LeBron James-Bronny James Nike commercial: Lakers rookie gets pranked by superstar dad in new ad | Sporting News

It's common practice for rookies in professional sports leagues to face harmless forms of hazing, like elaborate pranks, favors for veterans, wearing costumes to press conferences and more.

It's not so common, however, for a rookie to debut on the same team as his father, who also happens to be arguably the greatest player in the history of their respective league.

This was reality for Bronny James on Tuesday, who made his first NBA regular season appearance alongside his father, LeBron.

The pair joins several other father-son duos who played in the same league at the same time, including MLB's Ken Griffey Sr.

and Ken Griffey Jr., as well as the NHL's Gordie Howe and his two sons, Mark and Marty.

Bronny's pedigree did not exempt him from light "LeHazing," however, when Nike released a commercial showing his dad filling up his car to the brim with Fruity Pebbles cereal before opening night.

Here's everything to know about the James' new ad, including how the Lakers rookie was pranked by LeBron the day of his debut.

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9 | LeBron's NBA GOAT case LeBron James, Bronny James Nike commercial, explained The afternoon before Los Angeles opened the 2024-24 NBA regular season against Minnesota at home, LeBron posted a video to his social media accounts that began with a shot of him pouring an entire box of Fruity Pebbles through the sunroof of his son's car in their driveway.

As the box emptied, he spotted Bronny leaving the house and crept back up the driveway before he was caught.

His son opens the door of his car only for an avalanche of rainbow cereal to dump out onto the ground in front of him as he looks around for the culprit.

LeBron pulls up in the back seat of another car at the end of the driveway and pokes his head out the window to say to his son, "Hey rook, you better not be late!" Bronny responds with "Yo, are you serious?" before his father tells him to clean up his driveway because it's "a mess." "Yo, you're too old for this," Bronny shouted after LeBron as he rolled up his window and drove away.

The video ends with the rookie walking off screen and the Nike logo appearing over the clip, confirming the prank was in fact, an ad.

Dont be late ROOK! pic.twitter.com/zxR6O8ewJp What did LeBron James, Bronny James say about Nike commercial? The pair addressed the prank in their postgame press conference following the team's 110-103 win at Crypto.com Arena.

Bronny was asked how he was going to get the cereal out of his car, to which he chuckled and replied "thank god that wasn't my car." "He has multiple cars now," LeBron interjected.

"He opened that one, then got in another one!" Bronny: "Thank god that wasn't my car" LeBron: "He has multiple cars now.

He opened that one, then got in another one!" pic.twitter.com/1lre0J9Rkd SN's NBA HQ: Live NBA scores | Updated NBA standings | Full NBA schedule LeBron James-Bronny James age LeBron will turn 40 on Dec.

30 of this year, while Bronny just turned 20 on Oct.

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The future Hall of Famer is playing his 22nd season in the NBA for his third team, leaving behind stints with Cleveland and Miami to play for Los Angeles.

Reactions to Lebron James, Bronny James Nike commercial Any LeBron and Bronny content tends to do well online, and the Nike prank was no exception.

Here are some of the best reactions to the Fruity Pebbles saga.

LeBron out here hazing his own son before his first NBA game He filled his car with Fruity Pebbles pic.twitter.com/gV24V9tVDW LeBron dumped Fruity Pebbles in Bronnys car and told him dont be late The rookie hazing is gong to be wild this year on the Lakers with all due respect.

pic.twitter.com/W8GNcE5FA0 not to be dramatic but i literally died inside watching all those fruity pebbles go to waste https://t.co/bDfYjDz1xP your son could've drowned to death in those Fruity Pebbles and you're laughing? Really? Not funny.

LeBron filled Bronnys car with Fruity Pebbles before his first NBA game LeHazing at its absolute finest pic.twitter.com/zmmyG54ipk "So then I told LeBron about the time that I said that John Cena looks like a bowl of Fruity Pebbles, and that's how he got the idea." - The Rock, probably https://t.co/JYJ0uKkYrJ pic.twitter.com/dq8msHI0ne.

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