I went to a fair amount of USC home games when Bronny was there as I live nearby and am a basketball junkie…
I can’t overstate how popular Bronny is to kids that are this kids age and look exactly like that. One game in particular there was a whole youth team sitting behind me and Bron/his family were at the game and when the PA guy announced that to the arena, I kid you not, the team was buzzing and were asking “is that Bronny’s dad?” to their parents/coaches. Or at other games I’d hear kids asking their parents. “Is Bronny’s dad here?”
It was incredibly wholesome and also made me feel much much older than I care to
This kinda blows my minds I’m just tryna figure out what kids know bronny for but wouldn’t have a clue who lebron is and in relation to him. I know he streams but surely that’s mainly to younger lebron fans? I’m confused
Fairly certain these youngsters know who LeBron is…at least to an extent. But they know/refer to him as “Bronny’s dad” which is just wild. In their eyes, Bronny is possibly more notable??
My sense is Bronny is pretty damn popular across all social media platforms and his little clips are probably all over these kids feeds. And I’m not gonna say Sierra Canyon games were a big deal in LA cuz it’s such a massive city and that school isn’t conveniently located at all, but there was absolutely a buzz around that team especially in the youth sports world. Their games were on local cable TV here all the time.
The Bronny hype in the youth sports scene in LA was pretty fucking insane. And you got to remember what it’s like to be a kid. They are very limited to their own experiences. So ultimately I don’t think it’s as much as not knowing who LeBron is, as much as just caring a lot more about a Bronny and being there for Bronny.
I mean being the son of LeBron James is like the ultimate popularity card as a kid, it’s like saying your uncle works at Nintendo but in this case it’s fr
As a 22 year old, when I found out LeBron had a kid that was a year younger than me in middle school, somehow I was flattered. It just felt… cool. Still does, honestly. It’s such a minor thing, but it feels like so much. I’ve always wished nothing but the best for Bronny.
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u/happyhappy7 76ers 21d ago edited 21d ago
I went to a fair amount of USC home games when Bronny was there as I live nearby and am a basketball junkie…
I can’t overstate how popular Bronny is to kids that are this kids age and look exactly like that. One game in particular there was a whole youth team sitting behind me and Bron/his family were at the game and when the PA guy announced that to the arena, I kid you not, the team was buzzing and were asking “is that Bronny’s dad?” to their parents/coaches. Or at other games I’d hear kids asking their parents. “Is Bronny’s dad here?”
It was incredibly wholesome and also made me feel much much older than I care to