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“Too Hard” -LeBron James Lauds Juju Watkins ’38 -Pt trip to USC, upset due to #1 UCLA


After Juju Watkins‘Making appearance against Ucla Thursday, LeBron James He quickly expressed his support from the USC, which is often called Twitter. Going to the game, USC was in sixth place, while Ucla came first.

After a huge 71-60 victory from the Trojans, USC is now sitting on a top basketball chart for the BIG TEN Women’s Faculty with a total record of 22-2 and a conference record of 12-1.

In the game, Watkins led the trip to Trojanci with 38 points, 11 rebounds, eight blocks and five assists, while a student fired 12 out of 26 from the floor and 6 out of 9 outside the port.

LeBron James was impressed with three USC victories in a row and made sure his support was heard. In response to the former St. Vincent-st. Mary teammate Romero Travis reaction to a 3-minute long-lasting Watkins reel from Thursday in the game, four-time NBA champion and Future Hall of Famer wrote:

“Yes, she did !!! Juju too much !!”

After winning Thursday, Watkins and USC will return to action on Sunday when they face Washington Husky.

Juju Watkins tells her about what her mentoring LeBron James means to her

Last year, when the oldest son of Lebron James, Bronny JamesHe played at USC, the four-time champion attended a series of USC games. In doing so, he ended up with the formation of a rather close relationship with Watkins, whom a mentor began.

Although La star did not attend USC games the way he did it last season, since Bronny James is now on a two -way NBA contract and Bryce has committed himself in Arizona, he continues to support Watkins.

In April, during the appearance at Podcast P with Paul George, Watkins spoke about the advice she received from James:

“Every time I see him, he is always like ‘go on’ and such things. I mean, just what he is able to achieve, I think he has already inspired to see how much he has arrived. His day that will watch us play, it’s amazing. “

You can see the conversation starting at 24:45 below.

Although Watkins has already gained the support of LeBron James, and it has already become a national star, she still has two more years of eligibility to go before she fulfilled the conditions for a statement for the WNBA draft.