The possibility has been a tantalizing one for LeBron James from the moment viral videos of his son’s budding basketball talents began landing even before his 10th birthday.

Now, though, the idea is coming into clearer focus for James, who will turn 36 next month, and Bronny. LeBron Raymone James Jr. turned 16 last month,

and his father was thinking about not just his own future when he recently signed a two-year, $85 million contract extension with the Los Angeles Lakers.

The deal would make James a free agent in three years, and if the NBA were to allow players to again be drafted out of high school, as James was, he and Bronny could be teammates on an NBA team in the 2023-24 season.

“The best thing about it is the year I’ll be a free agent will be the same year my oldest son graduates high school,” James told reporters Monday.

“So I’ll have some options to see, for me personally, what I want to do [going] forward, being around my family, being around my son more or continue to play this game I love with great health and great spirits. We’ll see.”

James has long been a fixture in the stands, whether as a proud dad or, occasionally, a coach, for Bronny James, a 6-foot-2 sophomore at Sierra Canyon High in Chatsworth, Calif.

“You want to ask me what was the greatest achievement in my life? If I’m on the same court as my son in the NBA,” James said in 2018 (via ESPN).

“That would be number one in my lifetime as an NBA player. … I’ve thought about it because my son is about to be 14, and he might be able to get in there a little earlier.”

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