“Bronny is coming into the game tonight,” Barkley said during TNT’s “NBA Tip-Off.” “This is a Nike commercial waiting to happen. They don’t – Ken Griffey doesn’t fly all the way from Florida to LA to not see Bronny play.”

Junior said in a 2022 video that if LeBron and Bronny ever played in a game together, Junior and his father would be there.

“If that happens, I will be there. I’m going to take my dad to the game,” Junior said in 2022. “We’re actually going to go to the game. LeBron is a Nike guy. I’m a Nike guy. And I think it’s important that we all be there to celebrate someone else’s success. We celebrate you. And that’s the beauty of sport. And hopefully we’ll celebrate in a few years when we play together.