Three days after LeBron James Jr. collapsed during a basketball practice, a cardiologist at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles said Thursday that he has been “discharged to home, where he is resting.” His father, LeBron James, said on social media that his family is “together, safe and sound.”
And in a sign of optimism and relief for the family, LeBron was back in the gym Thursday, working out with another young basketball star.
The younger James, known as Brony, who was recruited to join USC’s basketball team in the fall, went into cardiac arrest Monday while working out at the university’s Galen Center. He was initially in intensive care and had been at Cedars-Sinai since Monday.
The Los Angeles Fire Department on Thursday released an updated portion of a 911 call made Monday morning from the Galen Center.
In the call, an unknown person requested urgent medical assistance.
“Listen, listen, listen, listen,” said the caller. “Get an ambulance here — now.”
A dispatcher asked the caller if a doctor or registered nurse was on scene and the caller said there was no doctor around.
“Help is already on the way,” the dispatcher said. “We’re already on our way, sir. Fire department, ambulances are already on their way.”
Bronny was treated by USC medical staff and then transported to Cedars-Sinai.
LeBron James’ workout with the young prospect was scheduled for Wednesday before it was postponed after Brony, 18, collapsed during practice.
The young star LeBron James worked with on Thursday was AJ Dybantsa, the highly touted 16-year-old from Brockton, Mass., who was in Los Angeles with his father to meet with agents, including representatives from James’ agency. Clutch Sports. .
“I felt for the guy,” Ace Dybantsa, AJ’s father and a Boston University police officer, said of LeBron James by phone after his son’s hour-long practice Thursday. “After what he went through, he showed up, put on a good face and worked with the kid. I had chills, man.’
For AJ Dybantsa, a 6-foot-1 forward who has transferred to Prolific Prep in Napa Valley, Calif., from St. Sebastian’s in Needham, Mass., the workout was the latest in a series featuring NBA superstars.
When asked what it meant for James to show up after what happened to Brony, AJ Dimanza said, “he cares.”
He continued, “I didn’t know what was going to happen to his son, but even though it took him an extra day, he showed up and worked out.”
Bronny James and his family also received well wishes from Ohio State coach Chris Holtmann. In September 2022, during Bronny’s senior year at Sierra Canyon School in Los Angeles, Bronny and his father visited Ohio State for a football game against Notre Dame. The fans chanted: “We want Brony.”
Ohio State was the school that LeBron, an Ohio native, had said he probably would have attended had he gone to college instead of jumping straight to the NBA as the No. 1 overall pick in the 2003 draft.
Holtmann said he and his staff had taken a genuine interest in landing Broney.
“It was a situation where we were really open to making sure it fit what they were looking for and vice versa,” Holtman said by phone Wednesday. “We knew it was going to be an experience where it might not be long in college, so you want that experience to be great.”
Bronny James would be eligible for the NBA draft after his freshman year. There has been speculation that he will move to the NBA in 2024 when LeBron turns 40.
As a senior at Sierra Canyon, Bronny averaged 14 points, 5.5 rebounds, 2.4 assists and 1.8 steals. He was named to the McDonald’s All-American game in March, where he scored 15 points on 5-of-8 shooting from the perimeter while adding 4 assists and 2 steals.
The USC men’s basketball team is scheduled to leave for a 10-day exhibition tour in Greece and Croatia on Aug. 5, but it remains unclear if the team will continue to travel or if Bronny will make the trip.
Jesus Jiménez contributed to the report.
