On July 7, Beijing time, the Lakers officially started their summer league journey, and James's eldest son, Bronny, who had just joined the Lakers through the draft, ushered in his first game for the Lakers.
In this game, Bronny played as the Lakers' starting No. 1 position, and finally played 21 minutes, shooting 2 of 9 from the field, including 0 of 3 three-pointers, contributing 4 points, 2 rebounds, 2 assists and 1 steal, with a game-low plus/minus of -15.
In this game, Bronny's overall performance was quite poor, and there were no bright spots on both offensive and defensive ends. One thing to say, Bronny's ability is really not up to the level of playing in the NBA. After all, basketball still has to rely on strength to speak, whether it is good or not, whether it is a mule or a thousand miles of horses to come out for a walk, and Brownie was beaten back to his original shape in the first battle. Earlier, when Brownie participated in the physical test and trial, all kinds of explosive body data were blown all over the sky, such as arm span, bounce, push, fat content, etc., touting that he felt sorry for Brownie if he didn't sign the champion. Now that World War I has lifted the media's special coat and packaging, Brownie is still the same Brownie who can't play the main force in USC, and there is no evolution.
What's worse is that in addition to his poor performance in this game, Bronny was almost scrapped in the game. Bronny counterattacked and broke through to the layup and was blocked by a Kings player in the air, and after the two sides collided, Bronny lost his center of gravity in the air and fell to the ground on one leg with his back, almost causing serious injuries and being scrapped, but fortunately, in the end, there was no big problem.
Bronny's fame and popularity are extremely inconsistent with his own strength, which makes the opponent treat him differently from other players, and it feels that the opposing players are full of competition for Bronny, and they all want to beat him with all their strength and teach him a hard lesson.
After the game, the American media ESPN used an hour to send 5-6 news briefings to report on Bronny's first Lakers game, and even the 2 goals were made into GIFs for the whole network to be pushed, and the traffic and popularity can be said to be completely full. It's a pity that Brownie's own performance is not good, and there is a lot less topicality that can be hyped.
James, who has joined the Las Vegas training camp of the U.S. men's basketball team and officially started preparing for the Paris Olympics, also tweeted continuously on his personal social media to express his support for Bronny after seeing the poor performance of Bronny's first game in the summer league. James wrote: "It's hard, but he needs to relax in order to get used to the intensity and pace of the game. ”
Speaking to the media after the game, Bronny said of his first game for the Lakers: "I need to play more aggressively and believe in myself, you know, I can create scoring opportunities for my teammates and myself and then play my way on the defensive end." I need to believe and stick to what I'm doing. ”
Although it is only the first summer league game, it can't be discussed one by one, and it is not possible to generalize, but Bronny's performance at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends is really lackluster, with his current real strength, it is estimated that there is little hope for promoting to the Lakers' regular rotation lineup in the new season. James wants father and son to be on the same stage, and may need to wait for a more opportune time.