Bronny James is in Vegas, however his efficiency Thursday night time had a Hollywood ending.
The second-year Lakers guard ended the primary half towards the Celtics with zero factors earlier than he flipped the script, scoring a game-high 18 factors to go along with 5 assists, three rebounds and a steal within the 87-78 loss in Summer season League motion.
That included pulling a silky Euro-step out of his bag of methods within the fourth quarter, freezing Boston’s Kenneth Lofton Jr. within the paint.
Via 4 video games together with his fellow Los Angeles children, James is averaging 14.3 factors, 3.8 assists and a couple of.8 rebounds on 47.6% capturing.
The son of his Lakers celebrity teammate LeBron James, Bronny’s NBA profession received off to an auspicious begin because it was suspected his workforce guided him to Los Angeles within the 2023 draft and his rookie season noticed restricted minutes and loads of the G League.
It’s labored for his growth as he’s regarded the veteran on this yr’s summer time league, trying extra snug on each side of the ball — he locked down No. 1 choose Cooper Flagg in a high-profile showdown towards the Mavericks.
“Yeah, for sure,” he informed reporters after scoring 17 factors towards the Clippers this week. “It helps that I was in the G-League running point guard most of the time. Just getting these reps in the Summer League is helping as well. Just getting more comfortable game by game.”
The youthful James has seized a number of the headlines again from his dad, who has been on the middle of commerce rumors and buzz this offseason.
The 40-year-old, the NBA’s all-time main scorer, exercised his $52.6 million possibility for the 2025-26 season, however agent Wealthy Paul hinted in a press release to ESPN that his consumer would search a commerce if he didn’t really feel as if Los Angeles can be contending for a title.
“LeBron wants to compete for a championship,” Paul informed ESPN on the time. “He knows the Lakers are building for the future. He understands that, but he values a realistic chance of winning it all. We are very appreciative of the partnership that we’ve had for eight years with Jeanie [Buss] and Rob [Pelinka] and consider the Lakers as a critical part of his career.”
This week, The Athletic reported the edges haven’t mentioned and commerce or buyout eventualities, leaving the elder James anticipated to nonetheless be a Laker initially of the season.
Whether or not Bronny’s summer time league progress has performed a task in his dad’s resolution stays to be seen, however it actually can’t be hurting.
