Bronny James is getting ready for his second year with the Los Angeles Lakers. Last season, James appeared in just 27 games and spent most of the time with the Lakers’ G-League team, the South Bay Lakers. The son of LeBron James averaged 2.3 points on 31.3 percent shooting from the field and 28.1% from beyond the arc. Although he didn’t have the best rookie year, there was a lot of attention on the No. 55 pick.
For his second season, he’s starting to get ready. He’s been involved with the team’s Summer League team. On Sunday, he played in his first game of the summer and helped the Lakers with a 103-83 victory over the Miami Heat. James had a decent outing for the team and finished with 10 points, two rebounds and a steal on 42.9 percent shooting from the field.
However, it was noticeable that he didn’t spend a lot of time on the floor. The former USC guard was on the floor for only 10:32 minutes. Following the contest, the media had questions to James regarding him playing time.
NBA writer for Lakers Nation, Matthew Peralta, asked James about what the team’s plan is for the number of minutes he’ll play for the Summer League.
“Not necessarily a plan. Just checking in with how I’m feeling after the game and how I’m feeling after those small stints and building on that and upping my minutes a little bit every game. And then conditioning after, so it’s really just how I feel. But I’ve been feeling good so far, so hoping to be in a regular minute rotation for [Tuesday’s] game,” James answered.
Although he didn’t have a terrible outing, the Los Angeles Lakers guard thinks that he isn’t the main offensive weapon for the team. For the 6-foot-1 guard to gain minutes, he knows that he has to step up on the other side of the game.
“There’s gonna be guys that can score 15, 20 a game. I’m most likely not going to be that guy right now… I’ve got to be a defensive menace,” James said.
Fans reacted to Bronny James’ Los Angeles Lakers Summer League debut
Fans were excited to see the Los Angeles Lakers guard play in the Summer League. Here are some of what they said about his performance.
“Real life demon man, tell me why I’m shaking as I’m reading the stat line out 😮💨 Keep going Young King!” a fan said.
“He’s such a pure hooper,” another fan commented.
“Bronny a real mf he just wanna hoop fr,” one fan said.
Bronny a real mf he just wanna hoop fr
— Sticker Dood (@EtanBoss) July 6, 2025
“Bronny has the craziest PR I’ve ever seen 😭”
“Are we supposed to be impressed by a Bronny James Summer Leauge stat line ? 😭😭😭”
“Who needs a DFS when u have this demon?”
For other sports-related content:
Follow me on X at @BarbecueBro, and follow us at @HardwoodHeroics and @GridironHeroics. You can also reach out to Reign Amurao via email at reignamuraonba@gmail.com. To read more of our articles and keep up to date on the latest sports news, click here!
Reign also writes NBA and WNBA news updates on Sportskeeda. He started as a feature writer for AirAlamo, an NBA website that covers the San Antonio Spurs. Some of his work can also be seen on Valley of the Suns, a Phoenix Suns-centric website, where he served as a contributing writer.
