LOS ANGELES — Bronny James is poised to make his school debut for Southern California almost 5 months after he suffered cardiac arrest.

James joined his teammates for on-court warmups 90 minutes earlier than tipoff Sunday. Sporting a white USC shirt and crimson sweatpants, he took quite a lot of jumpers underneath the watchful lenses of a baseline stuffed with photographers.

College students lined up round one facet of Galen Middle and down an adjoining avenue ready to get inside. A person dressed as Santa Claus joined the frenzy.

The 19-year-old freshman is prone to come off the bench for the Trojans (5-3) towards Lengthy Seaside State. Within the crowd at Galen Middle is predicted to be his father, Los Angeles Lakers celebrity LeBron James, and the remainder of his household.

“Tremendous excited for that second,” LeBron James mentioned. “I can’t wait to see him run out along with his teammates. After which as soon as he checks into the sport, at any time when that case could also be, it’s going to be an enormous second for our household.”

Coach Andy Enfield mentioned James’ standing for Sunday will probably be primarily based on how the freshman feels and the opinions of USC’s docs, trainers and energy coach.

PHOTOS: Bronny James poised to make school debut for USC almost 5 months after cardiac arrest

James will probably be on a minutes restriction in his debut.

James suffered cardiac arrest on July 20 throughout a exercise at Galen Middle. He was discovered to have a congenital coronary heart defect that was treatable.