Bronny James and Parker Whitfield have gone public with their rumored relationship as James begins his skilled basketball profession alongside his father on the Lakers.
On Thursday, which was Nationwide Boyfriend Day, Whitfield shared a photograph alongside Bronny and Mickey Mouse with the caption “bf day! i really like you! @bronny.”
Bronny reposted the notice, including the caption “I like you babyyyyy.”
Bronny and Whitfield have been rumored as a pair since they sat collectively for Group USA video games in the course of the Paris Olympics over the summer season.
Whitfield, a pupil on the HBCU Spelman Faculty in Atlanta, is the daughter of actress Salli Richardson-Whitfield and actor Dondré T. Whitfield.
Whitfield and James attended Sierra Canyon Excessive Faculty in Los Angeles collectively.
James, the son of Lakers celebrity LeBron James, was drafted fifty fifth general on this yr’s NBA Draft after enjoying one season at USC.
He signed a four-year deal value $7.9 million, with the final season being non-guaranteed.
Throughout Summer season League in Las Vegas in July, he indicated that he could be open to doubtlessly enjoying within the G-League this season.
“I’m simply wanting ahead to any basketball I play,” Bronny mentioned on the time. “It doesn’t matter what stage I’m enjoying at.”
Through the NBA Scouting Mix earlier than the Draft, Bronny set forth what his ambitions have been in skilled basketball.
“I simply wish to … have individuals know my identify is Bronny James and never be recognized as simply LeBron James’ son,” he mentioned on the time. “I’d be blissful about attending to the league as a substitute of me excited about enjoying with my dad. However that’s not my mindset in any respect. I’m simply making an attempt to place within the work and see the place it takes me.
“My dream has all the time simply been to place my identify out, make a reputation for myself.”
