The Los Angeles Lakers used the 55th pick in the 2024 NBA Draft to fulfill LeBron James’ dream of recruiting his son Bronny JamesNow, one day after being selected, the 19-year-old guard already knows what number he will wear during his time with the Los Angeles team.
During his college years, Bronny wore the number ‘0’ with the USC Trojans. Now, as a professional in the NBA with the Lakers, he will wear the number 9, a number worn by 15 players before him in the history of the franchise. The Californian team also announced the number of its first-round pick, forward Dalton Knecht, who will wear the number 4.
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Other notable players in Lakers history who wore the ‘9’
The first Laker to wear the number ‘9’ was Jim Chones, who did so during the 1980-1981 season. The number was not worn until the mid-1990s by Nick Van Exel (1994-98).
For the 21st century, the number passed through many players: Bryon Russell (2004), Chucky Atkins (2005), Laron Profit (2006), Sun Yue (2009)Matt Barnes (2011-2012), Ronnie Price (2015), Marcelo Huertas (2016) and Luol Deng (2017-2018).
Rajon Rondo was the last Lakers player to wear the number 9. The point guard was part of the winning team in the playoffs played in the Bubble. Since then, the number has been used by Wesley Matthews (2021), Kent Bazemore (2022) and Sterling Brown (2023).
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2024-06-28 20:58:30
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