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The Los Angeles Lakers want a few of the kids to step up.
Their incapability to land barely any reinforcements in free company has left them in a tricky spot resulting in the season.
Dalton Knecht appears to be like like a plug-and-play scorer, nevertheless it may take somewhat greater than that to assist J.J. Redick discover success in his first season as a coach.
Notably, Magic Johnson believes Bronny James might additionally play a giant function on this crew.
He even claimed that with some laborious work, it wouldn’t take lengthy earlier than Bronny is on the market enjoying heavy minutes for the Lakers (by way of Legion Hoops).
“I believe after a lot of hard work this season, he’ll definitely be in the Lakers’ rotation and playing heavy minutes.”
— Magic Johnson on Bronny James pic.twitter.com/lnQs1CLR4v
That might spell bother for the Lakers if that’s the case.
Bronny isn’t anyplace near prepared proper now, and he may want no less than a season of growth earlier than with the ability to play impactful minutes there.
His shot isn’t falling, his offensive decision-making has been erratic, and whereas he’s sturdy and really athletic, he nonetheless must bulk as much as deal with the physicality and burden of a full NBA season.
Bronny would’ve benefitted from staying in school for one more season.
He has the potential to be an impactful defender and even a stable secondary ball-handler.
However the Lakers ought to anticipate to compete for a championship for so long as James and Anthony Davis are on the market, so they may not be capable of afford to attend for him to develop by means of his errors.
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