Lakers Rumors: LeBron James, Bronny Decip All-Star Weekend invite

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Bronny James has had a rookie season unlike any other in NBA history. There has been tremendous hoopla surrounding his every move from the Las Vegas summer to his regular season debut and even his G League games.

Through it all, Bronny has remained composed and has been as little of a distraction as a player in his position could possibly be.

Still, the noise is hard to ignore. With NBA All-Star Weekend Fast approaching, NBA insider Chris Haynes reports that the league wanted LeBron James and Bronny to participate in the Kia Skills Challenge and even extended an offer to Bronny to play in the Castrol Rising Stars game as a G League player.

Both offers were reportedly rejected.

For those fans upset that Bronny even received these offers, this All-Star Weekend is all about entertainment.

Honestly, the critics of Bronny’s existence in the NBA should be applauding and thanking him for deciding not to participate.

Adding Bronny would undoubtedly have boosted the ratings for these two contests, which is probably why the NBA reached out in the first place.

Bronny can instead focus on resting up and preparing for the second half of his rookie campaign or even just soaking up the All-Star festivities without adding to the media circus.

As for LeBron, he’s well past the days of participating in All-Star Saturday Events, though there would have been a fun irony in him finally doing an event on Saturday and it not being the dunk contest he teased to participate for so many years.

LeBron may have snubbed this event, but he will almost certainly be named an All-Star starter even if he is no longer the most voted player in his conference.

All-Star festivities take place inside the Chase Center in San Francisco. The Castrol Rising Stars game will happen on Friday, February 14th, the Kia Skills Challenge will be on February 15th, and the All-Star Game will wrap up the weekend starting on February 16th at 17 on TNT and TRUTV.

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