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Bryce James is formally a Wildcat.

LeBron’s center baby has signed a letter of intent to play for the College of Arizona, making him the household’s second Division I basketball star behind his older brother and former USC guard, Bronny.

‘What is going on on Wildcat nation, cannot wait to get there and begin working,’ Bryce mentioned in a video posted on social media. 

A 3-star recruit, Bryce was not a McDonald’s All-American, as LeBron and Bronny had been earlier than him. Nevertheless, he was the nation’s 257th-ranked participant and Forty fifth-overall capturing guard, in accordance with 247Sports’ Composite rankings.

The 6-foot-5 Bryce was a significant contributor for a Sierra Canyon staff that completed 27-7 and gained California state title. Bryce had three factors, 5 rebounds and a pair of assists within the closing sport.

He reportedly had gives from Ohio State and Duquesne, the place his father’s former highschool teammate Dru Joyce III is at present teaching.

Bryce James watches brother Bronny play for the G League’s South Bay Lakers on March 23

Bronny James, Bryce James, LeBron James, Zhuri James, Savannah James and Gloria James

Along with Bryce, two five-star prospects have signed with the Wildcats: Koa Peat and Brayden Burries.

Arizona reached the Candy 16 below coach Tommy Lloyd in 2024-25 and will probably be returning prime guard Jaden Bradley. A perennial contender within the Pac-12 and now the Huge 12, Arizona has 4 Ultimate 4 appearances and one nationwide championship below former head coach Lute Olson.

It stays unclear if Bryce has NBA potential, which stays a debate about his brother Bronny.

After an unremarkable single season at USC, Bronny was drafted within the second spherical of the 2024 NBA Draft and given a four-year, absolutely assured contract that critics felt had extra to do with pleasing his father than including a promising, younger guard.

Since he and his dad turned the primary father-son duo in NBA historical past to share the court docket, as they did within the season opener, the 6-foot-3 Bronny has primarily performed within the G League, the place he is quietly made important strides and is now averaging 21.9 factors and 5.5 assists per sport.

However regardless of his enhancements on the court docket, Bronny is has continued to be criticized as a ‘nepo child,’ whose NBA profession was handed to him on a platter. And LeBron, too, has taken criticism over the notion he is pushed Bronny into the highlight.

ESPN’s Stephen A. Smith publicly commented on Bronny and the ‘place he was put in by his dad’ resulting in a courtside confrontation between the sports activities pundit and four-time NBA MVP at a Lakers sport earlier this month.

LeBron and Bronny James of the Los Angeles Lakers seems on throughout a March 16 sport

‘My first considered every thing is I all the time attempt to simply let it undergo one ear and out the opposite, put my head down and are available to work and be optimistic each day,’ James instructed The Athletic in a uncommon unique interview. ‘However generally it simply, it fuels me a little bit bit. I see every thing that persons are saying, and other people assume, like, I am a f***ing robotic, like I haven’t got any emotions or feelings.

‘That is what [Lakers general manager] Rob [Pelinka] desires me to do as a younger man, coming in, enjoying within the G League, and studying from far on the bench watching the Lakers play.’

The outcomes have been noticeable to anybody maintain monitor of G League field scores.

By no means generally known as a fringe marksman at USC or in highschool, Bronny’s 3-point accuracy has crept as much as a stable 38 p.c this season, and he is made 81.5 p.c of his free-throw makes an attempt.

Unsurprisingly, Bryce has chosen to attend a Nike college, simply as Bronny did with USC. LeBron is famously signed to a lifetime Nike deal reportedly valued at round $1 billion.