Bronny James

CTL-E-5894 · Person · other · 2004–present

VERIFIED evidence grade — build store (JSON graph)

Combined Graph record U-07141 · provenance: build store (JSON graph), record CTL-E-5894.

Bronny James, born LeBron James Jr. in 2004, is an American professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Lakers and the eldest son of LeBron James. A McDonald's All-American at Sierra Canyon School, he played one season at the University of Southern California, a freshman year delayed after he suffered cardiac arrest during a summer 2023 workout and underwent a procedure for a congenital heart defect; he averaged 4.8 points in 25 games. The Lakers selected him 55th overall in the 2024 NBA draft, and that October he and his father became the first father-son pair to play together in an NBA game. He has developed across his first two seasons between the Lakers and their G League program. In July 2026 his father left Los Angeles for Philadelphia, leaving Bronny as the lone James on the Lakers roster; entering his third season in October 2026, his salary for 2026-27 is fully guaranteed and Los Angeles continues to develop him as a rotation guard.

The record

• Also known as: LeBron James Jr., LeBron Raymone James Jr.

Notes

Staged 2026-10-16 under CTL-GOV-006 (Census Intake Wave 3 — 747 Program, Wave 9; 40-record packet). Gate A (2026-10-16): no Bronny James entity in the live graph at 3,603 entities (exact / normalized / alias + token containment); ID CTL-E-5894 free. Supply: 747 Supply Ledger, Tier 3 — Famous Birthdays ABSENT census, readiness rank 1015 (Basketball Players list). The census supplied the NAME ONLY; no fact in this record is sourced to it (CTL-GOV-004). SCOPE GATE: PASS — Black American basketball figure; son of LeBron James (staged this wave as CTL-E-5891).. Vital status: LIVING — on the Los Angeles Lakers' October 2026 preseason roster (New York Post, 14 October 2026; USA Today, August 2026). STATISTICS (sourced, dated): Drafted 55th overall in 2024; averaged 4.8 points in 25 games in his lone USC season; career average of 2.7 points across 69 appearances over his first two NBA seasons (Associated Press; October 2026 preseason coverage) — accessed 2026-10-16. MEDIA: photo HELD (candidate: NBA and Lakers press photography of James exists; no file page was read at file-page level in this pass, so no image is cleared — CTL-PHOTO-001; a CTL-created graphic is the standing alternative); chart FILLED (charts/chart-ctl-e-5894-bronny-james.svg); video HELD (the Shorts Link Map catalog was checked by name and variants — no matching-entity CTL Short exists for this subject); audio HELD (no CTL-owned or rights-cleared matching-entity audio). MEDIA LAYER (staged 2026-10-16; full per-asset PHOTO-001 records + embed specs in the packet's staged JSON, Drive packet folder): map = N/A (Person records carry no map slot under the media-layer rule; maps attach to places and institutions.) | visual_assets = HELD: | chart = FILLED (CTL-created SVG (black / deep red / gold) built only from this record's sourced facts) | video = HELD (No matching-entity CTL Short in the Shorts Link Map catalog (checked by name and variants), and no official/em) | audio = HELD (No CTL-owned or rights-cleared matching-entity audio at staging; the subject's own recordings/appearances are )

Relationships

• LeBron James — child of
  Bronny James is the eldest son of LeBron James (CTL-E-5891, staged in this same wave).
• Los Angeles Lakers — played for
  Bronny James was drafted by the Los Angeles Lakers in 2024 and remained on the Lakers roster entering the 2026-27 season, with his 2026-27 salary fully guaranteed.

Sources

• Associated Press via TMJ4, "Bronny James, son of LeBron James, taken by Lakers with 55th pick in NBA draft" — 55th pick in 2024; one USC season averaging 4.8 points in 25 games after a procedure for a congenital heart defect found following cardiac arrest — https://www.tmj4.com/sports/bronny-james-the-son-of-lebron-james-taken-by-lakers-with-55th-pick-in-nba-draft (primary source · build store)
• USA Today, "Bronny James faces pivotal Lakers season without LeBron on roster" (10 August 2026) — enters Year 3 as the lone James on the Lakers roster after LeBron James joined the Philadelphia 76ers; two-season development record — https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nba/lakers/2026/08/10/bronny-james-lakers-development-stats-lebron/91244188007/ (build store)
• New York Post, "Bronny James needs to step it up if he wants out of dad LeBron's shadow" (14 October 2026) — on the Lakers' October 2026 preseason roster; $2.3 million salary for 2026-27 fully guaranteed; vital-status evidence — https://nypost.com/2026/10/14/sports/bronny-james-wants-out-lebron-shadow-must-improve/ (build store)

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