Bronny James made his G League highway debut on Thursday evening for the South Bay Lakers, and it appears that evidently all he wanted was somewhat time away from house. James poured in 30 factors and added three rebounds and two assists in by far the perfect efficiency of his younger skilled profession.
Regardless of James’ massive evening, the Lakers fell to the Valley Suns, 106-100.
It did not take James, 20, lengthy to get going, as he confirmed off his outdoors shot with a pair of pull-up 3-pointers within the opening minutes. All informed, he displayed a formidable offensive arsenal that included hovering for an alley-oop. For the season he’s now averaging 14 factors, 3.5 rebounds and a pair of.5 assists within the G League.
After an abbreviated freshman season at USC, wherein he by no means actually acquired on top of things following his return from a coronary heart challenge, James declared for the 2024 NBA Draft. As anticipated, he was chosen by the Lakers with the No. 55 total choose within the second spherical, and signed a four-year, $7.9 million contract.
On opening evening, he checked into the Lakers’ matchup towards the Minnesota Timberwolves alongside his dad, LeBron James, and in doing so they grew to become the primary father-son duo to play in an NBA recreation collectively. They later performed collectively in Cleveland when the Lakers took on the Cavaliers and Bronny scored his first profession factors on a fourth-quarter jumper. In any other case, although, Bronny has obtained solely rubbish time minutes within the NBA. There is no expectation that can change this season.
Bronny, who was lately sidelined with a heel challenge, will see most of his taking part in time within the G League, although there isn’t any definitive plan in place.
“That is going to be fluid,” South Bay Lakers president Joey Buss informed ESPN. “We’ll do what’s finest for his growth. There’s going to be plenty of issues that we do for all of the project gamers, and choices are made based mostly off the place they’re, based mostly off the harm standing, based mostly off what number of our bodies they want for follow. There’s plenty of variables. So nothing distinctive for Bronny. He is simply form of in that system.”
Early within the season, experiences indicated that Bronny would solely play in house video games with the South Bay Lakers, whose house area doubles because the NBA staff’s follow facility. The group has clearly reversed course on that call, although it stays unclear when or if Bronny will hit the highway once more.
