Bronny James To Wear No. 9 For Lakers, Rock ‘Jr.’ On Jersey

Here is the primary take a look at Bronny James in Purple and Gold — LeBron’s son will put on No. 9 for the Lakers … in addition to “Jr.” on his nameplate.

L.A. simply launched visuals of its latest rookie on Friday … exhibiting the 19-year-old guard proudly donning the threads.

The digit is fascinating — Bronny rocked No. 6 with the USC Trojans final season, however that’s retired leaguewide in honor of NBA legend Bill Russell.

Previous to that, he wore No. 0 with Sierra Canyon … however that at the moment belongs to teammate Jalen Hood-Schifino.

So perhaps Bronny settled for nueve because it’s his previous quantity the wrong way up??

Bronny famously did not put on his dad’s iconic No. 23 — with LeBron explaining he did not need individuals to know who he was on the courtroom (yeah, we all know … title kinda provides it away).

As for the again of the jersey, James may have “Jr.” on the again — which is fairly commonplace, but additionally raises the query — will LeBron now have “Sr.” on his jerseys??

In that case, anticipate jersey gross sales to skyrocket … ‘trigger any LeBron stan might want to add that to their assortment.

As we beforehand reported, Bronny went No. 55 overall to the Lake Present within the second spherical of the NBA Draft on Thursday … a transfer that has had the entire basketball world buzzin’.

It made LeBron and Bronny the primary father-son duo in NBA historical past — not to mention the primary father-son teammates.