Sierra Canyon’s Bronny James will don the cardinal and gold.
The 6-foot-3 senior guard introduced his dedication to play at USC on Saturday afternoon through Instagram. James picked USC over scholarship affords from Ohio State and Memphis. Oregon was additionally reportedly amongst one among James’ prime colleges.
James was chosen as a McDonald’s All-American this yr after averaging 14.1 factors, 5.5 rebounds and a couple of.4 assists in 27 video games. The combo guard is rated a four-star recruit on ESPN and a five-star prospect within the 247Sports.com composite rankings.
James – the eldest son of Lakers star LeBron James – has had a wild four-year highschool profession at Sierra Canyon. Since his freshman season, this system’s fame mixed with the star-studded final identify created a circus of flashing lights, Youtube movies that garnered hundreds of thousands of views, crammed NBA arenas, and even a documentary on Amazon Prime known as “High Class”.
“Initially, congratulations to my son on his subsequent journey, on choosing an awesome college in USC,” LeBron James mentioned after the Lakers defeated the Golden State Warriors in Sport 3 of their second-round playoff collection on Saturday evening at Crypto.com Area. “I’m pleased with him. That is an unimaginable factor. Except it was one among my nice grandmothers or nice grandfathers or somebody who was means earlier than my time, to my data, that is the primary one out of the James gang to go to school. Clearly, his dad didn’t go to high school. His mother didn’t go to school.”
Fattal: Sierra Canyon basketball’s Bronny James leads by instance in a contagious means
Saturday’s information places a bow on James’ highschool profession.
As a freshman, he performed with three gamers that may find yourself as McDonald’s All-Individuals in Ziaire Williams, Brandon Boston and Amari Bailey, however he performed in all 34 video games, which included his first varsity begin on Dec. 3, 2019.
Bronny James will get first profession begin tonight for Sierra Canyon. pic.twitter.com/IQVBLpnBq9
— Tarek Fattal (@Tarek_Fattal) December 4, 2019
The spotlight of James’ freshman season – and possibly his profession – got here in Columbus, Ohio when he scored a season-high 15 factors in entrance of LeBron James to assist Sierra Canyon beat LeBron’s alma mater St. Vincent-St. Mary, 59-56, at Nationwide Area. Bronny had a steal and go-ahead basket with below a minute left. Bronny completed that season averaging 4.1 factors per recreation.
What a second for LeBron James. Sees Bronny rating a profession excessive (15 factors), get awarded MVP, and get the go-ahead steal and layup late within the recreation to assist elevate Sierra Canyon to a 59-56 win over LeBron’s alma mater St. Vincent-St. Mary. pic.twitter.com/Qu8WwgF4J0
— Tarek Fattal (@Tarek_Fattal) December 15, 2019
Bronny’s sophomore yr was hindered by the pandemic and a knee harm that sidelined him for the whole thing of the abbreviated spring season. He returned within the playoffs that spring of 2021, however only for just a few video games. As a junior, Bronny would play with one other McDonald’s All-American in Kijani Wright, who might be a sophomore at USC subsequent season. Led by then-senior Amari Bailey, James went on to common 8.8 factors, 3.3 rebounds, 2.8 assists and 1.9 steals in 29 video games.
In Bronny’s 4 years at Sierra Canyon, this system performed within the CIF Southern Part Open Division playoffs yearly, together with this previous season. Regardless of shedding all three Open Division pool-play video games, Bronny led the Trailblazers to the CIF State Division I SoCal Regional remaining (one recreation in need of the state championship), however they fell quick to Notre Dame of Sherman Oaks, led by Duke commit Caleb Foster. Notre Dame went on to win the Division I state title.