Los Angeles Lakers forward and 21-time All-Star LeBron James has weighed in on his rookie son Bronny James’ career-best scoring night for the South Bay Lakers, L.A.’s G League affiliate squad.
The younger James, 20, scored a whopping 39 points on 14-of-21 shooting from the field (4-of-8 from long range), pulled down seven boards, dished out four dimes, and swiped four steals, in a 122-118 victory against the Santa Cruz Warriors.
LeBron took to his X account to shout out his son.
SMILE THROUGH IT ALL YOUNG [prince emoji]!!!,” an excited LeBron wrote, followed up by a litany of high-five emojis. “KEEP GOING!!”
Bronny has been limited mostly to mop-up minutes in the NBA proper, and also had a rocky start to his G League career with South Bay. He’s averaging 2.3 points, 0.6 rebounds and 0.6 assists a night in his 23 healthy games for Los Angeles.
In a 118-89 loss to the Milwaukee Bucks last week, Bronny scored an NBA career-best 17 points while shooting 7-of-10 from the field, dishing out five dimes (against four turnovers) and pulling down three rebounds. Los Angeles was outscored by 36 points with Bronny on the floor.
The first-year Laker is still pretty raw, but he’s at least shown flashes of being an NBA-caliber talent during his tenure with his dad’s team so far.
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In last summer’s 2024 NBA Draft, Los Angeles took a flier on selecting Bronny with the No. 55 pick after an uneventful NCAA run with the USC Trojans.
Across his 10 regular season contests for South Bay, the 6-foot-2 combo guard is averaging 22.4 points on .460/.375/.808 shooting splits, 5.2 rebounds, 4.9 assists and 1.9 steals a night.
With the G League regular season wrapping up this week, the 14-17 South Bay Lakers will not make the postseason. So Bronny will spend the rest of his 2024-25 season as a reserve with Los Angeles.
