Bronny James will make his second professional look Sunday evening towards the Golden State Warriors’ summer season league crew, and the Los Angeles Lakers rookie admitted the nerves received to him in his debut Saturday.
James scored 4 factors on 2-for-9 taking pictures within the Lakers’ 108-94 loss to the Sacramento Kings within the California Traditional. He added two assists, two rebounds and a steal in 22 minutes of play.
“Each first recreation that I step into the subsequent stage, it is at all times some butterflies in my abdomen,” the 19-year-old instructed reporters, per ESPN. “However as quickly because the ball ideas and we go a pair instances down, all of it goes away and I am simply taking part in basketball. So it is at all times going to be there, however I will get by way of it.”
The Lakers chosen Bronny — formally often known as LeBron James Jr. — with the No. 55 choose of final month’s NBA draft. His well-known dad, additionally his Lakers’ teammate, wasn’t there and will not be readily available for Sunday’s recreation in San Francisco. He is in Las Vegas with different NBA stars getting ready for to play for Workforce USA within the Paris Olympics later this month.
Nonetheless, the elder James stored a watch on his son.
“What he does within the California Traditional and summer season league, it would not matter if he performs nicely and it would not matter if he would not play nicely,” LeBron stated, per ESPN. “I simply need him to proceed to develop (from) practices, movie classes, his particular person exercises. You’ll be able to’t take something stat-wise from the California Traditional and summer season league and produce it to as soon as the season begins. So, the one factor that issues is him getting higher and stacking days.”
Dane Johnson, the coach of the Lakers’ G League affiliate, is answerable for the summer season league crew. He stated the plan is for Bronny to get his possibilities to be taught. Bronny, a guard, has performed one season — 25 video games — of school ball at Southern California after struggling cardiac arrest throughout a summer season exercise final July.
“He will play — granted, if he is wholesome — all through this entire factor,” Johnson stated of Bronny’s summer season league schedule. “We’ll attempt to combine him and attempt to get him as many reps as we will. As a result of he wants extra expertise taking part in. And particularly the NBA recreation. It is just a little totally different than school, so getting reps within the NBA, in an NBA setting with good gamers will assist him in the long term.”
Dalton Knecht, chosen by the Lakers within the first spherical with the No. 17 choose, shot 3-for-12 and scored 12 factors.
After Sunday, the Lakers will conclude California Traditional play Wednesday towards the Miami Warmth, then start play within the Las Vegas portion of the summer season league on Friday towards the Houston Rockets.
–Area Degree Media
