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 a bit time away from dwelling. James poured in 30 factors and added three rebounds and two assists in by far the most effective efficiency of his younger skilled profession.
Regardless of James’ huge 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 exterior 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, during which he by no means actually acquired in control following his return from a coronary heart problem, 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 acquired solely rubbish time minutes within the NBA. There is not any expectation that can change this season.
Bronny, who was just lately sidelined with a heel problem, will see most of his enjoying time within the G League, although there is no definitive plan in place.
“That is going to be fluid,” South Bay Lakers president Joey Buss informed ESPN. “We will do what’s finest for his growth. There’s going to be a number of issues that we do for all of the project gamers, and selections 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 observe. There’s a number of variables. So nothing distinctive for Bronny. He is simply type of in that system.”
Early within the season, studies indicated that Bronny would solely play in dwelling video games with the South Bay Lakers, whose dwelling enviornment doubles because the NBA group’s observe facility. The group has clearly reversed course on that call, although it stays unclear when or if Bronny will hit the highway once more.
