Lakers All-Star forward LeBron James‘ youngest son, Bryce James, has officially committed to play his college ball at Arizona for 2025/26, per Tobias Bass and Brendan Marks of The Athletic.
The 17-year-old senior guard is considered a three-star recruit, and is currently ranked as the No. 257 player among his graduating high school class. The 6’5″ wing was also fielding offers from Ohio State and Duquesne.
In his scouting report, Marks notes that Bryce James is less physically strong and athletic than his older brother Bronny James was at the point in their respective prep careers. The 20-year-old Bronny is currently a rookie with Los Angeles following a one-and-done season with USC. Marks believes that Bryce will need significant developmental time in head coach Tommy Lloyd’s system.
There’s more from around the basketball world:
- A pair of former NBA players were involved in a recent three-team G League trade. According to Jason Anderson of The Sacramento Bee (Twitter link), the Kings’ NBAGL affiliate, the Stockton Kings, have traded for guard Chasson Randle from the Iowa Wolves, G League affiliate of the Timberwolves. Stockton is shipping out forward Drew Timme to the Nets’ G League affiliate, the Long Island Nets. Long Island, meanwhile, is sending former NBA wing Amari Bailey to Iowa.
- Former journeyman NBA center Boban Marjanovic‘s agent, Misko Raznatovic, has confirmed (Twitter link) a prior report that his client is signing with Chinese Basketball Association club the Zhejiang Lions. The 7’4″ big man, who last played for the Rockets in 2023/24, logged nine pro seasons in the NBA. In 331 career regular season games (25 starts), Marjanovic averaged 5.5 points and 3.6 rebounds a night. He kicked off his 2024/25 run with Turkish club Fenerbahce, but was released earlier this month.
- In a fresh ranking of each NBA team’s draft assets, Bobby Marks of ESPN praises the Thunder’s cadre of picks as the best across the league. Oklahoma City boasts 13 first-round pick across the next seven seasons, including all seven of its own future picks. Marks ranks the Nuggets’ future draft equity as the worst draft pick portfolio in the league. Denver has just four incoming first-round selections available over the next seven years, and none available to trade.