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He does not care – LeBron James says Bronny James will shrug off critics

Los Angeles Lakers veteran LeBron James has revealed that his son – Bronny – remains unperturbed by the critics. James admitted Bronny is the complete opposite of his father and he is mostly in his own zone.

The veteran added that Bronny focuses on his practice and wants to keep getting better. James sheds light on how Bronny doesn’t pay attention to what is being written or said about him by the experts.

The Lakers selected Bronny James with the 55th pick in the second round of the draft. Bronny, 19, averaged 4.8 points, 2.8 rebounds and 2.1 assists in 19.4 minutes per game in his lone season at USC.

“I don’t know if people really understand Bronny,” James told ESPN. “He doesn’t care. I actually care a little bit. When I came in [as a rookie], I wanted people to like me, and some of the things that people were saying about me kind of bothered me early on in my career. … He doesn’t give a f—.

“He does not care about nobody. He doesn’t even listen to that stuff. He’s like the coolest. He’s like the complete opposite of his dad. His dad will say something [to address the critics]. Bro does not care. … Everything that’s being said about him, he really does not care.”

James said Bronny doesn’t take things for granted and wants to pave his own way in the NBA. The youngster was sidelined for five months after suffering a cardiac arrest but bounced back strongly.

“Just imagine if you were a kid, you were born into a situation where your dad was super famous, super wealthy and you the kid still had the drive to want to be able to accomplish things for yourself,” James, 39, said. “I personally don’t know if I would’ve been able to do that if the roles were reversed.

“When I was coming up, I had no choice. I literally had no choice. … I had to make it out for me. My mom, my family, my hometown, my city. Bronny has all the choices in the world. If Bronny wants to stop right now or never played basketball or just wanted to be a gamer or wanted to be a chef or wanted to be nothing to whatever, he could have done that. … People don’t understand how hard that is and the commitment for him to be coming out of heart surgery less than a year ago, for him to be able to be in the NBA, the kid, he’s special.”

“But he doesn’t care. He doesn’t,” James continued. “It doesn’t bother him.”

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