2 weeks Ago By Rex Villas, Hardwood Heroics
After spending time with the Los Angeles Lakers for the team’s first eight games of the 2024-25 NBA season, rookie guard Bronny James will next test the waters of the G League. The former USC Trojans guard has reportedly been optioned to the Lakers’ G League affiliate, the South Bay Lakers. Although newsworthy, there is nothing surprising about this move by the Lakers on the son of four-time NBA Most Valuable Player LeBron James .
Bronny still has a lot of learning to do in basketball, and this opportunity to play in the G League seems like a step in the right direction. For former San Antonio Spurs guard Avery Johnson, who also coached the Dallas Mavericks and the Alabama Crimson Tide , Bronny’s G League assignment is going to be good for the youngster. James is about to take to the G League, I’m all about it,” Johnson wrote in a post on X (the social media platform formerly known as Twitter).
“This isn’t shocking news—the Lakers most likely had this in mind from the start.” Bronny James’ G League career to start on Saturday Selected by the Lakers in the second round of the 2025 NBA draft as the 55th pick overall, Bronny can be expected to make his G League debut on Saturday against the Salt Lake City at UCLA Health Training Center in El Segundo. Even though he has been assigned already to the G League, Bronny will still be part of the Lakers’ roster for the team’s Friday matchup at home against the Philadelphia 76ers.
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