From ESPN: " Bronny James, the eldest son of Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James, suffered cardiac arrest Monday and is in stable condition.
“Yesterday while practicing Bronny James suffered a cardiac arrest,” a James family spokesperson said in a statement. “Medical staff was able to treat Bronny and take him to the hospital. He is now in stable condition and no longer in ICU. We ask for respect and privacy for the James family and we will update media when there is more information.”
That’s the second time in less than a year a USC player suffers cardiac arrest on the court.
Is this a heart attack? Is it career ending?
In terms of the former, it’s not an “attack” so much as his heart simply stopped. In terms of the latter, only time will tell.
Not necessarily, but it is a big hurdle to overcome. And it’s not like he was anywhere near the level of his dad, he is good but calling him a “2024 lottery pick” is quite a reach. He is also only 6’3.
Yeah, I mean I think that any guy’s chance to make the NBA is pretty slim and I take it he is not as good as his Dad was at that age.
I mean, what percent of NCAA players even make the NBA for a single season on the bench? Like 1% or less?
Yeah, people probably rightfully assume that it was a dream for Lebron to one day play with his son and he would likely get drafted by someone based on that alone. Kid is already set for life though, so that has to factor in on whether it is worth continuing to push himself if there is any risk at all.
Among young athletes who experience sudden cardiac death (fortunately averted in this case), black males who play basketball are at particular risk.
As an antidote to the antivax ghouls capitalizing on this incident to blame Covid-19 vaccination, note that the above paper was published in 2019.
In the thread in the Pit about Musk this was posted:
There is no antidote against some antivax ghouls, and that thread is rightly on the Pit:
Myocarditis is a known side effect. The only question is whether it is rare or common.
Elon Musk
Bolding mine.
He’s almost undoubtedly not. At age 18 (the same age that Bronny is now), LeBron was drafted by the NBA’s Cleveland Cavaliers directly out of high school, with the #1 overall pick in the draft; he had been named the top high school basketball player in the U.S. as both a junior and as a senior. LeBron went on to win the NBA’s Rookie of the Year Award that season.
(Note that the NBA has changed their rules since then, and players aren’t eligible to be drafted directly from high school any longer.)
Bronny was ranked the #23 prospect this year for his class (players who graduated from high school this spring). So, he’s a very good player – among the best in the U.S. in his age group – but not at his father’s level at that age.
To be fair to Bronny, I’m not sure if anyone ever was as good as Lebron was at his age. At the very least the number is in the single digits. There’s a reason that he was so highly anticipated in the league.
As for Bronny, I don’t think we really have enough information to speculate. There’s lots of causes for cardiac arrest, and they’ll all have different outcomes.
Bronny is a possible lottery pick, not because of his own talent, but because a team would almost certainly get LeBron as well, as he’s repeatedly stated he wants to play with his son, and has actively set up his contract to make that viable after next season.
Very true; coming out of high school, LeBron was seen as a generational talent. I can think of a handful of players (e.g., Wilt Chamberlain, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar) who were as highly regarded and recruited coming out of high school, but it’s a very small list.