Bronny James made his debut together with his different staff on Saturday, suiting up for the G League South Bay Lakers’ season opener .
A few of these followers included his father LeBron, the remainder of their household and teammate Anthony Davis.
As for James’ efficiency in opposition to the Salt Lake Metropolis Stars, it was a quiet evening. The second-round decide completed with six factors on 2-of-9 capturing (0-for-4 from 3-point vary) with 4 assists, three rebounds and 5 turnovers. He was a minus-one in a 110-96 South Bay win.
The extra productive gamers for South Bay have been undrafted free brokers Quincy Olivari with 28 factors, 10 rebounds and 6 assists and Maxwell Lewis with 27 factors.
It was the primary of many video games James will play for South Bay whereas shifting between the NBA and G League. It was reported earlier this week the plan is for him to basically be a home-only participant for South Bay, enjoying video games for the staff after they’re on the UCLA Well being Coaching Middle and becoming a member of the Los Angeles Lakers when the opposite staff is on the highway.
It is about as cheery a gig a G League participant can get, which is not stunning on condition that no G League participant has the sort of leverage behind him that James does. The Lakers have made it clear they anticipate James’ improvement to be a long-term challenge, and a lot of the minutes that effort requires will are available South Bay.
