LeBron James desires everybody overanalyzing his son’s faculty basketball profession to take a step again … begging Bronny‘s critics to go away “the kid” alone as he continues to work on his sport.

The Lakers celebrity’s public plea comes on the heels of ESPN’s newest mock draft … which has the 19-year-old USC freshman staying in class as an alternative of going professional in 2024.

Value noting — the 6’4″, 210-pounder has performed in 20 video games for the Trojans this season … averaging 5.5 factors, 2.8 rebounds and a couple of.5 assists after getting back from his cardiac arrest incident he skilled months earlier than the season.

James is clearly fed up with the scrutiny Bronny’s confronted up to now in his collegiate profession … and it is gotten to the purpose the place he unloaded on social media over it.

“Can yall please just let the kid be a kid and enjoy college basketball,” King James mentioned on Monday. “The work and results will ultimately do the talking no matter what he decides to do. If y’all don’t know he doesn’t care what a mock draft says, he just WORKS! Earned Not Given!”

Bronny’s sport was at all times going to be beneath the microscope — not solely due to his well-known father, but additionally contemplating mentioned pops has publicly said his dream is to be NBA teammates together with his eldest son.

LBJ additionally had phrases for anybody else feeling stress from the media … including, “And to all the other kids out there striving to be great just keep your head down, blinders on and keep grinding.”