PEERING OUT OF a 27th-floor suite inside the Vdara Hotel & Spa in Las Vegas, Bronny James takes in the panoramic view. It's mid-afternoon on July 13. He looks at the surrounding ARIA Resort & Casino grounds, where the Los Angeles Lakers' young prospects and roster hopefuls are making their temporary home.
He points out Shadow Creek Golf Course on the extended property; then the Bellagio fountains; then the bulbous Las Vegas Sphere, which hosted the Backstreet Boys the night before. "I would go," James says, despite not being born during the pop icons' heyday.