESPN U. According to The Athletic’s Jared Weiss, LeBron will call in the chopper to be able to make it to the game without dealing with Boston’s notoriously bad traffic.

James and the Lakers are playing the second game of a five-game road trip later this evening.

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North Carolina Central University reportedly offers Bronny James a basketball scholarship

North Carolina Central University reportedly offers Bronny James a basketball scholarship.

Sierra Canyon (CA) High School freshman, Bronny James, received a scholarship offer from North Carolina Central University this weekend according to the recruiting website Verbal Commits. While NCCU competes outside of college basketball’s power five, the D-I offer is notable for a number of reasons beyond the fact that it will go down as the first offer the young king received this decade.

Outside of the standing offers Bronny has already received from schools like Kentucky and Duke whose coaches have close relationships with LeBron, this was also the first scholarship offer LeBron Jr. has received since his high school career began. He received it from a North Carolina Central program that has a history of going after high-profile recruits as well who are projected to make a brief stop before entering the league.

According to HBCU Gameday, NCCU coach LeVelle Moton continued to recruit Raleigh prep sensation John Wall despite the attention he received from Kentucky and elsewhere before he became the No. 1 pick in the 2010 NBA Draft. Moton, the Eagles coach since 2009, has also passed on hiring assistant coaching candidates who expressed on social media that they believe LeBron James is overrated.

The tweet on May 3, 2018 about passing on the coach who reached out to him because he posted that LeBron was overrated may go down as the chess move of all recruiting chess moves if Moton is able to pull off the improbable and secure Bronny’s services in a few years.

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Bronny James makes clutch play to beat his dad’s alma mater

Bronny James made the game-winning play against his dad’s alma mater.

LeBron James was in attendance Saturday night at the Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio, to watch his son’s undefeated Sierra Canyon team face off against his alma mater, St. Vincent-St. Mary. The Irish led Sierra Canyon for much of the second half, but Bronny James played his best game of the season and made a crucial play late in the game to give the Trailblazers the lead late in the fourth quarter.

With 55.6 seconds remaining in the game and Sierra Canyon trailing, 56-55, Bronny James deflected and stole an inbounds pass near midcourt, and scored the go-ahead bucket in transition.

The Irish seemed to tie the game on the other end at the free-throw line, but a lane violation wiped away a free-throw and preserved Sierra Canyon’s lead. The Trailblazers held on to win 59-56.

James scored 15 points off the bench and was 7-of-10 from the field.