He has not yet signed a contract with the Lakers, but the franchise has already revealed his future number. Bronny James. Selected in 55th position Thursday evening, the son of LeBron James chose to wear number 9. Initially, Bronny wore number 6 at USC, but that number has been retired in all NBA franchises since the death of Bill Russell.
It will therefore be the 9th, and the last Lakers player to have worn it is Sterling Brown, future teammate of Frank Ntilikina at Partizan Belgrade. In total, nine players have already worn this number for the Lakers like Chris Kaman, Matt Barnes and Luol Deng, and the best known are Rajon Rondo in 2020, and of course Nick Van Exel, the former point guard from the 90s. we nicknamed “Nick The Quick” and congratulated Bronny on social networks.
Selected in 17th position, Dalton Knecht will wear number 4. The two, as well as Armel Traoré, are expected in Las Vegas in 15 days for the start of the summer leagues. For their first match, they will challenge Reed Sheppard's Rockets.
