Portrait of LeBron James: “King” of the NBA and everyday life
LeBron James and Savannah Brinson met in 2002, when they were students at nearby high schools in Ohio and just as LeBron became a national phenomenon. The promise of his early expectations was staggering, but he went on to outstrip it. At 37, he’s not so much an elder statesman of the NBA as he is the engine of its contemporary business, politics, and presentation. He’s also vocal about being a family man. He and Savannah married in 2013, and they have three children, Bronny, Bryce, and Zhuri.
THREE OF A KIND Bryce’s and Bronny’s high school highlights already have become a sports media staple. Swim trunks by Vilebrequin. LeBron’s sunglasses by Chloé; bracelets by Van Cleef & Arpels. Bronny’s sunglasses by Ray-Ban.PHOTOGRAPH BY GILLIAN LAUB; STYLED BY MATTHEW HENSON.
As LeBron prepares to enter his 20th season as a standard-bearer for the NBA and its ever-growing cultural footprint, his family has assumed increasingly prominent roles in the landscape he has reshaped. V.F. joined them as they gathered at their Los Angeles home to commemorate, in their first photo shoot as a family (including Savannah’s parents, Jennifer and JK, and LeBron’s mother, Gloria), what Savannah described to me as a transitional moment for her children. For Bronny, who turns 18 in October, a guard for the high school powerhouse basketball team at Sierra Canyon, it’s about “getting to a place to start to make decisions about his career and where he wants to go in his life.” Zhuri, a precocious seven, has her own successful YouTube lifestyle show, All Things Zhuri (highlights have included segments on baking, yoga, and painting). Bryce, 15, Savannah lovingly calls “the mystery of the family,” insofar as he could go in any direction, though he’s also a much-hyped basketball prospect himself.
LeBron and Savannah with their Porsche 918 Spyder.LeBron’s clothing by Tom Ford; boots by Giuseppe Zanotti; bracelets by Van Cleef & Arpels; watch by Audemars Piguet. Savannah’s dress and bracelets by Chanel; sandals by Gianvito Rossi; necklace by Bulgari.PHOTOGRAPH BY GILLIAN LAUB; STYLED BY MATTHEW HENSON.At Sierra Canyon games, the celebrities are both on the court and in the crowd, and Savannah has observed her children growing into the dynamic. “With LeBron being their dad, it’s just automatic,” she said. “It’s not something we’ve pushed or told them that they had to do, or anything like that. It just happened.”
LeBron signed with the Los Angeles Lakers in 2018, and his arrival in the city marked a culmination of how both he and the broader world of professional sports had grown entangled with the entertainment business. Some of the most resonant phrases of his career have to do with the place of an athlete, particularly a Black athlete, in society: “more than an athlete,” or his refutations of Fox News host Laura Ingraham’s insistence that he “shut up and dribble.”
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“They look like the 2023 Rockefellers,” Gloria said as she surveyed the dinner table. She has a point. While the James family has not pursued anything like Kardashian levels of onscreen confessional, Zhuri’s comfort with an audience and the breathless anticipation around her brothers’ careers have meant that the family has similarly established itself as a public institution. In their Los Angeles garage, a photoshopped image of Bronny guarding a high-school-aged LeBron hangs on the wall—LeBron has said he intends for the two of them to play together in the NBA—and the basketball-internet ecosystem has recently turned its lens on a photo of LeBron and Bryce that seemed to show their heights converging.
LeBron’s clothing, boots, and necklaces and Zhuri’s clothing and boots by Chrome Hearts. LeBron’s watch by Richard Mille. Zhuri’s socks by Little Stocking Co. Sculpture by Roy Nachum.PHOTOGRAPH BY GILLIAN LAUB; STYLED BY MATTHEW HENSON.ARTIST IN RESIDENCE Zhuri, the wise-beyond-her-years host of a successful show on YouTube, sketches her brothers, Bronny and Bryce.Zhuri’s dress and Bronny’s and Bryce’s clothing and shoes by Gucci. Zhuri’s boots by Young Soles; hair clips by Super Smalls.PHOTOGRAPH BY GILLIAN LAUB; STYLED BY MATTHEW HENSON.“Watch your head, Mama,” LeBron said earlier as he tossed a basketball over his shoulder and toward the hoop. In between photographs, he and his sons had been holding a semicompetitive dunk contest on a shortened hoop in the driveway while Zhuri chased a lizard.
ALL IN THE FAMILY Savannah’s parents, Jennifer and JK Brinson, Bronny, Savannah, Zhuri, LeBron, Bryce, and LeBron’s mother, Gloria.Jennifer’s pajamas by Petite Plume. JK’s pajamas by Eberjey. JK’s T-shirt and Bronny’s tank top by Calvin Klein. Bronny’s, LeBron’s, and Bryce’s pajamas by CDLP. Savannah’s and Zhuri’s pajamas by IAmJenniferLe. Savannah’s earrings by Chrome Hearts. Gloria’s kimono by Carine Gilson; pants by Vince; slippers by Olivia von Halle; watch and bracelet by Cartier; ring by Bulgari.PHOTOGRAPH BY GILLIAN LAUB; STYLED BY MATTHEW HENSON.News
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