{"id":296488,"date":"2025-11-21T00:08:07","date_gmt":"2025-11-21T00:08:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/296488\/"},"modified":"2025-11-21T00:08:07","modified_gmt":"2025-11-21T00:08:07","slug":"why-bronny-james-got-sent-down-to-g-league-by-the-lakers-to-play-for-south-bay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/296488\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Bronny James got sent down to G League by the Lakers to play for South Bay"},"content":{"rendered":"

Why Bronny James got sent down to G League by the Lakers to play for South Bay<\/a> originally appeared on The Sporting News<\/a>. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Bronny James continues to take small steps toward a long-lasting NBA career.<\/p>\n

Advertisement<\/p>\n

But on Thursday, at least on the surface, it appears the Los Angeles Lakers<\/a>‘ second-year guard and the son of LeBron James has taken a bit of a step back.<\/p>\n

The Lakers\u00a0assigned Bronny and rookie Adou Thiero to the G League’s South Bay Lakers, ESPN insider\u00a0Dave McMenamin<\/a>\u00a0reported.<\/p>\n

Bronny is coming off a start on Nov. 15 when the Lakers were a bit shorthanded.<\/p>\n

But now not long after his father’s return to the court, Bronny is going to the minor league.<\/p>\n

Advertisement<\/p>\n

MORE:\u00a08th-grade Michael Porter Jr. would dominate the WNBA, according to Michael Porter Jr.<\/a><\/p>\n

Why did the Lakers send Bronny James down to the G League?<\/p>\n

In the end, this move is all about development.<\/p>\n

Bronny played more earlier this season when the likes of LeBron, Luka Doncic and Austin Reaves were each missing various time with injuries.<\/p>\n

But when the Lakers’ rotation is at full strength, there’s no room for Bronny.<\/p>\n

He’s played in 10 games overall this season, averaging 2.1 points and 1.8 assists per contest while shooting 29.6% from the floor.<\/p>\n

Advertisement<\/p>\n

MORE:\u00a0Damian Lillard floats the idea of returning to Weber State<\/a><\/p>\n

If there’s one area where Bronny is NBA ready, it’s defensively, but he leaves a lot still to be desired on the offensive end.<\/p>\n

Bronny got plenty of run in the G League last season and looked comfortable playing a leading role at that level. The Lakers have likely sent him down with specific aspects of his game to be focused on.<\/p>\n

LeBron’s son will surely be back before long. He’s a useful back-of-rotation player when certain Lakers have to miss time.<\/p>\n

Advertisement<\/p>\n

But in the meantime, L.A. has decided it does Bronny a lot more good to get big minutes in the G League than lots of bench time in the big leagues.<\/p>\n

More NBA news:\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Why Bronny James got sent down to G League by the Lakers to play for South Bay originally…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":296489,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[434],"tags":[21172,45842,5405,49,48,3557,78524,2327,8231,12887,6692,459,133463,82],"class_list":["post-296488","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-adou-thiero","tag-austin-reaves","tag-bronny-james","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-damian-lillard","tag-g-league","tag-lebron-james","tag-los-angeles-lakers","tag-luka-doncic","tag-michael-porter-jr","tag-nba","tag-south-bay-lakers","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/296488","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=296488"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/296488\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/296489"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=296488"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=296488"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=296488"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}