Bronny James Says No. 9 Jersey Is Tribute To Juice WRLD

Bronny James is opening up connected his determination to stone No. 9 successful the NBA ... confirming helium chose it to grant precocious instrumentalist Juice WRLD.

LeBron's eldest lad faced the media for the archetypal clip arsenic a Los Angeles Laker connected Tuesday ... and aft fielding respective questions astir his narration with his four-time champion pops, who was successful attendance for the presser, helium explained however the digit he'll athletics during games was acold from random.

"Juice has conscionable been a large portion of me, keeping calm successful immoderate situations that I've been through," 19-year-old Bronny said minutes ago. "So yeah, conscionable paying homage to him particularly due to the fact that helium passed. It's a truly important happening for me."

There was a batch of speculation that was the lawsuit erstwhile the Lakers announced Bronny's number past week ... particularly considering helium has a 999 tattoo down his receptor -- which Juice besides had connected his body.

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999 symbolizes the inversion of the "mark of the beast" ... and Juice antecedently said it meant "taking immoderate ill, immoderate atrocious situation, immoderate conflict you’re going done and turning it into thing affirmative to propulsion yourself forward."

Juice was 1 of the apical young artists erstwhile he died of an accidental overdose astatine conscionable 21 years aged successful December 2019 ... a nonaccomplishment that near a large interaction connected the euphony industry.

Bronny addressed the unit he'll look arsenic the lad of 1 of the top to ever play hoops ... saying it's thing he's ever dealt with and volition get done it -- conscionable arsenic helium has done his full career.

Lakers manager JJ Redick besides changeable down immoderate conception Bronny didn't merit to beryllium drafted No. 55 wide successful past week's draught ... saying the young hooper earned each spot of it.