Sierra Canyon’s Bronny, Bryce James set to deal with Kiyan Anthony

Monday night’s high school basketball showdown between Christ the King (Queens, N.Y.) and Sierra Canyon (Chatsworth, Calif.) has been in the producing over 20 years.The game(11:30

p.m. ET, ESPN2)is headlined by Sierra Canyon senior guard Bronny and sophomore guard/forward Bryce James, kids of Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James, and Christ the King sophomore guard Kiyan Anthony, child of Carmelo Anthony.2 Related Long prior to the 2nd generation touched the hardwood, their dads faced off in an elite high school matchup in February 2002 in front of 11,000 fans at the Sovereign Bank Arena in Trenton, New Jersey.Anthony’s Oak Hill Academy(Mouth of Wilson, Va. )beat James’St. Vincent-St. Mary (Akron, Ohio ), 72-66

. James, the nation’s leading junior at the time, had 36 points on 12-of-27 shooting with 8 rebounds, 5 assists and 6 steals. Anthony, then the No. 1 senior possibility, had 34 points on 14-of-25 shooting with 11 rebounds and 2 assists.”It was a terrific program,”James said. “I wanted to play Oak Hill once again best then and there.”Although Carmelo had gone to the Syracuse Orange by then, the rematch came on Dec. 12, 2002, in LeBron’s national tv

launching– precisely 20 years prior to their kids’contest.Melo is presently a totally free representative but had fun with the Lakers last season together with LeBron.” We simply seemed like we’re from similar backgrounds … So we linked for that, prior to basketball,” Melo stated of their bond on former NBA players Matt Barnes and Stephen Jackson’s podcast,”All the Smoke.””… I was searching for some type of relationship like that with somebody, he was searching for that also, so we can be found in each other’s life at the right time. We were both looking for that brotherhood.”The two daddies are anticipated to be in participation for Monday night’s game.