That's most likely why the Lakers selected Bronny James with the 55th pick in the 2024 NBA Draft. They'd never admit it, of course, but it fulfilled LeBron's dream and perhaps non-coincidentally, "King James" opted in to the final year of his contract with Los Angeles, which is worth $56.2 million.

The second-year guard says he doesn't pay attention to the rumors about his superstar father possibly seeking a trade. "He just tells me not to worry about it."

When stuff like that does come up, he tells me not to pay attention to it, not to worry about it," Bronny added. Bronny may know what his father