by Cedric ‘BIG CED’ Thornton
December 26, 2025
The youthful James was denied a begin with a number of gamers unable to play in a current recreation
Los Angeles Lakers’ future NBA Corridor of Famer LeBron James might have been behind the crew’s determination to draft his son, Bronny James, within the 2024 NBA Draft. Nonetheless, it appears the crew will not be essentially behind taking part in the youthful James, opting to not begin the second-year participant in a current recreation.
Based on Lake Present Life, the writing could also be on the wall concerning head coach JJ Redick’s determination to start out Nick Smith Jr. as an alternative of Bronny in a current recreation when Luka Dončić and Gabe Vincent had been unavailable. Though Bronny signed a assured contract and recurrently rotates between taking part in within the G League (South Bay Lakers) and sitting on the finish of the Lakers’ bench, Smith, who was picked up in September after being reduce by the Charlotte Hornets, was chosen over him.
The author surmises that Bronny solely performs when the Lakers are carrying a substantial lead and resting the starters, or when the crew is already shedding and is sure to lose. That’s normally when Bronny is allowed off the bench, except he’s taking part in with the South Bay Lakers (the place his play this season will not be doing him any favors).
For anybody to have a assured contract, the stats don’t match, and there’s no purpose to just accept that he was given, not only a deal, however one which means they should pay him for it. He’s averaging a paltry 1.8 factors, with 1.4 assists, 0.6 rebounds, and 0.6 steals, and capturing 32.4%, 29.4% from 3-point vary, whereas taking part in 9 minutes a recreation within the 16 video games he has been inserted on this season.
Final season, in 27 video games, these numbers had been 2.3 factors, 0.8 assists, 0.7 rebounds, 0.3 steals, and 31.3% from the sphere, 28.1% from 3-point vary. The numbers don’t appear to be trending upward, casting doubt that nepotism is the one purpose he was chosen, given a assured contract, and stays on the crew.
Even in rubbish time, he’s unable to pad his stats, which solely makes his state of affairs worse within the eyes of basketball followers. With LeBron presumably taking part in his final season (no less than in a Lakers uniform), the place would this depart Bronny as soon as his father is not a Laker?
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