Bronny James dunks over brother Bryce at McDonald’s All-American JamFest
Like father, like son.
Twenty years after LeBron James gained the dunk contest as a part of the McDonald’s All-American festivities, son Bronny James skied over his youthful brother Bryce in the identical highschool competitors Monday in Houston.
Bronny, who has not but dedicated to a school for subsequent season, positioned Bryce a couple of toes in entrance of and going through the ring earlier than dribbling up and skying over his youthful sibling, ending with a tomahawk slam as a part of the ultimate spherical of this 12 months’s Powerade JamFest.
The dunk, which required three earlier makes an attempt meant to combine in a double-pump transfer that was deserted on the profitable slam, scored a 63.
Proud papa LeBron, whose Los Angeles Lakers had the night time off earlier than Wednesday’s sport in Chicago, weighed in on Twitter whereas watching Bronny compete
“LET’S Go BRONNY!,” LeBron wrote “(Two up emojis) and Away.”
Not like dad, Bronny settled for second place within the competitors to Duke commit Sean Stewart — himself the son of NBA veteran Michael Stewart, who performed for the Cleveland Cavaliers a season earlier than the franchise chosen LeBron James first total straight out of highschool in 2003 and even teamed with the longer term legend for eight video games as a rookie.
Bronny James, who additionally will compete in Tuesday’s McDonald’s All-American Recreation, earlier opened his run within the competitors with a lob move to himself, catching it off the bounce and touchdown a two-handed reverse slam for a rating of 65.
“It’s cool. Ought to have been 10s throughout the board! For positive. Hahaha,” the all-time NBA scoring chief wrote.
In his different jam, which helped him qualify for the four-man finals, he recovered from three flubbed makes an attempt earlier than efficiently lobbing a move to himself for a robust windmill that earned a 57 for a complete rating of 122 to advance.