Bronny James is predicted to start splitting time between the Lakers and their G League affiliate, although coach JJ Reddick has mentioned these plans might change.
ESPN reported Friday that James will go between the 2 groups after the Lakers full a five-game highway journey on Nov. 6. The South Bay Lakers will start their G League season on Nov. 9 in opposition to the Salt Lake City Stars.
“Our plans are at all times fluid and based mostly on actual time,” Reddick mentioned Friday earlier than the Lakers confronted the Phoenix Suns. “I feel at this time we’ve got two guys who’re getting dressed and we have not gotten dressed since yesterday.
“The plan for Bronny to maneuver between the Lakers and the South Bay was at all times within the playing cards from day one. (General supervisor) Rob (Pelinka) and I talked about it. LeBron talked about it.”
Bronny James was the fifty fifth total choose in June’s draft after one season in school in Southern California. Most second-round picks throughout their rookie season spend time within the G League and are on two-way contracts.
Bronny James – who averaged 4.2 factors and 16.2 minutes of enjoying time in six preseason video games. — dressed however didn’t play Friday night time within the Lakers’ 123-116 win over the Phoenix Suns. He performed 3 minutes on Tuesday night time 110-103 victory for the Lakers in regards to the Minnesota Timberwolves.
The Lakers will host Sacramento on Saturday earlier than touring on the highway. The second recreation of the journey is Wednesday at Cleveland. LeBron James, an Akron native, performed 11 seasons for the Cavaliers and led them to an NBA championship in 2016. The youthful James was additionally born in Akron in 2004.
The father mentioned throughout Lakers media day last month that he anticipated his son to separate time between the NBA and the G League.
“To see him proceed to develop as a basketball participant, regardless of if he is right here with us or if he is in opposition to the G League workforce, and him proceed to get higher and higher,” he mentioned. “We need to maintain him accountable. He’ll maintain us accountable, and if all of us try this, we’ll all get higher, as a result of we’re all a workforce. We’re a mirrored image of the South Bay. The South Bay is a mirrored image of us… We’ll proceed to develop, rack up the times. I do know that he’ll, as a result of that is simply what he does.”
Associated Press reporting.
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