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Los Angeles Lakers rookie Bronny James, the son of LeBron James, was recently assigned to the G League affiliate, the South Bay Lakers, for the first time this season. On Saturday, Bronny made his G League debut as South Bay took on the Salt Lake City Stars, getting the nod as a starter. LeBron and his family, along with his Los Angeles teammates Anthony Davis and D'Angelo Russell, showed up to support the 20-year-old as well.
It didn't take long for the former USC Trojan to make noise in his debut, scoring her first points on a pull-up jump shot less than a minute into the game. But there was one particular play in the first quarter that really stood out. John E.
Sokolowski-Imagn Images With just over two minutes remaining in the first, Bronny received the ball and made his way up the court before throwing a perfect alley-oop pass over his head to forward Kylor Kelley. This marked Bronny's second assist of the game. NBA fans were impressed with the insane pass from the rookie, taking to social media to leave their thoughts.
"Bronny CRAZY lob pass," one fan said. Bronny CRAZY lob pass 😳 pic.twitter.
com/4wB0JAfkgn "Bronny James out there looking like his pops with the dime! Look away under hand pass for the lob to Kelly Great court vision" Bronny James out there looking like his pops with the dime! Look away under hand pass for the lob to Kelly Great court vision pic.twitter.com/zYxmq9PSn9 "Sweet pass by Bronny on this alley-oop" Sweet pass by Bronny on this alley-oop 👀 https://t.
co/cCrH1HY0FG "This pass by Bronny tho" This pass by Bronny tho 😤 https://t.co/zChHQNkecv "Nice little hook pass for an oop from Bronny." Nice little hook pass for an oop from Bronny.
"Let my nephew Bronny cook" Let my nephew Bronny cook https://t.co/vcI9xa2Vtv Before his G League debut, Bronny appeared in five games for Los Angeles, with the most recent coming just one day before in the win over the Philadelphia 76ers. The rookie hasn't necessarily had a tremendous impact for coach JJ Redick and company, only averaging 0.
8 points on 16.7% shooting, 0.2 rebounds and 0.
4 assists per game. It's certainly a good sign for Lakers fans to see Bronny balling out in his first G League game. Related: Bronny James Is Trending For Embarrassing Moment In Lakers-Grizzlies.
