Bronny James obtained right into a groove on Wednesday night time.
The Lakers rookie scored 12 factors — his highest within the NBA Summer season League but — taking pictures 5 of 11 from the sphere in an 87-86 win over the Hawks.
James, 19, made 2 of 5 pictures from past the 3-point arc (his first two with the Lakers), as he reached double-digits for the primary time as knowledgeable.
In 24 minutes of motion, James added one help, one rebound and one steal.
“Simply tried to overlook about all of the pictures I missed, overlook all of the video games we misplaced,” he informed ESPN after the win in an on-court interview. “Simply come out and play my recreation and attempt to do my greatest each time I come out on the courtroom.”
The son of LeBron James began the fourth quarter on the bench, however entered with 5:26 left within the recreation.
Rather less than two minutes later, Bronny hit his largest shot of the sport, nailing a 3-pointer to tie the proceedings at 79 apiece.
That got here two quarters after he nailed the primary 3-pointer of his profession, one thing he stated he was enthusiastic about after the one-point win.
“Actually good, felt actually good,” James stated of his first trey with an enormous smile.
James, who had totaled simply 15 factors in three summer time league video games, has been dealing with criticism from pundits and followers alike early in his professional profession, thanks in no small half to his connection to one of many NBA’s all-time nice.
Rachel Nichols, nonetheless, on FS1’s “Undisputed” on Wednesday stated the negativity the youthful James has gotten up to now is “completely unfair,” pointing to the truth that No. 2 general draft choose Alex Sarr had a zero-point clunker on 0-for-15 taking pictures on Tuesday night time.
“Individuals are him as if he’s a top-10 choose,” the NBA reporter stated. “He’s not a top-10 choose, he’s a No. 55 choose. The expectations for a No. 55 choose ought to largely that you simply’re headed to the G League and will get some video games up within the NBA. Final 12 months’s No. 55 choose performed 4 complete minutes within the NBA.
“To judge Bronny subsequent to top-10 picks versus what different guys at No. 55 have performed is completely unfair.”
The Lakers subsequent play the Hawks on Wednesday night time.
