LeBron James Is Thrilled After Daughter Zhuri Chooses His Number for Her Volleyball Jersey: ‘LETS GO BABY Z’

Mar. 15, 2025

LeBron James, Zhuri James.Photo:Tim Clayton/Corbis via Getty

Tim Clayton/Corbis via Getty

LeBron Jamesis one proud papa!

The NBA legend took to social media to share a series of new photos of his 10-year-old daughter Zhuri James in her volleyball uniform and with her teammates.

“🥰🥰😍😍🤎🤎🤎 YOU GO GIRL!!!!!! @allthingszhuri LET’S GO BABY Z!! 🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾. Best of luck this season and GO CRAZY!! 🏐👋🏾. #JamesGang👑,” the Los Angeles Lakers star captioned the post.

Zhuri gave a sweet nod to her superstar dad with her jersey number — 6, which LeBron wore with the Miami Heat, Team USA (including this summer in Paris as they claimed gold) and briefly with the Lakers.

Zhuri is the youngest member of the James family to show a talent in sports — following in the footsteps of her basketball star older brothers Bryce, 17, and NBA rookieBronny, 20.

Last year, LeBronshared footageon Instagram as he attended one of Zhuri’s volleyball games and cheered along in the stands, shouting “Let’s go munchkin.”

Speaking toAccess Hollywoodback in 2021, LeBron gushed about his daughter. “Mydaughter is the greatest thing in my life, along with my boys. So, whenever she smiles, it don’t matter what I’m doing, it makes me happy,” he told the outlet at the time.

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LeBron James, Savannah Brinson and Zhuri James.FilmMagic

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As his youngest child and only daughter, LeBron, 39, has spoken in the past about how he feels about being a girl dad.

LeBron James with daughter Zhuri during press conference after winning series vs Golden State Warriors at Oracle Arena on June 19, 2016.John W. McDonough /Sports Illustrated/Getty

John W. McDonough /Sports Illustrated/Getty

He continued, adding “To be able to see my daughter continue to mature and continue to get bigger and bigger and loving and loving and loving and loving every single day, it’s just super duper cool just to see her progression in her life is just amazing.”

source: people.com