WHO IS BRONNY JAMES? LEBRON'S OLDEST SON HAS CARVED HIS OWN BASKETBALL PATH

Bronny James has rarely given interviews, per his father's wishes, and his infrequent social media posts are either guarded, as befits the child of a massive celebrity, or sponsored content...

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LeBron James and his high school sweetheart, Savannah Brinson, were still teenagers when they welcomed their first child a few months after James won the NBA's Rookie of the Year award with the Cleveland Cavaliers. They named him LeBron James Jr., but everyone soon called him Bronny. Now 18 himself, Bronny James had nothing like the hardscrabble childhood of his father, the only child of a single mother in Akron, Ohio. Along with wealth and celebrity, Bronny grew up with two loving, involved parents and two younger siblings who formed a tight-knit family unit - dubbed "The James Gang" by its patriarch- as they moved from Cleveland to Miami to Cleveland to Los Angeles. The scion of the top scorer in NBA history embraced his father's sport, and he has thrived while earning accolades and opportunities far beyond any special treatment he might have received because of his famous name. He was a heavily recruited player at an elite Los Angeles high school, and he chose the University of Southern California two months ago for the next step in a career likely to extend to the NBA. It's to