{"id":486352,"date":"2026-02-19T23:18:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-19T23:18:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/486352\/"},"modified":"2026-02-19T23:18:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T23:18:07","slug":"lakers-bronny-james-doesnt-belong-in-the-nba-writer-claims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/486352\/","title":{"rendered":"Lakers’ Bronny James doesn’t belong in the NBA, writer claims"},"content":{"rendered":"

Lakers’ Bronny James doesn’t belong in the NBA, writer claims<\/a> originally appeared on The Sporting News<\/a>. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Los Angeles Lakers<\/a> guard Bronny James appeared poised to turn the corner after an impressive 12-point outing against the San Antonio Spurs<\/a> on Feb. 10.<\/p>\n

Advertisement<\/p>\n

However, the Lakers\u2019 recent announcement suggests otherwise, as Los Angeles has reportedly sent James back to the G League.<\/p>\n

While it may sound harsh, Lake Show Life\u2019s Tyler Watts believes that there\u2019s enough evidence to prove James doesn\u2019t belong in the NBA.<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cLakers fans refuse to realize Bronny James doesn\u2019t belong in the NBA,\u201d Watts wrote Thursday. The fit in Los Angeles is problematic. Luka Doncic is a ball-dominant superstar.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Lakers also have Austin Reaves and LeBron James to feed. Their star trio will handle the ball and initiate the offense. That leaves their role players in off-ball positions as spot-up shooters or closeout attackers.\u201d<\/p>\n

Advertisement<\/p>\n

\u201cBronny\u2019s questionable jumper makes that a problem. He has made just 33.9 percent of his 59 3-point attempts for his career. Teams are certainly not guarding the 21-year-old, which can make it difficult to produce on the offensive end.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cLakers broadcaster Stu Lantz believes Bronny is struggling with his aggressiveness. Sadly, there is no reason to think he will suddenly ramp it up.\u201d<\/p>\n

It\u2019s difficult to argue against Watts\u2019 bold claim. Considering James was expected to embrace a more significant role with the Lakers this season and cement himself as a legitimate rotational player, it\u2019s safe to say he\u2019s been a massive disappointment thus far.<\/p>\n

Advertisement<\/p>\n

The former second-round pick has been an end-of-the-bench contributor with the Lakers for most of the year, averaging 2.2 points and 1.2 assists per game in 7.3 minutes.<\/p>\n

Of course, James\u2019 NBA career isn\u2019t over, but he isn\u2019t performing like a player capable of making a name for himself in the big leagues.<\/p>\n

More NBA:\u00a0Lakers urged to finally cut ties with $101 million four-time NBA champion, 22-time All-Star<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Lakers’ Bronny James doesn’t belong in the NBA, writer claims originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":486353,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[434],"tags":[45842,5405,49,48,2327,1522,8231,12887,459,2696,82,195936],"class_list":["post-486352","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-austin-reaves","tag-bronny-james","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-lebron-james","tag-los-angeles","tag-los-angeles-lakers","tag-luka-doncic","tag-nba","tag-san-antonio-spurs","tag-sports","tag-tyler-watts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/486352","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=486352"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/486352\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/486353"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=486352"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=486352"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=486352"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}