Lakers’ Bronny James makes most of disappointing G League news originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here.
Bronny James is back in the G League.
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The Los Angeles Lakers announced midway through the week that LeBron’s son would be joining the South Bay Lakers for the weekend.
That meant back-to-back games on Friday and Saturday for Bronny, both against the Texas Legends.
South Bay won both games, and Bronny’s efficiency improved on Saturday.
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His stats in the 104-99 win over the Legends on Saturday:
Aside from the turnovers, it’s a really quality night for Bronny.
Those turnovers do raise the very real concern that Bronny won’t develop into a playmaking ball handler as a professional.
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At the same time, the best he can do is make plays when he’s asked, and making 50% of his shots from the floor and 42% from 3-point range is a good showing from Bronny.
Drew Timme led South Bay with 24 points, and RJ Davis added 23.
Bronny played 34 minutes, and after a blowout win the night before, South Bay had to work a lot harder for this one, giving crunch time action to its best players, including Bronny.
He’ll likely come back to the NBA soon, although he could also still return to the G League.
All Bronny can do is make the most of the chances given him, and this weekend in the G League, he did a good job of that.
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