Bronny and LeBron James are poised to make historical past after the Los Angeles Lakers chosen LeBron James’ eldest son, Bronny, with the fifty fifth choose within the 2024 NBA Draft on Thursday. It might be the primary time {that a} father-son duo has performed on the identical workforce within the NBA.

The James household’s achievement is not the primary occasion of fathers and sons teaming up in skilled sports activities. There have been 4 father-son duos on the identical  NFL, MLB and NHL groups, courting again to the Nineteen Twenties .

Ted and Charlie Nesser (NFL’s Columbus Panhandles, 1921)

To today, Ted Nesser, and his son, Charlie, stay the NFL’s solely father-son duo to have performed on the identical workforce. They performed collectively for the Columbus Panhandles on Sep. 25, 1921, in opposition to the Akron World’s Champions. The Nesser household had a storied historical past with the Panhandles, as six brothers — John, Paul, Phil, Ted, Frank and Al — all performed for the workforce at numerous factors of the early twentieth century. The 38-year-old Ted was a 5-foot-10 middle, whereas Charlie was a 19-year-old tailback at 6-2. The duo’s lone look additionally got here of their remaining season {of professional} soccer. The Panhandles would final yet another 12 months within the NFL earlier than being disbanded after which rebranded because the Columbus Tigers, which lasted from 1922 to 1926.

Gordie, Mark and Marty Howe (NHL’s Hartford Whalers 1979-1980) 

Gordie Howe had the pleasure of enjoying with two of his sons for the NHL’s Hartford Whalers, nevertheless it wasn’t the primary time the trio shared the ice collectively. Mark and Marty Howe performed collectively within the Ontario Hockey League’s Toronto Marlboros within the 1972-73 season, with Mark main the workforce to the Memorial Cup Championship with 104 factors—38 objectives and 66 assists. Gordie made it a household affair when he determined to unretire and be part of his boys for the 1973 marketing campaign on the World Hockey Affiliation’s Houston Aeros. In line with the Hockey Corridor of Fame, “Mark scored his first skilled purpose precisely 27 years after his father scored his first NHL purpose with the Detroit Pink Wings.”

The three went on to affix the NHL’s Hartford Whalers for the 1979-80 season. In his remaining season, Gordie racked up 15 objectives and 26 assists for 41 factors. Mark would spend three extra seasons with Hartford earlier than shifting on to the Philadelphia Flyers and Detroit Pink Wings, whereas Marty spent the remaining 5 seasons of his skilled hockey profession with the Whalers.

Ken Griffey Sr. and Ken Griffey Jr. (MLB’s Seattle Mariners, 1990-1991)

The older Griffey was already a three-time All-Star and two-time World Sequence champion when he signed with the Mariners in 1990. That very same 12 months, his son, Ken Griffey Jr. was additionally enjoying in Seattle, getting into his second season within the majors and was the MVP of the All-Star Sport in his first All-Star look and likewise performed together with his father. That season, Ken Griffey Jr. scored 91 runs and 22 homers whereas holding a batting common of .300 and an OPS of .847. His father—even at 40 years previous—nonetheless had one thing left within the tank, batting .377, scoring 13 runs and drilling three homers in his seventeenth season. The duo can be remembered for changing into the primary father-son duo to hit back-to-back homers, doing so on Sep. 14, 1990, in opposition to the California Angels.

Tim Raines Sr. and Tim Raines Jr. (MLB’s Baltimore Orioles, 2001)

Lastly, the Raines household made their very own mark on the MLB, teaming up on the Baltimore Orioles for a part of the 2001 season. Corridor-of-Famer Tim Raines was in his penultimate season when he was traded from the Montreal Expos to the Orioles on Oct. 3, setting him as much as be part of Tim Raines Jr., who had been drafted there within the sixth spherical of the 1998 MLB June Novice Draft. The duo shared the sphere for the primary time on Oct. 4, 2001, when Tim Raines Sr. performed left area whereas his son was in middle. That they had beforehand confronted off in opposition to each other just a few months prior within the Triple-A Worldwide League on rehabbing assignments, with Raines enjoying for the Ottawa Lynx and Raines Jr. enjoying for the Rochester Pink Wings.

Father and sons each taken within the NBA Draft

LeBron and Bronny will not be the one fathers and sons to have been drafted to the league. The 2 are becoming a member of a protracted checklist of predecessors that features Greg and Cole Anthony, Mychal and Klay Thompson, Invoice and Luke Walton, and Dell, Steph and Seth Curry, amongst others.

Listed here are fathers and sons who have been each chosen within the NBA Draft: